Journée de conférences

Transnational ageing among older migrants and natives: A strategy to overcome vulnerability

Dates de l'événementmardi 14 février 2023
Heures de l'événement 10:00 - 17:15

Lieu HETSL · Auditoire B 232-233

Réseau Âge, vieillissements et fin de vie (AVIF)

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Comment la migration affecte-t-elle la vulnérabilité des personnes âgées ? Quelles sont des différences et similarités entre les personnes âgées avec et sans une expérience de migration ? Cette conférence, donnée en anglais, réunit des chercheur·e·s discutant de plusieurs thématiques et s’intéressant aux personnes âgées qui vieillissent dans un contexte migratoire ou non en Suisse et en Italie.

Older persons are portrayed as a homogeneous population, and policy and even research acknowledge very little the variability within this group. Yet, there are older persons with an experience of migration, others who have migrated internally within a country, as well as persons who have never moved. There are varied life courses leading to distinct situations in old age. Furthermore, there is a constant increase in the population of older migrants. Older migrants are rather marginal in research both in the fields of gerontology and migration. This conference brings together researchers discussing several topics and populations of older persons with and without a migration background in Switzerland and abroad.

 

Cette conférence sera donnée en anglais

Thématiques

  • Migrations, citoyenneté, interculturalité
  • Vieillesse, fin de vie, mort

Programme

10h00 — 10h30

Arrival and coffee

10h30 — 10h45        

Introduction

Alessandro Pelizzari, Director, Haute école de travail social et de la santé Lausanne (HETSL – HES-SO)
Oana Ciobanu, Professor, HETSL – HES-SO

 

10h45 — 11h45        

Transnational ageing: drivers and impacts

Keynote Tineke Fokkema, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

11h45 — 12h30       

Quantitative stories on older international migrants, internal migrants and natives in Switzerland and Italy – TransAge project

Olga Ganjour, HETSL - HES-SO and University of Geneva
Oana Ciobanu, Professor, HETSL – HES-SO

12h30 — 14h00       

Lunch

14h00 — 14h45      

Retirement migration: Creating a more inclusive social environment abroad?

Marion Repetti, HEVS – HES-SO Valais

14h45 — 15h30     

Experiences of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stories of international migrants and natives in Switzerland and Italy, TransAge project

Iuna Dones, HETSL – HES-SO

15h30 — 16h00    

Coffee break

16h00 — 16h45    

Perceptions of ageing and "good death" among elderly migrants in French-speaking Switzerland: What matters?

Cecilia Mathys, HETSL – HES-SO

16h45 — 17h15    

TransAge project: Concluding remarks

Oana Ciobanu, HETSL – HES-SO

17h15      

Apéro

Informations pratiques

Adresse

Chemin des Abeilles 14, 1010 Lausanne, Suisse

Contact

Oana Ciobanu, Professeure HES ordinaire

 +41 21 651 62 45

 oana.ciobanu@hetsl.ch