PROGRAM

 
Monday 3 November

Presenters
Title
Session 1
9.15
Chair 
Assoc Prof
Farida Fozdar
9.30 -10.30am
Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Professor Robyn Owens
Keynote address
Prof Anthony Elliiot

Welcome


Life on the Move: Mobilities in the Global Age
10.30 -11.00 am
Morning tea
University Cafe
Session 2
11.00- 12.30 pm
Chair Prof
Johanna Wyn
Prof Anita Harris


‘Living in “the World of the Locally Tied”: Youth Mobilities and Immobilities in the Multicultural Neighbourhood’
Dr Andrzej Gwizdalski
From puberty to ‘jihad’ – the mix-wired process of (un)becoming Australian
Assoc Prof Farida Fozdar
Resettling refugees: precarity across the lifecourse
12.30 – 1.30
Lunch
Social Sciences Tea Room
Session 3
1.30 – 2.30 pm
Postgraduate Presentations
Chair Prof Loretta Baldassar
Oliver Laing, Katharina Bense, Marc Schmidlin, Monty King,
Maki Meyer, Charmaine Lim
2.30 – 3.30
Extended afternoon tea with postgraduates
University Club
Session 4
3.30-4.30
Chair 
Assoc Prof
Farida Fozdar
Asocc Prof Sarah Prout
Postcoloniality, mobile cultures, and the politics of Indigenous mobilities in Australia
Assoc Prof Donella Caspersz
Conceptualising work and belonging of temporary skilled labour migrants (Visa 457) in Australia
Dinner

TBC

Tuesday 4 November

Presenter
Title
Session 5 9.30-10.30, Chair Assoc Prof Martin Forsey
Keynote – Prof Johanna Wyn
The importance of mobility for young people’s transition regimes: the situation of young people living in Australia’s rural areas
10.30-11.00
Morning Tea
University Café
Session 6 11.00-12.30
Chair Assoc Prof Farida Fozdar
Assoc Prof Martin Forsey

Mining Dispositions: Emergent Adulthood and the Sociology of Choice in a Resource Boomtown
Dr Mitch Low
Dar Said Orl Acklan Kam Fram…?’ Circular migration and emplacement from afar among mainland-resident Norfolk Islanders
Prof Loretta Baldassar
Aging, death and dying in a mobile world
12.30 – 1.30
Lunch

Session 7
1.30-3.00
Chair Prof
Loretta Baldassar
Prof Jane Kenway
Travelling with and unravelling Bourdieu: Elite schools and the cultural logics and limits of trans- nationality
Dr Danau Tanu
Mapping the Educational Trajectories of the Children of Internationally Mobile Families
Dr Amie Matthews
Young Australian Travellers: At Home in the World?
3.00 – 3.30
Afternoon Tea
University Cafe
Session 8
3.30-4.30
Plenary
Chair Assoc Prof Martin Forsey
Issues, conclusions, policy implications, next steps
6.30 pm
Dinner
Chez Pierre Restaurant, Nedlands

Presentation time 20 minutes + Q&A 10 minutes per speaker in all sessions except session 3 (6+4)