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New migration routes: mobility and self-perception of young Italians abroad

Donatella Greco, University of Trieste, IT

As official data indicate, the number of Italians deciding to leave the country has been steadily increasing over the last few years, and this is one of the reasons why this phenomenon can no longer be ignored. In particular, it is the number of young Italians taking part to this mass migration that is steadily increasing. A big part is certainly composed of young scholars, researchers and more generally professionals who travel abroad for work reasons, however we are also starting to witness an increase in the number of young people with an average level of education and professionalism, who just decide to spend a period of their lives abroad. Consequently, the characteristics of the present Italian migration flows are very different from those of the past decades. There is absolutely no doubt that their main destinations are usually European countries – even though the number of Italians outside Europe is also increasing, especially in China – and that the reason for their choice is not necessarily connected with the current situation of the Italian labour market. In this paper, the different motivations leading to the current emigration of young Italians are analysed, especially those connected to the identity issues. In particular, the main purpose of this qualitative research based on 60 interviews, is to underline the different characteristics that nowadays emigration paths can have. The analysis of young Italians’’ mobility in Europe and in the world through in-depth interviews made it possible to highlight the attitudes and personal motivations of the respondents towards the event of migration, and revealed that it is not only the search for better working conditions behind the decision to leave Italy and emigrate. 

Expulsion of European Union citizens from their host member state

Maslowski Solange, Charles University in Prague, CZ 

Drivers of highly-skilled emigration from Southern Europe in time of crisis

Laura, Bartolini, Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruby Gropas, European University Institute, Florence, IT

The migration of professionals within the EU: any barriers left? Migration, institutions and business cycle: evidence from the internal EU mobility

Stella Capuano, Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, DE
Silvia Migali, University of Aarhus, DK

New mobilities of migration in Galicia (2010-2014)

Emilia García López, Head of Foreign Affairs of the Council for Galician Culture, Santiago de Compostela, ES

The emigration of Italian citizens in the 2000s: a special focus on the United Kingdom

Domenico Gabrielli, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, National Institute of Statistics, Rome, IT

Beyond the numbers: socio-cultural backgrounds and expectations of the new Sardinian (e)migrants in the time of the crisis

 

Silvia Aru, Francesca Mazzuzi, Dipartimento di Storia, Beni Culturali e Territorio, Università degli studi di Cagliari, IT

Old and new Italian migrations in Belgium

Federica Moretti, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE

Mobility in Genoa during economy crises: from history to present times

Carlo Stiaccini (CISEI), Andrea Torre (Centro Studi MEDI’), CISEI, Genova, IT

Bonding the Portuguese Diaspora: Secular, Religious and Leisure Catalysts Politics and Practices

Maria Beatriz Rocha-Trindade, Centro de Estudos das Migrações e das Relações Interculturais/ CEMRI, Universidade Aberta/ UAb, Lisboa, PT

Gunnar Nergaard and the Mummies of Chui-Chui

Knut Djupedal, Director of the Norwegian Emigrant Museum, Ottestad, NO

Crossing Boundaries: Negotiating transnational heritage and belonging in the German Waldensian diaspora

Elisa Gosso, University of Turin PhD Candidate, Social Anthropology, Department of Cultures, Politics and Society

The Irish National Diaspora Centre

Brian Lambkin, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, UK

Filling the gaps in the archival sector: Current gender migration in an oral history case study

Triantafillia Kourtoumi, General State Archives of Greece, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, GR

Transnational Italian Networks and Transnational Italian Studies

Margaret Hills de Zárate, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK, Loredana Polezzi, University of Warwick, UK, Marco Santello, University of Warwick, UK

European Citizenship through European migration history

Sarah Clément, Génériques, Paris, FR

Food traditions amongst italian migrants in Luxembourg, between the need to be faithful to the past and new future challenges

Maria Luisa Caldognetto, Centre de Documentation sur les Migrations Humaine, Dudelange, LU 

Developing a Sustainable Model in Mutual Cultural Digital Heritage

Nonja Peters, Curtin University & University of Western Sydney, AU

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