This conference is part of the project "Expectations of return of new Portuguese emigrants living in Switzerland" carried out in the framework of Seed Money for joint Swiss-Portuguese Academic Projects, an initiative of CCISP and HESSO, funded by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) and the Fonds national Suisse de la recherche (FNS).

Coordination: CICS.NOVA, IP Leiria (Portugal) and HETS - HESSO (Switzerland)

Partnerships: CIES-Iscte, CES-University of Coimbra, nccr - on the move

PROGRAMME

14h15 Opening session

Teresa Patrício, CIES-Iscte Director

José Carlos Marques, IP Leiria

Milena Chimienti, HETS - HES-SO

14h30 Papers presentations

"Return Intentions of Recent Portuguese Migrants in Switzerland" [in EN]

Chair: João Peixoto, ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa

Who are the Portuguese living in Switzerland who return to their country?

Philippe Wanner, University of Geneva

A quantitative approach on return intentions of Portuguese recent migrants in Switzerland

José Carlos Marques, IP Leiria,

Pedro Góis, University of Coimbra

A qualitative approach on return intentions of Portuguese recent migrants in Switzerland

Liliana Azevedo, CIES-Iscte,

Marta Marques HETS – HES-SO,

Milena Chimienti, HETS – HES-SO

Questions & Answers

16h00 - Break

16h30 Roundtable

Return migration of Portuguese from Switzerland: Challenges and Opportunities for both Countries” [in PT]

Chair: Alice Vilaça, Antena 1

Jorge Oliveira, Diretor dos Serviços Regionais da DGACCP

Marília Mendes, Delegada sindical, UNIA (via ZOOM)

Gregor Zemp, Secretário-Geral da CCISP, Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Suíça

Adélio Amaro, Diretor da Gazeta Lusófona

Jorge Malheiros, Investigador no IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa

18h00 End of the day