OMICS 2023

Programme 

On 22-24 November, the conference OMICS 2023 (Organizing Migration and Integration in Contemporary Societies) will take place in central Gothenburg, Sweden. 

The School of Economics, Business and Law and Centre for Global Migration at the University of Gothenburg are organising OMICS 2023, and this year more than 100 researchers from different parts of the world are participating. OMICS 2023 runs for three days, and the aim is to disseminate new research on issues related to migration and integration.

22 November

• 11:00-13:00 Registration and lunch
• 13:15-14:00 Opening Keynote Speaker Professor Dr Bhupinder Chimni: Migration and integration: A Global South Perspective 
• 14:15-15:45 Parallel Session I
• 15:45-16:15 Coffee break
• 16:30-18:00 Panel Discussion I: Activating employers and job seekers in labour market integration of migrants – an international perspective
• 18:30-20:00 Mingle and opening by Per Cramér, Professor of International Law and Dean for the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.

23 November

• 09:00-10:30 Parallel Session II
• 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00-11:45
• Keynote Speaker Professor Mathias Czaika: Climate Change and Migration – An assessment of the state of evidence. 
• 11:45-12:45 Lunch
• 13:00–14:15 Panel Discussion: Migration in the future: Trends, challenges and opportunities
• 14:30-16:00 Parallel session III
• 16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
• 16:30-17:15 Keynote speaker Emerita Professor Ann Langley: Process perspectives for studying migration and integration
• 19:00 Conference Dinner at Elite Park Avenue Hotel

24 November

• 09:00-10:30 Parallel Session IV
• 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00-11:45 Keynote Speaker Professor Gabriella Elgenius: Civil society’s role to enhance employment opportunities in conditions of socioeconomic challenge and diversity
• 11:45-12:45 Lunch
• 13:00-14:30 Parallel Session V
• 14:30-15:00 Closing Session