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SoSe 18: Globalization and international student mobility

Tim Sawert

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In 2015, 244 million people were living in a country other than where they were born. According to statistics of the United Nations, this corresponds to an increase of 41% compared to 2000. Being geographically mobile might be the only characteristic which this very heterogeneous group of mobile persons has in common. Refugees are forced to leave their country just to survive; labor migrants from poor countries try to migrate illegally to richer countries to produce remittances which they can send home to improve their families’ lives. Besides these less privileged forms of mobility, a more privileged type of geographical mobility is on the rise: Mobility of students from OECD countries during their educational biography. In the seminar we will start with focusing on distinct characteristics of different forms of mobility. What are common characteristics of privileged and less privileged forms of mobility and what are distinct characteristics? Focusing primarily on countries of the European Union, we are going to discuss why students from some countries are more mobile than students from other countries. Taking Germany as our primary case of deeper analysis, we are going to discuss how socioeconomic factors influence student mobility and how this influences chances later in life, making student mobility a practice which reproduces social inequalities. In the seminar we will focus on three periods in a student’s educational biography, where (s)he can be mobile: student exchange during school time, Gap-Year activities after finishing school, but before starting tertiary education and participation in exchange programs when studying at university. We are going to discuss how these different forms of privileged mobility are socially stratified and how these different forms influence social stratification. close

13 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Mon, 18:00 - 20:00 13 Class schedule

Mon, 2018-04-16 18:00 - 20:00

Lecturers:
Dr. Tim Sawert