Mobility instead of exodus

Prof. Thomas Faist PhD heads the research group Sociology of Transnationalization and the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. Tobias Gehring is doing his PhD at the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University and the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (BGHS). Dr. Susanne U. Schultz received her doctorate from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University. She is a project manager at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and an Associated Research Fellow at the Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD).

• Introduction - A continent on the move.- Migration: drivers and dynamics of cross-border mobility.- Forced migration in Africa.- Internal migration and internally displaced persons in Africa.- Integration in Africa.- Migration and refugee policies in Africa.- Diaspora as mediators between Africa and Europe.- What to do? Promoting mobility.