AUT University Business School Research Seminar

AUT University Business School Research Seminar:

Globalization, Migration into Urban Centres, and Cross-cultural Training

Tuesday, 13 February 2007
2pm - 4pm
Lecture theatre WE320
AUT University City Campus

WE Building on St. Paul St. between Wakefield and Symonds Streets (Art and Design building)
Preregistration not necessary.

Professor Dan Landis of the University of Hawai'i will present a lecture and question and answer session on the topic: Globalization, Migration into Urban Centres, and Cross-cultural Training. The topic is of particular interest to Auckland and to regional planners in the area.

Abstract
The process of globalisation is well established and its positive effects touted by most nations. Less well known are its effects on populations negatively affected by the movement of capital and goods from rich to less rich countries and groups of people from poor to wealthy nations.

According to Prof. Landis: "After first discussing the effects of globalization on migratory patterns, I will then examine, briefly, the mental health effects on the groups compelled to leave their native lands. These groups historically have crowded into cities and those cities become prey to developers less interested in rational planning than in providing profitable areas for local and foreign investments. As these migrations occur, they result in significant increases in diversity and, often, conflict between the hosts and the newly arrived groups.

"I will then describe some techniques for ameliorating these conflicts through an understanding and application of cross-cultural training approaches. While these techniques have never been applied on the massive scale that might be required, in principle they should have positive outcomes. In any case, the research result indicates that the coming migratory disasters as a result of globalization require that nations develop and deploy mechanisms that will mitigate the most negative of the likely outcomes."

This is an opportunity to hear from a globally-renowned cross-cultural researcher.

Details concerning Professor Dan Landis:
Emeritus Professor of Psychology (University of Mississippi)
Emeritus Dean, College of Liberal Arts (University of Mississippi)
Affiliate Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Hilo and Manoa
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Executive Director, International Academy for Intercultural Research
University of Hawaii, Hilo and Manoa
200 W. Kawile St.

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