Forthcoming Event
Ageing in contexts of mixed migrations and weak state support
About the Speakers
Professor Tanja Bastia, University of Manchester and Claudia Calsina, Universidad de San Simon, Bolivia
Professor Tanja Bastia is a leading academic at the Global Development Institute (GDI) at the University of Manchester specializing in international development, particularly migration, mobility, and social change, focusing on transnational migration, power dynamics, and intersectionality, and holds roles like Director of the Doctoral College. She conducts extensive ethnographic research, notably with Bolivian migrants, and publishes widely on migration and development, often exploring themes like gender, ageing, and the impacts of COVID-19 on migrant communities.
Claudia Calsina currently pursuing a Doctorate in Social Sciences and Humanities, carried out by the Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS) and the School of Global Studies (SGS) of the University of Gothenburg (GU).
Convenor: Professor George W Leeson
Please note that this is a Hybrid event. We welcome colleagues to 66 Banbury Road or on line via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81070637073
This event is part of a seminar series:
Hilary 2026 Seminar Series: Understanding More About Demographic Change
Demography is the study of human populations. Such study involves the measurement of the demographic components: fertility, mortality and migration in well-defined populations. Having measured these components, demographers have at their disposal tools—both more and less sophisticated—to enable them to predict the development of these components in time and space and thereby predict...
Event Details
05 March 2026 14:00 - 15:00
Location
Online & 66 Banbury Rd