Theimpact of gender on migration processesConsidering thedynamic and reciprocal relationship between gender relations and migration, thecontributions in this book approach migration dynamics from a gender-sensitiveperspective. Bringing together insights from various fields of study, it isdemonstrated how processes of social change occur differently in distinct lifedomains, over time, and across countries and/or regions, influencing therelationship between gender and migration. Detailed analysis by regions,countries, and types of migration reveals a strong variation regarding levelsand features of female and male migration. This approach enables us to graspthe distinct ways in which gender roles, perceptions, and relations, eachembedded in a particular cultural, geographical, and socioeconomic context,affect migration dynamics. Hence, this volume demonstrates that gender mattersat each stage of the migration process. In its entirety, Gender and Migration gives evidence ofthe unequivocal impact of gender and gendered structures, both at a micro andmacro level, upon migrant's lives and of migration on gender dynamics.This publication isGPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer Review Content).Contributors: Marianna Bacci Tamburlini (Universidade de Lisboa), MilenaBelloni (University of Antwerp), Kitti Baracsi (University of Pécs), KamilaFialkowska (University of Warsaw), Hilde Greefs (University of Antwerp), KennethHemmerechts (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Alexandra Parrs (University ofAntwerp), Ferruccio Pastore (Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerchesull'Immigrazione FIERI Torino), Alina Poghosyan (Institute of Archaeology andEthnography of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia), Ilse Ruyssen(Ghent University), Sara Salomone (Ghent University and UNU-CRIS), RominaSeminario Luna (Lausanne University), Christiane Timmerman (University ofAntwerp), Lore Van Praag (University of Antwerp), Thomas Verbruggen (Universityof Antwerp), Zeynep Zümer Batur (University of Antwerp)

Thought-provokinginsights on the nexus of migration and integration beyond the national contextAcross the world, and due to ongoing globalisation,migration is increasingly becoming a part of daily life. But more than ever, migrationcan no longer be viewed as a simple linear trajectory from A to B. Theemergence of transnational communities and intense interactions between regionsof origin and of destination have led to new forms of social–cultural praxisand (sub)cultures which exert an important influence on the integration of immigrants.The case of Flanders, the northern part of Belgium and at the centre of EUpolicymaking, is presented as a case study in this book.Migrationand Integration in Flanders isstructured in three thematic parts, opening with chapters on the imaginaries andperceptions of people in changing migration contexts. The book then proceedswith chapters which present theoretical and empiric data on changingintegration dynamics in multicultural societies. The final chapter concludes witha discussion of social networks' mediating role.The growing complexity of migration leads the contributing authors to lookbeyond borders, both of national frontiers – as migration by definition impliescross-border research – and of disciplines and research methods. In doing so, the presentvolume offers thought-provoking essays on topical issues that stir public andpolitical debates across Europe, and contributes to fundamental discussions onchanging societies.Contributors: Didier Boost (University of Antwerp), Noel Clycq(University of Antwerp), David De Coninck (KU Leuven), Godfried Engbersen(Erasmus University Rotterdam), Steven Groenez (KU Leuven), KennethHemmerechts (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Dries Lens (University of Antwerp),François Levrau (University of Antwerp), Ive Marx (University of Antwerp),Joris Michielsen (University of Antwerp), Ward Nouwen (University of Antwerp),Edith Piqueray (University of Antwerp), Christiane Timmerman (University ofAntwerp), Falke Tibax (University of Antwerp), Rut Van Caudenberg (Universityof Antwerp/Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Anneloes Vandenbroucke (KU Leuven),Sanne Van de Pol (University of Antwerp), Dirk Vanheule (University ofAntwerp), Gert Verschraegen (University of Antwerp), Suncica Vujic (Universityof Antwerp)