Return Migration and Ageing
Introduction to a Special Issue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9953773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Lulle (0000-0002-5386-9493, Department of Geographical and Historical Studies University of Eastern Finland Joensuu Finland, corresponding author), Russell King (0000-0001-6662-3305, School of Global Studies University of Sussex Brighton UK), Eralba Cela (0000-0002-5268-012X, Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Milan Milan Italy) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Migration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/imig.70059 |
| OpenAlex | W4411757770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
Whilst the mainstream literature on return migration focuses on issues of the reintegration of younger returnees, their families and linkages to development, attention to older returnees remains scarce. In this Special Issue, we shift focus to the diversifying realities of return in older age by extending debates on the theory and practice of return and non‐return in older age. We argue that research on return migration and ageing needs to be examined in various contexts across the globe. Such research is needed both theoretically and empirically to illuminate the potential of human wellbeing in increasingly larger populations of ageing migrants who decide to return or not, or live their lives in‐between, with considerable consequences for themselves, their relatives, and the states and places where they live (trans)locally. The Special Issue contributions push forward this debate by critically interrogating the concepts of preparedness, aspirations and capabilities. We examine these established concepts in return migration theory in a new light through wider questions of identity, the relevance of narrativity, emotions, active agency, and complex processes of transnational return and decisions not to return
Agency (philosophy · Globe · Mainstream · Political science · Preparedness · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology
Transnational Migration and Home in Older Age
Migrants of Identity
A theory of migration
Migration and development
How return migration becomes a viable option in older age
The diversity of older migrants and their intentions to return
Going back home to my family and community’
Gendering the dilemmas of retirement and return among older British Bangladeshis
Narrative constructions of (non‐)return in older migrants
Ageing of returnees to Morocco
Caring Across Time and Borders
To Return or Not to Return, That Is the Question’
The emotional politics of return migration
You would never pick up the thread from where you left off’
Pondering the non‐return of ageing migrants in the Finnish–Russian everyday transnational context
Theory and practice of return migration at retirement
Expectations and Reality
Unpacking the ageing-migration nexus and challenging the vulnerability trope
Migration in the age of involuntary immobility
Revisiting aspiration and ability in international migration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |