New Migrations, New Challenges: Trinity Immigration Initiative International Conference 30th June - 3rd July, 2010
Plenary * Keynotes * Call for Papers * Abstract Guidelines * Children * Methods * Networks * Careers * Policy * English * Important Dates * Registration * Contact Us
DUE TO THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS TO EXTEND THE CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE, WE HAVE COMPLIED AND EXTENDED THE DEADLIINE UNTIL NOON (GMT) ON FRIDAY, 12 FEBURARY 2010
NEW MIGRATIONS, NEW CHALLENGES
In the 21st century new population movements and migration flows are shaping European societies, particularly in countries transformed from emigration to in-migration, including, since 2004, the EU's new member states.
This conference, organised by the Trinity Immigration Initiative, a novel interdisciplinary research programme located in one of Europe’s new migration destination – aims to debate the global and national implications of these new migration flows for sending and receiving countries and for migrants themselves. What are the implications of these migrations for Europe? What do these migrations mean for new immigrant societies? What lessons can be learnt from countries with longer immigration experience?
Dr Adrian Favell, Professor of European and International Studies, Aarhus University.
Dr Anna Triandafyllidou is Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece and Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in Athens. She is Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges since 2002.
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Professor Constant Leung, Professor of Educational Linguistics at King's College, London.
Professor Rubén Rumbaut, University of California, Irvine.
Robert J. Sampson, Chairman of the Department of Sociology and the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
Frank van Tubergen, Professor, Department of Sociology / ICS, and Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science / ERCOMER, Utrecht University
Dr Umut Erel, RCUK Academic Fellow, Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance, The Open University, UK
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Abstracts of papers in all areas of migration studies are now welcomed, with a special call for papers that address the following issues. Indicative topics include, but are not limited to the following with greater detail outlined in the paragraphs below or by clicking on the individual link:
- Children, youth and immigration
- Methodological issues in large scale migration research
- Migrant-led networks and their role in migrant integration
- Migration, employment and the regulation of the labour market
- Policy implications for state institutions with particular reference to criminal justice system and housing policies
- The education system’s response to the linguistic challenges of immigration
- Any other topic relevant to New Migrations, New Challenges
Abstract Guidelines: The final date for the submission of an abstract is now closed and the review process in now in progress. We hope to notify everyone who submitted an abstract if they were successful or not in the first week of March.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Acceptance of a paper by the conference committee implies an agreement by the author and any attending co-author that they may also be asked to discuss a paper and/or chair a session.
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CHILDREN, YOUTH AND IMMIGRATION
What does migration mean for children and young people? Despite their being a major part of the migrant population and experience, children and youth as immigrants, ‘hosts’, trans-located migrants, or as young people ‘left behind’ receive comparatively little attention in the research on migration. Papers are invited which address issues such as the experience of immigrant young people in their adjustments to the institutional and other contexts in the new society; their position between the old and the new world, whether as intended ‘final’ immigrants, or as transient trans-located migrants spending substantial time in two worlds, or as the young people ‘left behind’; the experience of ‘host’ children and youth including those of earlier waves of immigration; the character of relations between ‘host’ and ‘immigrant’ youth; the role of state and community institutions in influencing the character of these relations; the immigrant young person’s relationship to family and the mutual influences of young person and family around the migration experience
Keynote Speaker: Professor Rubén Rumbaut, University of California, Irvine.
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METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN LARGE SCALE MIGRATION RESEARCH
The conference will host one session in each track for papers analysing large-scale datasets and a special session on methodological problems of immigrant surveys. Papers are invited for the sessions dealing with:
- immigrants and the labour market
- immigrants and education
- socio-cultural integration of immigrants
- networks and migration
- values, attitudes and immigration
- methodological problems of immigrant surveys
Keynote Speaker: Frank van Tubergen, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology / ICS, Utrecht University
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MIGRANT LED NETWORKS AND THEIR ROLE IN MIGRANT INTEGRATION
Establishing migrant networks is one response by migrants to the migration process. Networks are not only a rich metaphor, they are also a useful structural and conceptual way of theorising the overlapping forms of sociality and community formation processes engaged in by migrants.
Migrant networks are heterogeneous and fulfil a variety of functions from service provision to keeping in touch with kin in the countries of origin, the countries of settlement and in other countries, from education and the provision of religious and cultural services to political representation and advocacy. Networks serve as migrants’ own instruments of facilitating their integration in countries of settlement.
Papers are invited from researchers working on any aspect of migrant networks, including the variety of functions networks fulfil in the fields of religion, culture, gender, advocacy, media and political representation.
Keynote Speaker: Dr Umut Erel, RCUK Academic Fellow, Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance, The Open University, UK
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MIGRATION, EMPLOYMENT AND THE REGULATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET: THE EXPERIENCE OF NEW IMMIGRATION COUNTRIES IN EUROPE
Like Ireland, European countries as different as Greece, Spain and Finland have recently been transformed from countries of emigration to countries of immigration. More recently still, some of the new member states of the European Union such as Poland have also become recipients of large scale immigration, even though emigration continues. What does this new immigration mean for the nature of work and the organisation of the labour market in these countries? What are the broader implications for work and employment in Europe as a whole? And how has the current economic crisis changed migrants’ employment? Papers for this stream should address questions such as: Mass immigration and the institutional system of new immigrant countries; migrant employment and the regulation of migration; the employment experience of different groups of new migrants; the constitution of labour market ‘needs’; migration, mobility and employment within the European Union itself. We welcome papers on these and other topics related to the overarching title of the stream. There is no restriction in terms of methodological approach and papers with a comparative approach are especially welcome.
Keynote Speaker: To be confirmed.
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POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HOUSING POLICIES
Migration, both fleeting and permanent, is a common feature of individuals’ life histories in the early 21st century. Dealing with the increased motion of people presents challenges to institutions and systems bounded by state frontiers, framed by national laws and shaped by local practices. It is essential that State institutions and systems adapt appropriately to deal with this ‘world in motion’ (Aas 2007), as otherwise the legitimacy of the State, and ultimately the stability of civil society could be undermined. Papers are invited on all aspects of migration and State institutions and systems, and are particularly welcome from researchers interested in the impact of migration on criminal justice and housing / spatial policy.
Keynote Speaker: Robert J. Sampson, Chairman of the Department of Sociology and the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
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TEACHING THE LANGUAGE OF EDUCATION TO IMMIGRANT PUPILS AND STUDENTS
One of the biggest challenges currently faced by educational systems in Europe is the need to integrate large numbers of pupils and students whose first language is not the language of schooling. Papers are invited on research that addresses any aspect of this challenge, including the role of pupils’/students’ first language, the empirical investigation of second language acquisition, needs analysis, curriculum design, materials development, pedagogy, learner assessment, and programme evaluation.
Keynote Speaker: Professor Constant Leung, Professor of Educational Linguistics at King's College, London.
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| Deadline for abstract submission | 12.00 noon (GMT) Friday, 29th January, 2010 | |
| Notice of acceptance | end of February, 2010 | |
Authors' Registration Deadline (for inclusion in the Conference Programme) |
early May, 2010 | |
| Early Registration Deadline | 16 April, 2010 | |
| Continue to watch this site as up-dated information will be continually added in the coming months. | ||
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Online registration will be available from March 2010. Indicative fees will be as follows:
| Academic Early Registration (prior to 16 April 2010) | Euros 295.00 |
| Academic Late Registration (after 16 April 2010) | Euros 350.00 |
| Postgraduate Early Registration (prior to 16 April 2010) | Euros 195.00 |
| Postgraduate Late Registration (after 16 April 2010) | Euros 245.00 |
Final fees will be finalised prior to 15 March, 2010.
PLEASE NOTE costs are all inclusive, including Welcome Reception, Gala Dinner, Conference Pack and refreshments. There is no reduction in fees for non-attendance at the social functions. There is a strict no refunds policy for cancellations received after 1 May 2010. Refunds for cancellations prior to this date will subject to banking fees and charges at cost. Unfortunately we are unable to provide funding for potential attendees.
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Conference Organiser: Linda Soriton
School of Business, Trinity College
TII Research Officer: Leslie McCartney
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