Dr Isabel Shutes

This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Economics, BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, Erasmus Reciprocal Programme of Study and Exchange Programme for Students from University of California, Berkeley. This course is freely available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. It does not require permission. This course is available with permission to General Course students.

This course is only available to third year undergraduate students.

This course is capped. Places will be assigned on a first come first served basis.

This interdisciplinary course addresses contemporary global migration with reference to a range of country contexts and different patterns and forms of migration. The course examines the relationship between migration and social and public policies, including the implications for how migrants and migration are conceptualised, for inequalities in the movement of people, for social protection, and for the impacts of migration in countries of origin and destination. It draws on current approaches to researching migration and considers the implications of those approaches.  

15 hours of lectures and 15 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.

All teaching will be in accordance with the LSE Academic Code which specifies a "minimum of two hours taught contact time per week when the course is running in the Autumn Term (AT) and/or Winter Term (WT)". Social Policy courses are predominantly taught through a combination of in-person lectures and in-person classes/seminars. Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.

Various question types.

Learning activities throughout the course develop students learning in connection with the course learning outcomes and assessment. Students complete a formative group assignment completed in class. 

• Goldin, I., Cameron, G.  & Balarajan, M. (2012) Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future, Princeton University Press. CHAPTER 1
• Shachar, A. (2009) The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality, Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. INTRODUCTION.
• Migali, S. and Scipioni, M. (2019) "Who’s About to Leave? A Global Survey of Aspirations and Intentions to Migrate" International Migration, 57: 181-200.
• Levitt, P., Viterna, J., Mueller, A., & Lloyd, C. (2017) "Transnational Social Protection: Setting the Agenda" Oxford Development Studies, 45(1), 2-9.
• Deshingkar, P. (2006). Internal Migration, Poverty and Development in Asia: Including the Excluded. The Institute of Development Studies. 
• Laczko, F.  and Aghazarm, C. (2009) Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence. Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM).
• Donato, K. et al. (2006) "A Glass Half Full? Gender in Migration Studies" International Migration Review, 40: 1, 3-26.

The reading list includes required and supplementary readings that demonstrate current debates and approaches. Readings will be complemented by podcasts, videos and interactive materials relating to the readings. 

Various question types (30%).

Written test (70%).

The course is assessed by an in-class group assignment (30%) and an in-class individual assignment (70%).