Organisers: Romanian Association for Health Promotion (ARPS) in partnership with SOROS Foundation Romania
Project: The Research and Information Centre on Immigrant Integration

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Is immigrant integration a key challenge for the EU states? How should governments address the European trends in Migration?

Immigration and integration are of high interest for political actors, academics, researchers and policy makers. With increasing migration to and within an already diverse European Union, the need for understanding and explaining the immigration process is urgent in order to identify the most appropriate integration frameworks. Viewed both as a challenge and as an opportunity, immigration cannot be efficiently managed without coherent integration measures.

We welcome inter-disciplinary approaches to migration dynamics and integration policies and contributions covering research actions, policy analyses, as well as good practice models in migration management.

The discussions may refer but are not limited to the following topics:
- Transnationalism, European identity and integration in Europe;
- Understanding the European integration modules;
- Challenges in measuring immigrant integration;
- Action research on migration;
- Legal perspectives on European immigration;
- The role of migration research centres in migration management;
- Migration and development.

Please send abstracts in English (max. 300 words), including the authors’ name and affiliation to conference@cdcdi.ro. The full presentations will be requested by the 28th of February 2014.

Deadlines:

Abstract submission: 20 January 2014
New deadline for abstract submission: 26 January 2014
Author notification: 1 February 2014
Presentations/papers: 28 February 2014

Confirmed speakers:

Peter Nijkamp – VU University Amsterdam
Marlou Schrover – University of Leiden
Bernhard Perchinig – ICMPD
Oana Ciobanu – University of Geneva
Ayse Guveli – University of Essex
Kamila Fialkovska – University of Warsaw
Awale Mire Olad – Migrants’ Rights Network