Round table «Migration: New Trends and Directions»

 

September 13, 2018 on the basis of the Department of Sociology of the ENU named after L.N. Gumilev the international round table on the topic of «Migration: New Trends and Directions» was organized. Within the framework of the round table with a welcoming speech on the prospects for the development of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Kashkhinbai B.B. made a speech. Further, the deputy of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the RK, the chairman of the "Rada of Ukrainians of Kazakhstan" Yu.E. Timoshenko spoke about the practice of cooperation of the Assembly of the people of Kazakhstan and the leadership of the "Rada Ukrainians of Kazakhstan" organization with the departments of the ENU named after L.N. Gumilev. Then, with a welcoming speech, the General Director of the Representative Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Kazakhstan Mr. Thomas Helm made a speech.

 

Also within the framework of the round table there was the presentation of Acting Head of the Department of Sociology (PhD) Otar E.S. about the experience of the department's participation in the organization of applied research, the involvement of sociology students in research.

 

The main speaker of the round table was Mr. Thomas Faist, a professor of sociology at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. Professor Faist presented a report on the main characteristics of Germany's migration policy.