IMISCOE NEWSLETTER VOl. 6, NO. 1- APRIL 2009
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THE ‘NEW’ IMISCOE
We are pleased to report that IMISCOE will carry on well after its European Commission funding comes to an end on 31 March 2010. IMISCOE will function as an independent network that is funded by institutional membership. The IMISCOE board of directors has resoundingly expressed its appreciation for the valuable collective of migration and integration researchers that IMISCOE has become and unanimously decided that the network should persevere. In autumn 2008, all 23 IMISCOE member 
institutes committed themselves to a ‘new IMISCOE’ by signing letters of intent. Named the IMISCOE Research Network, this future incarnation of IMISCOE was officially established at a constitutive meeting of directors on 9 April 2009 in Brussels. The IMISCOE Research Network will therefore co-exist with the IMISCOE Network of Excellence until 31 March 2010, after which the independent network will begin operations in full swing. The IMISCOE Research Network will keep migration, integration and social cohesion as its main focus. It also intends to expand institutional membership in the coming year by at least seven new partners.
PRAISE FOR THE IMISCOE NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE
The IMISCOE Network of Excellence was acknowledged in ‘Moving Europe: EU Research on Migration and Policy Needs’, a report published in April 2009 by the European Commission Directorate-General for Research in Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities. According to the report:
[IMISCOE] could be described as perhaps the most tangible achievement of migration funding at European level. Much of the research carried out by members of IMISCOE is of direct relevance to policy, with the researchers maintaining their scientific independence. (p. 15)
The IMISCOE website was referred to as:
Also praised were the IMISCOE-AUP Series, IMISCOE Policy Briefs, PhD workshops and the Network’s initiatives to help its members in communication with policymakers. Read the full report herean excellent starting point for reaching the best research on a whole range of topics relating to migration and integration. (p. 15)
EXPERT GROUP EVALUATES NETWORKS OF EXCELLENCE
A number of Networks of Excellence have taken action towards the European Commission in hopes of gaining support for well-functioning Networks of Excellence in their transition to operational independence. In this regard, the IMISCOE Coordinator recently co-signed a letter addressed to European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik. Read the letter here.
IMISCOE PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMME
On 8 April 2009, a number of decisions were made at IMISCOE’s annual board meetings regarding the Network’s publications programme. The IMISCOE-AUP Dissertations Series and the IMISCOE-AUP Reports Series will be phased out during the transitional year (1 April 2009 – 31 March 2010). Authors and editors hoping to publish in either of these series should submit full manuscript proposals to IMISCOE Editorial Committee Managing Editor Karina Hof (k.t.hof@uval.nl) by 30 June 2009.
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| FORTHCOMING TITLES IMISCOE-AUP SERIES |
The following publications are expected to appear in the IMISCOE-AUP Series later this year.
Research Series
Citizenship in the Arab World: Kin, Religion and Nation-State by Gianluca P. Parolin.
"Through the lens of citizenship, this book guides the reader through the different landscapes of constitutional development along the common cultural and legal Arab horizon. A must for anyone seeking better insight into the Arab world." -- Giorgio Lombardi, Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Turin
Citizenship Policies in the New Europe, Expanded and Updated Edition by Rainer Bauböck, Bernhard Perchinig & Wiebke Sievers, Eds.
“A unique analysis of citizenship policies in the countries of the most recent wave of EU enlargement, plus Turkey. The contributors provide deep insights into the complex histories of nationality in these countries and the challenges they now face in managing national and ethnic identity issues.” – Martin Rhodes, University of Denver, Colorado
Identity Processes and Dynamics in Multi-Ethnic Europe by Charles Westin, José Bastos, Janine Dahinden & Pedro Góis, Eds.
Europe Moving West? EU Enlargement and Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe by Richard Black, Marek Okólski, Godfried Engbersen & Cristina Pantiru, Eds.
Migration in a Globalised World: New Research Issues and Prospects by Kamel Doraï & Cedric Audebert, Eds.
Reports Series
Statistics and Reality: Concepts and Measurements of Migration in Europe by Heinz Fassmann, Ursula Reeger & Wiebke Sievers, Eds.
“Statistics and Reality successfully encompasses the situation of twelve European countries to deal with one of the most fascinating yet troublesome issues in migration studies: data.” -- Patrick Simon, Director, Research Unit of International Migration and Minorities, National Demographic Institute, Paris
Equal Opportunities and Ethnic Inequality in European Labour Markets: Discrimination, Gender and Policies of Diversity by Karen Kraal, Judith Roosblad & John Wrench, Eds. Read the IMISCOE Policy Brief that helped inform this publication here
Dissertations Series
‘My Name is Not Natasha’: How Albanian Women in France Use Trafficking to Overcome Social Exclusion(1998-2001) by John Davies
"Davies transcends the standard debates of agency vs. victimhood in exploring how Albanian sex workers regard themselves and the consumers of their sex work, how they realise culturally gendered strategies of social control and dependency and how both local and geopolitical factors restrict their choices. This unique study should become essential reading for those involved in gender and migration research." --Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London
L’Imaginaire du Complot: Discours d’Extrême Droite en France et aux Etats-Unis by Jérôme Jamin
Illegal Residence and Public Safety in the Netherlands: Understanding Processes of Ethnic Concentration and Dispersal by Arjen Leerkes
South Asian Residential Preferences in Glasgow by Jennifer Leigh McGarrigle
“This book offers rich insights into the processes of ethnic suburbanisation and integration amongst Glasgow’s South Asian population, and has important implications for understanding the dynamics of ethnic residential change.” -- Deborah Phillips, University of Leeds
Immigrant Associations, Integration and Identity: Angolan, Brazilian and Eastern European Communities in Portugal by João Sardinha
“This book makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the role immigrant associations play in migrant integration processes and identity formation. João Sardinha provides rich new empirical evidence on Portuguese immigrant communities spanning three continents.” --Maria Lucinda Fonseca, Director and Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, University of Lisbon
| WORKING PAPERS |
‘Regularisation: A misguided option or part and parcel of a comprehensive policy response to irregular migration?’ by Albert Kraler. In this WP Kraler demonstrates how regularisation programmes have become
part of a ‘toolbox’ used by the contemporary migration management system,
especially in countries unable to implement a more rigid system of migration
management and control. Kraler questions the oft-quoted opinion that
regularisation is a magnet for further irregular flows and argues that
regularisation programmes could be a relevant factor to flows within the EU in
instances whereby irregular migrants go to countries with their own
regularisation programmes. The reverse case and the emergence of new
inflows, however, cannot be proven with empirical evidences.
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PARTNERS IN PRINT |
‘REGINE – Regularisations in Europe: Study on Practices in the Area of Regularisation of Illegally Staying Third-Country Nationals in the Member States of the EU’, a report by ICMPD. Access the full document here
‘Is intermarriage a good indicator of integration?’, an article by Miri Song appearing in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 35 (2), February 2009. Read more here
God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape in paperback version by Peggy Levitt (The New Press, 2007). Read more here
OTHER WORKS OF INTEREST |
On 20 April European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot launched the new European Web Site on Integration: www.integration.eu. This online portal is meant to provide policymakers and practitioners with a ‘one-stop shop’ for information on integration and its good practices.
Vol. 10, No. 2 of the UNESCO’s International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS) entitled ‘The Conditions of Return Migrants’ is now available online.
United Nations’ Human Development Report HDR 2009 updates are available here.
| EVENTS |
- TIES Stakeholders Conference. 11 – 13 May 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Read more here
- IMISCOE theory conference: ‘Interethnic Relations: Multidisciplinary Approaches’. 13 – 15 May 2009, Lisbon, Portugal. Read more here
- Migration and Social Theory Graduate Conference. 12 – 13 June 2009, Trento, Italy. Read more here
- IMISCOE Cluster B4 workshop on ‘Matching Context and Capacity: The Economic Integration of Immigrants’. 11 – 12 June 2009, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
- Conference on ‘Intercultural Education: Paideia, Polity, Demoi’. 24 – 26 June 2009, Athens, Greece. Read more here
- IMISCOE Cluster A1 conference: ‘Migration Flows in Europe: Empirical Findings and Theoretical Implications’. 25 – 26 June 2009, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary . Read more here.
- SIXTH ANNUAL IMISCOE CONFERENCE. 9 – 11 September 2009, University of Stockholm, Sweden
- IMISCOE Cluster B6 workshop on ‘Understanding Diversity: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges’. 1 – 2 October 2009, Göttingen, Germany
- ETMU Days: ‘Finland and Innovative Cultural Diversity’. 22 – 23 October 2009, University of Joensuu, Finland. Read more here.
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