Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is designed to familiarize students with recent social and political debates in migration and ethnic studies. In particular, the course will be dedicated to an increasingly salient topic: immigrants' access to social protection in their home and host countries. The course will cover not only a broad range of transnational social protection policies (pensions, healthcare, family benefits, minimum income), but also different themes attached to the social protection- mobility nexus. Furthermore, the complex topic of migrants' social protection would be examined from a comparative perspective by analysing the different countries and their contexts. Lastly, the conversation will also steer to the new context caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students attending this course will engage in theoretical and practical discussions regarding the link between immigration and welfare, with particular emphasis on topics such as:
-International and transnational social protection arrangements;
-Migrants' formal access to state-based social protection policies and programmes;
-Migrants' practices and informal cross-border social protection strategies;
-Social security agreements with third countries
The course is made of a series of lectures given by ULiege scholars and external speakers. Participation in all lectures is mandatory and will be reflected in the final grade. The course is interactive and requires the active engagement of students in class discussions as well as preparatory work before the lectures. Students are also expected to work throughout the semester in view of producing a final essay on the topic of this course.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course is designed to help students acquire the following skills: -Read and discuss scientific literature in political science, sociology and law; -Understand the normative and empirical implications regarding the link between international migration and social security systems; -Develop and articulate a critical discourse on this topic; -Conduct a literature review that puts in dialogue different scientific perspectives on the same research topic, as well as be able to empirically demonstrate the different research implications; -Academic writing; -Working independently
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The lectures are given in English. The minimum requirement is a good passive knowledge of the language and good writing skills in English.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course combines lectures on-line (in which the active participation of students is encouraged), along with activities done at home (preparatory readings and a final essay). Presence in the online sessions is desirable as part of the student's learning process. Should the students won't be able to attend the schedules lecture, they should inform the class co-ordinator in advance.
For every lecture, students are encouraged to:
-Read beforehand the academic publications posted on MyULiege under "Supports de cours";
-Write short summaries (250 words each) for the mandatory readings for each lecture, and submit the reports to the coordinator (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be) before the class.
During class, students are expected to:
-Participate actively in lectures throughout the semester;
-Submit a final essay
Furthermore, students are encouraged to participate in the different seminars organised by CEDEM and are related to migration and social protection (information would be given in advance of the seminar throughout the semester).
Should there be less than 4 students registered in the course: The course will be designed in the form of an independent study (3,000 words) that students write under the supervision of their course co-ordinator. The study has to be submitted to the course co-ordinator (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be) by the end of the Fall semester (Friday, 8th of December 2020, 4pm).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
It is required that the students actively participate in the lectures. Nevertheless, depending both the covid-19 context and the subsequent measures, as well as the availability of the external speakers, lectures may be delivered via video-conference. As of 29/09/2020 the course will be delivered fully online.
Course Time: Tuesdays, 10:00-12:00
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Should there be less than 4 students registered in the course: The course will be designed in the form of an independent study. Students will be meeting when required with the course coordinator.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
The readings of every class will be found on "Supports de cours", a week in advance of the class.
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
The maximum final grade a student can receive is 20.
The evaluation is based on:
1) Mid-term submission (15% of the grade, 3/20)
Students need to submit their first-draft of their essay (1500-2000 words) including the RQ and the theoretical part by the 6th of November 2020 at 4pm.Fail to submit or late submissions of the midterm essay will be reflected in the students' grade.
2)Weekly deliverables (15% of the grade, 3/20)
Write short summaries (250 words each) for the mandatory readings for each lecture, and submit the reports to the coordinator before the class. Failure to submit the reports or late submissions will be reflected in students' grades.
3) Final essay (70% of the grade, 14/20)
At the end of the semester, students are expected to deliver an essay of maximum 3,000 words (excluding frontpage, references, footnotes, bibliography, annex) on a topic related to immigration and social protection. The essays will comprise adequate conceptual and theoretical discussions based on the literature review on their topic of choice. The essays can also include an original input of the student in the form of empirical material collected by him/her (e.g. interviews, observations, dataset compilations, etc.) and/or an original analysis of existing material (newspaper articles, agreements, reports etc.).
The essays should be submitted via email to Angeliki Konstantinidou (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be) by 08/12/2020, at 4pm. Papers submitted after the deadline will be penalised.
Second session (Resitting the exam): In the second session, students are expected to submit an essay of maximum 5,000 words on a topic related to immigration and social protection. The guidelines for the essay are the same as in the first session, except that the greater length supposes the inclusion of more literature and data than the paper submitted in the first session (20 points, worth 100% of the final grade). The deadline for this paper submission is 31/08/2021 at 4pm (e-mail Angeliki Konstantinidou).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The course starts on 22/09/2020. There is no preparatory reading before the first class.
The students would be notified well in advance should the lecture takes place via video-conference.
Contacts
Course leader: Jean-Michel Lafleur (JM.Lafleur@uliege.be)
Course cordinator: Angeliki Konstantinidou (A.Konstantinidou@uliege.be)
Office hours: by appointment (via email to A. Konstantinidou)
Meetings: Depending the evolution of the pandemic, meetings could take place at the office R.42 (B31), or on-line should there be another lockdown.