The Immobile Generation Has Begun To Move:
The Case of Southern Students in Turin
The article deals with the restart of internal migrations in Italy, focusing on high
skilled migrants, specifically young southern students who attend the university in
Turin, in order to get educational credentials, useful for finding a job in the same town
where they have studied or in another region, even abroad. The aim is to explore the
phenomenon, by analyzing depth reasons and future plans of the displacement. The
second topic is young people’s self-concept change and their relationship with family,
friends and original context, because migration may induce a process of emancipation
from parents and create a break with social and cultural background. Gender and
social classes affect the experience, producing multiple pathways. Benefits of the DSU
system reduce social inequalities on the opportunity to choose a college far away from
home, since commuting seems to be a «survival strategy» of lower-class families, but
recent budget cuts put in question the role of this public institution.