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Dr Jakub Isański visiting professor from Poznan
October 3 and 4, 2011 Dr Jakub Isański from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, will give lectures at UiA. The lectures will provide both bachelor and master students with various sociologial perspectives: Sociology of Tourism, International Migration, and Social Capital.
Dr Jakub Isański is participating in the Erasmus Mundus Lifelong Learning Programme – Teaching Staff Mobility.
About the lectures
Sociology of Tourism
Course:SV-124 Location-based Tourism - Location as a Product
Bachelor's Programme in Tourism Management and Experience Economy
When and where: Monday 3rd October 12:15-14:00 room F1 022
Sociological point of view on tourism as human flow. The main point will be: the impact of tourism development from economical and social point of view - its positive and adverse effects in particular parts of the world; the growth of new kinds of tourism - adventure, alternative and educational travels.
International Migration
Course: SV-205 Multicultural Understanding in a Welfare Perspective
Bachelor's Programme in Social Work , Bachelor's Programme in Sociology of Work and Welfare
When and where: Tuesday 4th October 12.15-14.00 B2 003
Contemporary theories on migration issues, observed and investigated from the sociological point of view. The main points of interests will be the following: socio-economic theories of migration, migrants -diasporas, communities and minorities of newcomers, and the impact of migration on globalization and development. The lecture will be illustrated with data of the field research of Polish migration after 2004 (EU accession).
Social Capital
Courses: ME-508 Applicability of Social Science Research / SV-406 Modern Sociological Theory
Master's Programme in Welfare Studies
When and where: Tuesday 4th October 14.15-16.00 room 46-111
The presentation of social, human and cultural capital theories and its applications to society in terms of upward social mobility factors. All the mentioned theories will be used to investigate as a part of microlevel, individual rational strategies to improve one’s social position, as well as parts of macro-scale processes of social changes linked with global social networks, push-pull factors, chain migration and migrants’ adaptation in receiving areas.
Universitetet i Agderpost@uia.no
Telefon: +47 38 14 10 00 Fax: +47 38 14 10 01
