Workshop on Migration and Mobility at Shanghai University

On the 17th of October 2019, the Sino-German consortium team gathered for an afternoon exchange session at Shanghai University with Dr Fengqing Li, Prof Liu Yong, Prof Sun Xiulin, Prof Li Yongfu, and their honorary guest Prof. Zhao Min. With organisation and moderation by Dr Fengqing Li (Shanghai University) and Dr Huang Huang (TU Berlin), the workshop was focused on the research of Working Package 6 - Migration and Mobility. Prof. Sun Xuilin and Dr Fengqing Li offered inputs on the methodology of an extensive social survey within Shanghai and an overview of Taizhou’s urbanization tract in its wider provincial and national context. Members of the German URA team presented the overall project research design and some preliminary research outcomes derived from ongoing fieldwork. Throughout the session, Prof. Dr Zhao Min offered his comments and insights during each presentation and moderated productive discussions among the group to examine issues and themes that emerged from the fieldwork.