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Labor Migration in Eurasia: Links to Global Migration and Human Security Trends

Using a comparative approach to incorporate research initiatives into a global context can make a significant contribution to the current understanding of migration. In partnership with the Social Science Research Council, the Kennan Institute will host leading specialists on migration issues from Russia and the United States to discuss their most recent work, as well as share preliminary findings from research supported by the National Science Foundation. This research was conducted as part of the MINERVA initiative grant “People, Power, and Conflict in the Eurasian Migration System,” led by Cynthia Buckley, Beth Mitchneck, and Blair Ruble. 

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Event Sponsors

Kennan Institute Environmental Change and Security Program

Speakers

Cynthia Buckley
Cynthia Buckley
Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; Senior Adviser, Eurasia Program, Social Science Research Council; and former Kennan Institute Title VIII-Supported Short-Term Research Scholar
Blair A. Ruble
Blair A. Ruble
Distinguished Fellow;
Former Wilson Center Vice President for Programs (2014-2017); Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Program/Urban Sustainability Laboratory (1992-2017); Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies (1989-2012) and Director of the Program on Global Sustainability and Resilience (2012-2014)
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Ellen Percy Kraly
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Geography, Colgate University, and Editor, International Migration Review
Andrew Robarts
Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Russian History, University of California, Riverside
Andrew Selee
Andrew Selee
Former Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute;
President, Migration Policy Institute
Beth A. Mitchneck
Program Director, National Science Foundation, and Professor of Geography, University of Arizona
Jesse Quinn
M.A. Student, University of Arizona School of Geography and Development
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Andrei Korobkov
Former Title VIII Summer Research Scholar;
Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Middle Tennessee State University
Sergei Riazantsev
Head of the Center for Social Demography and Economic Sociology, Institute of Social-Political Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
Erin Trouth Hofmann
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University
Julia Carboni
Assistant Professor, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Alexandra Vasileva
Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences - Urals Branch
Mikhail Savva
Mikhail Savva
Professor and Chairman of the Board, "Sova Expert Group" (Kyiv); member of the Expert Council, Center for Civil Liberties (Kyiv)
Susan Martin
Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University

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Kennan Institute

The Kennan Institute is the premier US center for advanced research on Eurasia and the oldest and largest regional program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Kennan Institute is committed to improving American understanding of Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the surrounding region though research and exchange.   Read more

Kennan Institute

Environmental Change and Security Program

The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy.   Read more

Environmental Change and Security Program