Characteristics of Temporary Migration in European-Asian Transnational Social Spaces, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
International Perspectives on Migration Series, Vol. 14

This book focuses on the experiences of temporary movements between Asia and Europe from the perspective of migrants and mobile people. It raises important questions such as: Why do people migrate on a temporary basis and what does this actually mean? How are these trajectories shaped? What are the implications of temporary moves for migrants and non-migrants? And how are transnational ties and practices characterized in the context of temporary migration? 

By shedding light on the practices and experiences of individual migrants, the book provides useful insights into understanding the challenges arising in an increasingly interconnected and mobile world. The chapters indicate that temporary migratory movements are on the rise: on the one hand on a voluntary basis such as reflected in labour migration, lifestyle migration and international student mobility, and on the other hand in an involuntary way as expressed in different forms of forced migration. Either way, temporary migration has diverse political. legal, economic, social and cultural implications, including the emergence of novel transnational networks and practices.

The book is based on the findings of the international research project Transnational Migration in Transition: Transformative Characteristics of Temporary Mobility of People (EURA-NET), funded by the European Union?s 7th Framework Programme for period 2014-2017. 

Dr. Pirkko Pitkänen is Professor of Educational Policy and Multicultural Education and Research Manager of the Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation (TRANSIT) (www.uta.fi/transit) at the University of Tampere, Finland. Her areas of expertise include transnational migration, cross-cultural work and multicultural training. Professor Pitkänen has extensive experience of leading large-scale international and national research projects. These include five EU Framework Projects (FP3; FP5; FP7; Horizon 2020). She has published widely in national and international fields. Among her international publications are, Pitkänen, P., İçduygu, A. & Sert, D. (eds. 2012) Migration and Transformation: Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism (Springer); Pitkänen, P., et al. (eds. 2002) Education and Immigration: Settlement Policies and Current Challenges (RoutledgeFalmer); and Pitkänen, P. & Kalekin-Fishman, D. (eds. 2007) Multiple State Membership and Citizenship in the Era of Transnational Migration (Sense Publishers).

Dr. Mari Korpela is senior research fellow at the University of Tampere, Finland, and she has a PhD is social anthropology. Dr. Korpela has conducted extensive ethnographic research among Western lifestyle migrants in India. Her research interests include anthropology of childhood, 'third culture kids', lifestyle migration, transnational communities, countercultures, gender and travel, temporary migration and ethnographic research methods. She has been a visiting scholar at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, UK. Dr. Korpela has published in both national and international journals and authored several book chapters for international edited volumes. Her publications also include the book Korpela, M. & Dervin F. (eds. 2013) Cocoon Communities. Togetherness in the 21st Century (Cambridge Scholars Publishing).

Dr. Mustafa Aksakal is a senior researcher at Bielefeld University, Germany, and he has a PhD in sociology and devel

Provides a unique understanding of temporary transnational migration, including its transformative characteristics

Describes the effects of not only those on the move, but also those who do not move

Looks at temporary migration to various directions in the European-Asian transnational space