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VIRTUAL EVENT: Youth mobility in East Asia

11 May 2021, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm

Person looking at city in Shenzhen, China. Image: Robert Bye via Unsplash

This webinar is the second event in the youth mobility series and will focus on student mobility in East Asia.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Rachel Benchekroun

Watch the webinar

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Presentations

Cross-boundary mobilities for education in East Asia: tiredness and exhaustion

Drawing on her primary research with families in Hong Kong, Professor Johanna Waters (UCL Geography) will share her findings on how families discuss emotions and feelings in their narratives of daily trans-border commutes for schooling, focusing on the prevalence of tiredness and exhaustion.

Urbanised, liminal, permeated, and twisted: four orientations of habitus in rural students’ transitions to urban life

Jiexiu Chen (UCL Institute of Education) will present findings from her research in China on rural students’ experiences of settling down in the city.

Building on Bourdieu to examine migration across social boundaries, Jiexiu proposes four orientations of habitus to demonstrate individuals’ tendencies to maintain continuity or embrace changes: urbanised habitus, liminal habitus, permeated habitus, and twisted habitus. 

After the presentations, Dr Cora Xu (Durham University) will identify cross-cutting themes and invite questions from webinar participants. 

CGY Youth Mobility seminar series

The Centre for Global Youth (CGY) is hosting a series of webinars to explore youth mobility practices in different parts of the world. Over 5 weeks in May and June, the seminars will examine how and why young people become mobile, drawing on the experience of young people in India, China, Australia and the UK.

The events will consider internal mobility, international students, service workers, graduates, and young unaccompanied asylum seekers.  

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About the Speakers

Professor Johanna L Waters

Professor of Human Geography and Co-Director of the Migration Research Unit at UCL

Johanna has worked for a number of years on aspects of transnational families, education and migration, with a particular interest in East Asia.

More about Professor Johanna L Waters

Jiexiu Chen

PhD candidate at UCL Institute of Education

Jiexiu's research interests include social mobility, urban-rural migration, cross-cultural adaptation, and higher education policy.