Geography of Resources, Borders and Migrations

The lab aims to provide students with technical theory and practice (at an introductory level) in Europlanning, which involves the design, drafting and submission of projects in the framework of g European calls for funding.
The lab is part of the European Union and Global Challenges curriculum and aims to open the door for students to enter the world of work as a Europlanner/Project Manager capable of taking charge of applications by public bodies, companies, association and other actors to European calls for funding.
The teaching methods, course content and assessment methods applied in the lab give students the necessary theoretical tools, promote the practical application of knowledge and develop their ability to self-evaluate outcomes. An active and diligent participation in classroom learning is therefore essential to enable students to achieve their learning objectives.
This course generally aims to make students aware of how recent changes in the global economy and in international relations have transformed the directions, scale and nature of global migration. Ample space will be devoted to the growing economic development of emerging countries and the shift of the world's economic axis in their direction. The course will also focus on where the most innovative raw materials are located. The course will then look at how this economic development is linked to recent changes in global migration flows and the universal increase in women migrants. In addition, the exodus of international refugees will also be considered through the perspective of "environmental migration", a topic of some controversy.
To highlight the differences in border management policies between the north and south of the planet, this geographical analysis will place special focus on studying how public and civil society participants use national borders as migration policy tools.
The notions, concepts and regional examples studied are intended to make students aware primarily of how local migration events are tied to international migration events.

Upon completing the course, students will have developed an understanding of the scale of international migration, trends in directions of international migration flows and how these relate to global economic and political changes.
In addition, students will be introduced to in-class examples which will allow them to gain knowledge of the concepts of borders, migration policy and legal and illegal migration in the light of human geography. They will also be able to independently analyse the causes and consequences of current migration patterns and the migration management strategies put in place by government and civil society.