Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are sorry to inform you that due to the war in Ukraine we have to adjourn the VII th International Scientific Conference – Nations, Regions, Organisations : culture and migrations, the co-organisers of which are Russian scholars.

Organisers are of the opinion that the prerequisite for scientific cooperation is the respect and observance of not only academic values but also basic democratic principles as well as the right to self-determination of nation states.

Conference Organising Committee

Institute of Sociology, The University of Szczecin together with Polish Sociological Society, Szczecin Branch
and ISA  Working Group 01 „ Sociology on Local-Global Relations”

have the honour to invite you to

the VIIth  International Conference 

„Nations, Regions, Organisations – Culture and Migrations” 

13th – 14th  October 2022, Szczecin

We invite you to the seventh edition of The International Scientific Conference  – Nations, Regions, Organisations – Culture and Migrations. The main topic of the conference is going to be the phenomenon of migration, its aspects, forms, its influence on the condition, development as well as the evolution of cultures in contemporary world.

The conference objective is a direct exchange of opinions and a discussion on the ideas, opinions, pictures , the reception and reflection of the identity forming and  migration phenomenon on all levels of social life as well as the influence of modern practices, the technology of migration process management, the future of socio – cultural process, the directions of sustainable development and creating a new level of affiliative relations. We hope that research on migration processes in different social contexts and different regions of the world, will make it possible to identify and  determine the influence of migration on the cultures of nations, regions, organisations. It will help to optimise social practices  as well as serve as an inspiration for further research and the creation of new theoretical conceptions.

During the conference we would like to focus on the following topics:

• diversity of migration forms in globalisation era and the problems of culture development;
• the strategy of cultural identification in terms of extending migration;
• integration problems in culturally heterogeneous communities;
• changes taking place, due to migration processes, in social and cultural capitals management as well as practices of their functioning in social players;
• the reasons for conflicts in culturally heterogeneous environment and ways of overcoming them;
• the role of government and civil society in ensuring the integration of migrants;
• state and regional policies of civil and regional identity formation in a globalizing society;
• political parties and organizations as subjects of the identity discourse (European, national, ethnic, civil);
• the dialogue of cultures construction in terms  of extending migration;
• trust, partnership, competition in terms of extending migration.