UNESCO CHAIR "Population, Migrations and Development"
The UNESCO Chair “Population, Migrations and Development” established in 2008 at Sapienza University of Rome, aims to develop the long term objective of building capacities in teaching and researching, promoting a multidisciplinary scientific approach in the field of development, population and migrations.
The UNESCO Chair involves researchers and scholars from different disciplines and fields of competence working on migrations, demography and development. Based on a network of high level scholars and researchers from different universities and research centers, the UNESCO Chair “Population, Migrations and Development” represents an arena for the production and dissemination of new knowledge, promoting a center of excellence for further researches and a laboratory supporting the decision making process.
The main disciplines and fields of competence are:
Demography: the demographic analysis underlines causes and implications of population movements and international migration flows highlighting the relation between population changes and economic and social development; Political Sciences: recently the debate on migrations has been subject of new interest, from political sciences and international relations, as well as economic and social analysis; Economics: economic analysis evaluates the impact of international migrations in sending and receiving countries with particular attention to the positive impact on the development of migrants’ origin countries.
The UNESCO Chair includes:
An Honorary Committee composed by senior and former members of the Chair including Ana Cabré, Raimondo Cagiano de Azevedo, Graziella Caselli, Serge Feld, Janez Malacic, Guillaume Wunsh
A Scientific Committee composed by Alessandra De Rose (Director), Giorgio Alleva, Elena Ambrosetti, Alicia Bernasconi, Cristina Giudici, Elisabeth Kardos Kaponyi, Donatella Strangio, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden.
A General Secretariat of the Chair is established at Sapienza University of Rome together with a Rome and Paris Chapter of researchers supporting the Chair.
Researchers and post graduate students involved in high level training with the aim to gain a special expertise in the field of development and migrations.
The Chair currently produces updated scientific papers and reports on population dynamics, international migrations and strategies for new developments. The research papers are proposed to Scientific Institutions, to the main scientific reviews according to the evaluation of Scientific Committee including representatives of partner institutions.
The Chair produces a set of orientation guidelines in lines with UNESCO general objectives on the role of education, migration and development for policy makers. The guidelines are arranged in consultation with the most relevant stakeholders in a participatory planning.
Chair Website and Newsletter: All the information related to the activities of UNESCO Chair is collected and continuously updated on the Chair website and a regular newsletter (ChairNews) is edited both in digital and paper format every year.
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Alessandra De Rose
