ESF Research Conferences

Welcome address - Overall Agenda by Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, DE
Opening Thoughts by Jeanette Schade, University of Bielefeld, DE

Petter Pilesjö, Lund University, SE
Drought in Iraq: Implications for rural population, environment and agriculture in Duhok Governorate: Methodological challenges

Coffee Break

Session 2: Social Inequality as a Trigger of Environmental Migration
Chair: Carsten Felgentreff, University of Osnabrück, DE

Tamer Afifi, United Nations University–Environmental and Human Security, DE Social vulnerability and environmentally induced migration: Introducing the Rainfalls Project

Short Talk: Benjamin Etzold, University of Bonn, DE
Inequality in Bangladesh’s labour migration systems: Uneven access to labour migration and its effects on the human security of migrant households and those left behind

Lunch at the ZIF Cafeteria

Short Talk: Gil Marvel Tabucanon, Macquarie University, AU

The resettlement of Nauruans in Australia: An early case of failed environmental migration

François Gemenne, IDDRI, FR

Inequalities in the assistance to the displacees of Tohoku tsunami and Fukushima disaster

Short Talk: Bishawjit Mallick, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE
Social disparities in a disaster-triggered migration process: A case study of a tropical cyclone prone coastal Community

Kevin Boiragi, University of York, CA

Movie: Climate refugees of Bangladesh

Robert McLeman, Wilfrid Laurier University, CA

Climate, food security and labour migration

Keynote: Brooke A. Ackerly, Vanderbilt University, US
Theory and ethics for studying gendered injustice in the context of environmental change

Short Talk: Kerstin Schmidt-Verkerk, International Council for Science – Regional Office Latin America and Caribbean, MX
The role of social inequality in migration decisions related to climate change: The case of Mexico (focus on gender)

Short Talk: Mizanur Rahman, National University of Singapore (SG)
How do peasants’ wives and daughters respond to climate change? Peasant families in Southern Bangladesh

Short Talk: Gülcin Erdi Lelandais, University of Rouen, FR
(In)justice and (in)equality in adaptation processes to climate change: Desertification and farmers’ mobility in Konya Plain in Turkey

Short Talk: Elisa Fornale, University of Bern CH and Jérémie Guélat, University of Neuchâtel, CH
Climate change and statelessness: Assessing the risks and the legal implications

Thomas Faist and Jeanette Schade, University of Bielefeld, DE

Wrap-up Session and Forward Look Plenary Discussion