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Background
One of the most important challenges faced by today’s Ireland is immigration. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s international university, is located in the centre of a modern European capital that is experiencing extraordinary change. The university is in a unique position to help Ireland address the challenges and harness the opportunities of this epoch level change across Irish society.
There is a narrow window of opportunity in which to plan for and maximise the benefits of the economic, social and cultural contribution of immigrants to Ireland’s society and economy, and to minimize the risks.
Choices and decisions concerning immigration that are currently being made at institutional and community levels will have a major impact on Irish society for this and future generations. Sound evidence of the actual and potential impact of immigration at every level is required now as a basis for achieving coherent policy and creating a cohesive society for the future.
The Trinity Immigration Initiative (TII) brings together key strands of TCD’s strategies in research, teaching and contribution to society, positioning the university to play an influential role in developing a more inclusive, multicultural society for Ireland’s future.
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TII Research Programme on Diversity, Integration and Policy
The first key initiative in the TII is a major Research Programme on Diversity, Integration and Policy. This programme is designed to stimulate a quantum leap in research activity in relation to immigration, helping to generate evidence relevant to local and national policy and contributing to international debates and the development of international practice. The programme is a unique and multidisciplinary suite of six interlocking projects which will:
- address key challenges posed by the unprecedented numbers of migrants arriving in Ireland in recent years, and
- help Irish society develop appropriate policies and practices for the new reality.
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