BiSoNetMig

Although Luxembourg is an immigration country and although more and more migrants reach the age of retirement and old age, very little research on their biographies, their perspectives for old age, their social support systems and transnational social networks has been done so far. Very little is known about the question of how care is provided or is expected to be provided. The research project “Biographies and transnational social support networks of older migrants in Luxembourg” (BiSoNetMig) takes up this research gap. It is situated in the context of international research on transnational social support and the living conditions and biographies of migrants becoming old. The study is based on the methods of biographical and qualitative egocentric network analysis. It is situated in the theoretical framework of transnational research on social relations and support.

This project is funded by the University of Luxembourg (2013-2016).

Involved members of the University of Luxembourg

• Prof. Dr Ute Karl
• Dr Anne Carolina Ramos

Final Report

Journal articles

• Karl, U., Ramos, A. C., & Kühn, B. (2017). Older migrants in Luxembourg – care preferences for old age between family and
  professional services. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 43(2), 270-286.
• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2016). Social Relations, Long-Term Care, and Well-Being of Older Migrants in Luxembourg. GeroPsych: Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry.
• Albert, I., Karl, U., & Ramos, A. C. (2016). Altern in Luxembourg: Portugiesische Migrantinnen und Migranten in Luxembourg. Forum für Politik, Gesellschaft und Kultur in Luxemburg, 363, 20-22.
• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. C. (2014). Expériences migratoires et vieillissement au Luxembourg. Aktiv am Liewen, 49,44-45.

Book

• Karl, U. & S. Torres (eds.). Ageing in Contexts of Migration. London/New York: Routledge.

Book chapters

• Karl, U. (2016). Lebensweltorientierte Soziale Arbeit mit älteren Menschen. In K., Grunwald & H., Thiersch (Eds.), Praxishandbuch Lebensweltorientierte Soziale Arbeit (pp. 189–199). Juventa.
• Ciobanu, R.O. & and A.C. Ramos (2016). Is there a way back? A state-of-the-art review of the literature on retirement return migration. In: U. Karl & S. Torres (eds.),Ageing in Contexts of Migration(pp. 96-107). London/New York: Routledge.
• Karl, U. & A.C. Ramos (2016). Migrants’ post-retirement practices: a migratory life-course approach to the study of work. In: U. Karl & S. Torres (eds.),Ageing in Contexts of Migration(pp. 119-132). London/New York: Routledge.
• Torres, S. & Karl, U. (2016). A migration lens on inquiries into ageing, old age and elderly care. In: U. Karl & S. Torres (eds.),Ageing in Contexts of Migration(pp. 1–12). London/New York: Routledge.

Conference participations
2016

• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2016). BiSoNetMig Final Workshop: Biographies et réseaux de soutien social (trans)nationaux des migrant8e)s âgé(e)s au Luxembourg. Paper presented at BiSoNetMig Final Workshop, Luxembourg.
• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2016, August 02). Long-term care among older migrants in Luxembourg: The importance of social relations on well-being. Paper presented at 23rd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology,Nagoya, Japan.
• Karl, U., & Ramos, A. C. (2016, June 30). Long-term care among older migrants in Luxembourg: The importance of social relations on well-being. Paper presented at 13th IMISCOE ANNUAL CONFERENCE -, Prague.
• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2016). Elderly Portuguese in Luxembourg: linking biographies and lifestyles after retirement. Paper presented at 5th international meeting REIACTIS - Viellissement et pouvoirs d’agir: Entre ressources et  vulnerabilities, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2016). Care and social support among older Portuguese migrants in Luxembourg. Paper presented at Luso-Luxemburguês? Recherches sur la migration portugaise au Luxembourg, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

 2015

• Ramos, A. C., & Karl, U. (2015). Biographies and (trans)national social support of older migrants in Luxembourg. Paper presented at International exploratory workshop: Ageing migrants: studying by comparing, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
• Anne Carolina Ramos & Ute Karl. Long-term care perspectives among elderly migrants: The case of Luxembourg. ‘14th European Congress of Psychology’, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, 7-10 July.
• Anne Carolina Ramos & Ute Karl. Social Relations, Long-Term Care, and Well-Being of Older Migrants in Luxembourg. ‘Gerontological Society of America – GSA 2015’, Orlando, Florida, 18-22 November.
• Anne Carolina Ramos & Ute Karl. Migrants' post‐retirement practices and networks: A migratory life‐course approach to the study of work. ‘Work, Workplace integration, and migration in modernity’, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, 4th December.

2014

• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. C. (2014). Qualitative methodologies, older migrants, and the study of ambivalences. Paper presented at Remich Workshop on Ambivalence in intergenerational family relationships, Remich, Luxembourg.
• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. (2014). Older migrants in Luxembourg – care provision between family and professional services, ECSWR Annual Conference, Bolzano, Italy, 15-16 April 2014.
• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. (2014). Older migrants in Luxembourg – perspectives for care in old age between family and professional services, Nordic Congress of Gerontology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 25-28 May 2014.
• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. (2014). Older migrants in Luxembourg – care provision between family and professional services, IMISCOE Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain, 27-29 August 2014.

2013

• Karl, U., Kühn, B., & Ramos, A. (2013). “Successful” migration biographies and perspectives for very old age, IMISCOE Annual Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 25-27 August 2013.