Migration, Transformation and Sustainability

这项研究将对移民的全面见解融入到可持续发展转型的理论中。人们对全球影响到不安全和人权的非自愿移徙感到前所未有的关切。但国内和国际移民对个人和社会都具有巨大的变革潜力。转型理论假设人口是静态的，没有认识到人口流动的积极和消极影响。这一差距限制了对可持续性的解释和干预战略。因此，目标是利用理论和严格的实证研究，通过纳入移徙动态，扩大对向可持续性转变的认识。具体包括：人口总流动对可持续性的影响;可持续性的个人生命过程层面;以及移徙和可持续性的治理。该研究将开发一个全面的移民可持续性模型，并在地方，国家和国际范围内发展可持续性战略的见解。它将建设全球社会科学能力，以解释和参与向可持续性转变的移徙层面。来自欧洲，北美，亚洲和非洲的跨学科社会科学联盟建立在持续的方法创新和深入合作的基础上。研究设计涉及在全球范围内和在代表各种所谓移徙过渡的研究地点进行建模、观察和行动研究。其成果将是共同设计的理论进展以及反映真实的世界移徙动态的突出和可行的可持续性战略。

This research integrates comprehensive insights on migration into theories of transformation to sustainability. There is unprecedented concern over involuntary migration globally affecting insecurity and human rights. But both domestic and international migration has enormous transformative potential for individuals and societies. Transformation theories assume static populations and fail to recognize both positive and negative impacts of the movement of people. This gap limits explanations and intervention strategies for sustainability. The objective is therefore to use theory and rigorous empirical research to expand knowledge of transformations to sustainability by incorporating migration dynamics. These specifically include: the impact of aggregate flows of people on sustainability; the individual lifecourse dimensions of sustainability; and the governance of migration and sustainability. The research will develop a comprehensive migration-sustainability model, and develop insights on sustainability strategies at local, national and international scales. It will build global capacity of social science to explain and engage with migration dimensions of transformations to sustainability. The interdisciplinary social-science led consortium from Europe, North America, Asia and Africa builds on on-going methodological innovation and deep collaboration. The research design involves modelling, observations and action research at global scales and in research sites representing the full range of so-called migration transitions. The outcome will be co-designed advances in theory and salient and workable sustainability strategies reflecting real world migration dynamics.