中研院社會所6/30「脆弱的橫跨式連帶：來自加拿大難民贊助計劃的實證」演講
2025-06-26
【題目】：脆弱的橫跨式連帶：來自加拿大難民贊助計劃的實證
【講者】：湯瑪斯·佐爾(加拿大麥基爾大學研究國際移民研究講座計畫主持人)
【主持】：陳志柔（中研院社會所研究員兼所長）
【時間】：2025年6月30日(週一)，12:00 ~14:00
【地點】：中央研究院社會學研究所904會議室（人文社會科學館南棟9樓）
【報名】：https://forms.gle/VbS5ep4zwnBrHMex8
【聯絡】：周先生，cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw
【演講簡介】
移民如何在目的地國家發展出自己的友誼網絡？經典的同化理論模型認為，移民社群的友誼網絡建構是一個逐步展開的過程，特別是與當地主流族群的關係往往與其他適應層面密切相連，例如習得當地語言、居住區位的變遷以及職業流動等。然而，不同層面之間這種聯動的同化模式是否必然存在？
本研究藉由加拿大不同難民擔保計畫之間的差異，得以進一步探究上述問題。部分難民擔保計畫在難民初抵時便提供即時的社會連結，從而改變了同化歷程中的典型次序。本研究透過具代表性的加拿大敘利亞難民長期追蹤調查，探討初始建立的社會連結是否會持續地影響移民的友誼網絡，進而使得友誼的形成與其他移民適應面向脫鉤。研究發現，僅當擔保計畫能夠跨越較大的社會距離時（即所謂的「陌生人擔保」），難民才會建立起規模更大、更多樣化的友誼網絡。然而，這些因擔保而形成的跨群體友誼關係卻十分脆弱，通常在短時間內便逐漸瓦解。
【講者簡介】
Thomas Soehl 現任加拿大麥基爾大學（McGill University）社會學系副教授，同時主持加拿大研究講座計劃的國際移民研究（Canada Research Chair in International Migration）。他的研究主要探討移民的社會與政治認同、移入國社會對移民的影響，以及移民如何對現代國族國家構成挑戰。他的研究曾獲加拿大社會科學暨人文研究委員會（Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Canada）、Fonds de Recherche Québec Science et Culture與France Canada Research Fund之經費資助。目前，他擔任「Tajribati Canada Study」的首席研究員，該研究是一項針對兩千名重新安置加拿大的敘利亞難民之長期追蹤調查；此外，他亦主持「Study of Nigerians at Home and Abroad」，此為一項全球性研究計畫，關注奈及利亞移居海外的族群及其與母國之間的互動。
【活動說明】
僅規劃現場參與形式。
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[Topic] The Fragility of Bridging Ties: Evidence from Refugee Sponsorship
[Speaker] Thomas Soehl（Canada Research Chair in International Migration, McGill University）
[Host] Chen, Chih-Jou Jay (Director, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
[Date & Time] June 30, 2025, 12:00 PM - 14:30 PM
[Venue] Conference Room 904, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (9th Floor, South Wing, Humanities and Social Sciences Building)
[Registration] https://forms.gle/VbS5ep4zwnBrHMex8
[Contact] Mr. Chou (cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
[Brief]
How do migrants develop friendship networks in their destinations? The canonical assimilation model suggests that this process unfolds gradually and, especially when it comes to relationships to the majority population is intertwined with other adjustments such as learning the host country language, and residential and occupational mobility. But is this coupling of different dimensions of assimilation inevitable? Variation between refugee sponsorship programs in Canada allows us to examine this question. Providing social connections right upon arrival, some programs re-order the typical sequence. Using a representative longitudinal survey of Syrian refugees in Canada, we investigate whether these initial connections indeed result in durably different friendship networks and are thus uncouple friendship formation from other dimension of settlement. Only where sponsorship bridges large social distances – the “sponsorship of strangers” – does it lead to larger and more diverse friendship networks. But these additional friendship ties are fragile and dissolve in short time.
[Speaker]
Thomas Soehl is an Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University and holds the Canada Research Chair in International Migration. His research examines the socio-political attachments of migrants, the ways host societies transform migrants, and how migration challenges modern nation-states. His work has been funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Fonds de Recherche Quebec Science et Culture, and the France Canada Research Fund. Currently he is the PI of the "Tajribati Canada Study" – a longitudinal study of 2000 Syrians resettled to Canada and the "Study of Nigerians at Home and Abroad" – a global study of the Nigerian diaspora and its engagements with the home-country.
[Note]
Participation is limited to in-person attendees.
【講者】：湯瑪斯·佐爾(加拿大麥基爾大學研究國際移民研究講座計畫主持人)
【主持】：陳志柔（中研院社會所研究員兼所長）
【時間】：2025年6月30日(週一)，12:00 ~14:00
【地點】：中央研究院社會學研究所904會議室（人文社會科學館南棟9樓）
【報名】：https://forms.gle/VbS5ep4zwnBrHMex8
【聯絡】：周先生，cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw
【演講簡介】
移民如何在目的地國家發展出自己的友誼網絡？經典的同化理論模型認為，移民社群的友誼網絡建構是一個逐步展開的過程，特別是與當地主流族群的關係往往與其他適應層面密切相連，例如習得當地語言、居住區位的變遷以及職業流動等。然而，不同層面之間這種聯動的同化模式是否必然存在？
本研究藉由加拿大不同難民擔保計畫之間的差異，得以進一步探究上述問題。部分難民擔保計畫在難民初抵時便提供即時的社會連結，從而改變了同化歷程中的典型次序。本研究透過具代表性的加拿大敘利亞難民長期追蹤調查，探討初始建立的社會連結是否會持續地影響移民的友誼網絡，進而使得友誼的形成與其他移民適應面向脫鉤。研究發現，僅當擔保計畫能夠跨越較大的社會距離時（即所謂的「陌生人擔保」），難民才會建立起規模更大、更多樣化的友誼網絡。然而，這些因擔保而形成的跨群體友誼關係卻十分脆弱，通常在短時間內便逐漸瓦解。
【講者簡介】
Thomas Soehl 現任加拿大麥基爾大學（McGill University）社會學系副教授，同時主持加拿大研究講座計劃的國際移民研究（Canada Research Chair in International Migration）。他的研究主要探討移民的社會與政治認同、移入國社會對移民的影響，以及移民如何對現代國族國家構成挑戰。他的研究曾獲加拿大社會科學暨人文研究委員會（Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Canada）、Fonds de Recherche Québec Science et Culture與France Canada Research Fund之經費資助。目前，他擔任「Tajribati Canada Study」的首席研究員，該研究是一項針對兩千名重新安置加拿大的敘利亞難民之長期追蹤調查；此外，他亦主持「Study of Nigerians at Home and Abroad」，此為一項全球性研究計畫，關注奈及利亞移居海外的族群及其與母國之間的互動。
【活動說明】
僅規劃現場參與形式。
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Topic] The Fragility of Bridging Ties: Evidence from Refugee Sponsorship
[Speaker] Thomas Soehl（Canada Research Chair in International Migration, McGill University）
[Host] Chen, Chih-Jou Jay (Director, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
[Date & Time] June 30, 2025, 12:00 PM - 14:30 PM
[Venue] Conference Room 904, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (9th Floor, South Wing, Humanities and Social Sciences Building)
[Registration] https://forms.gle/VbS5ep4zwnBrHMex8
[Contact] Mr. Chou (cis@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
[Brief]
How do migrants develop friendship networks in their destinations? The canonical assimilation model suggests that this process unfolds gradually and, especially when it comes to relationships to the majority population is intertwined with other adjustments such as learning the host country language, and residential and occupational mobility. But is this coupling of different dimensions of assimilation inevitable? Variation between refugee sponsorship programs in Canada allows us to examine this question. Providing social connections right upon arrival, some programs re-order the typical sequence. Using a representative longitudinal survey of Syrian refugees in Canada, we investigate whether these initial connections indeed result in durably different friendship networks and are thus uncouple friendship formation from other dimension of settlement. Only where sponsorship bridges large social distances – the “sponsorship of strangers” – does it lead to larger and more diverse friendship networks. But these additional friendship ties are fragile and dissolve in short time.
[Speaker]
Thomas Soehl is an Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University and holds the Canada Research Chair in International Migration. His research examines the socio-political attachments of migrants, the ways host societies transform migrants, and how migration challenges modern nation-states. His work has been funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the Fonds de Recherche Quebec Science et Culture, and the France Canada Research Fund. Currently he is the PI of the "Tajribati Canada Study" – a longitudinal study of 2000 Syrians resettled to Canada and the "Study of Nigerians at Home and Abroad" – a global study of the Nigerian diaspora and its engagements with the home-country.
[Note]
Participation is limited to in-person attendees.
