13/09/2026
The Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) Standing Committee is organizing a webinar on Transnational Engagement on 9 October 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET.
Transnational and translocal engagements, such as sending remittances, are often celebrated as contributions to development in countries and communities of origin. However, they are also increasingly questioned by host-society communities, policymakers, and communities of origin. While host societies may view the sending of remittances with suspicion, seeing them as money flowing out of the country, communities in countries of origin may condemn migrants for building businesses in their countries of origin or criticize them for leaving their children behind in pursuit of financial gain abroad.
In this webinar, we draw attention to these debates, focusing not only on remittances but also on other forms of transnational and translocal engagement, through the concept of "deservingness.” While there is a burgeoning literature on “deservingness” that focuses on attitudes toward migrants in host societies, research on the “deservingness” of transnational engagement remains limited. The concept of “deservingness” refers to judgments rooted in assessments of moral worth, through which migrants and their practices are perceived as more or less deserving.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the discussion.
The contributors are Viorela Telegdi-Csetri and Áron Telegdi-Csetri from Castle - Centre for the Study of Transnational Families Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai; Luděk Jirka from University of Hradec Králové; and Hilda Gustafsson from Malmö University.
You can find the abstracts here: https://lnkd.in/d7E5vyzU
To receive the webinar link (Zoom), please write to [email protected]
