Policymakers and scholars increasingly assume migrants to be “agents of change” (Grabowska et al., 2017), “agents of development” (Sinatti & Horst, 2015) or “adaptive agents” in the face of climate change for their country or community of origin (Ransan-Cooper et al., 2015). However, we argue that this should not be argued ideologically, but should be investigated more thoroughly. Indeed, it is mostly assumed in a neo-liberal fashion, notably in the New Economics of Labour Migration theory, that the migrant-actor is a flexible, resilient individual coping in a too often depoliticised context. Very few research has been done so far in what I investigated in the migration as adaptation-research strand. The role of remittances for social resilience has been addressed (Adger et al., 2002). The literature contains many references to factors that favour social resilience, such as financial remittances, livelihood diversification, participation in decision processes, openness to innovations (through social remittances), and many more (Siegmann, 2010; Béné et al., 2012; Grabowska et al., 2017). However, there are very few studies simultaneously integrating in their analysis: 1. The translocal dimension of remittances or “translocality”. Most studies look at in-situ impacts – at the place of origin or destination on a general level – neglecting the translocal dimension of migration (Sakdapolrak et al., 2016). 2. Political dimension, including translocal power relations in the analysis for adaptation and social resilience. In this regard, the thesis mobilises Pierre Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice and the critical field of political ecology. 3. Ecological/environmental dimension looking further at emic perceptions of adaptation to environmental change, including climate change. 4. various social entities or translocal social institutions in the village of origin and in the country of destination, beyond the classical household-level analysis (i.e., family, association, enterprises). The general objective of the thesis ...