Torkington, Kate2012-07-052012-07-0520100873- 7347AUT: KTO00735;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1403This paper seeks to provide a conceptual framework for studying migration to the Algarve by Northern Europeans. ‘Lifestyle migration’ is suggested as a generic term for this trend, which is part of a recent but flourishing global social phenomenon. I also point to the glaring gap in the literature as far as empirical studies based in the Algarve are concerned, and make suggestions for a research agenda.engLifestyle migrationAlgarvejournal article