The Poznań University of Economics and Business and the City of Poznań would like to invite to two open lectures that will be presented by Professor Michel Beine. On 16 March 2016 at 1:15 PM in the Auditorium (building A) a lecture about "The Economics of Immigration. New Developments" shall be presented, addressed both to the inhabitants of Poznań and to representatives of academic and scientific environment. Meanwhile, on 17 March 2016 at 1:15 PM in room 418A (al. Niepodleglosci 10, building A) an open scientific seminar on the topic of "Immigration and Internal Mobility in Canada" will be carried out, addressed to doctoral candidates, scientific employees and professors of the University of Economics and other Universities in Poznań.
Professor Michel Beine is a recognized researcher in the field of international migration in Europe and throughout the world.
During the stay of Professor Michel Beine, meetings with authorities of PUEB and the Faculty of Informatics and Electronic Economy, as well as employees and doctoral candidates of PUEB were scheduled, the purpose of which will be the identification of areas and forms of scientific, research and teaching cooperation between the University in Luxembourg and Poznań University of Economics and Business.
The visit of Professor Michel Beine on PUEB is important, as it applies to the very current problems of economic and social matters for Poland, Europe and the world. It will the basis for the development of cooperation between UL and PUEB in the nearest future of which the coordinator will be PhD Krzysztof Malaga, PUEB associate professor.
Professor Michel Beine is a professor of economics working at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, director of the Centre for Research in Economics and Management (CREA) at the University of Luxembourg and participant of the IMPLA project.
Professor Michel Beine is a recognized researcher in the field of international migration in Europe and throughout the world. The object of his research interests problems such as: macroeconomic consequences of immigration and emigration; identification of conditions and effects of international migration; brain-drain as a result of emigration from developing countries to developed countries and its impact on welfare, relations between migration and networks, the role of diaspora, the importance of climatic factors and alleviation of "the Dutch Disease" in the context of temporary migration (short-term), as well as the impact of migration on internal mobility.