Between ‘Parallel Lives' and ‘Community Cohesion'
Toward new models of immigration, integration and multiculturalism

COMPAS Annual Conference 2007

Conference Schedule

5th and 6th July 2007
St Anne's College, University of Oxford

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DAY 1: (5th July 2007)

8.45-9.30	Registration
9.30-9.45	Welcome
	Steven Vertovec, COMPAS, University of Oxford
9.45-10.45	Keynote Lectures on conference theme
	Ash Amin , Durham University Sukhvinder Stubbs, Barrow Cadbury Trust Chaired by Liam Halligan, Sunday Telegraph
10.45-11.15	Coffee break
11.15-12.30	Panel response
	Michael Keith, Goldsmiths University of London Humera Khan, An-Nisa Society and Q-News Rinus Penninx, University of Amsterdam Joy Warmington, Birmingham Race Action Partnership Chaired by Liam Halligan, Sunday Telegraph
12.30-14.00	Lunch
14.00-16.00	Workshops
	A – Faith and cohesion in the city B – Transnationalism and integration: a zero-sum game? C – Immigration, Diversity and Integration in CEE and CIS countries
16.00-16.30	Tea break
16.30-17.30	Plenary debate: “Multiculturalism vs integration?”
	Introduced by Ellie Vasta, COMPAS Tariq Modood, Bristol University Ruud Koopmans, Free University, Amsterdam Facilitated by Liam Halligan, Sunday Telegraph

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DAY 2: (6th July 2007)

09.00-10.30	Plenary lectures
	Miles Hewstone, University of Oxford Deborah Phillips, University of Leeds Chaired by Emma Stone, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
10.30-11.00	Coffee break
11.00-13.00	Workshops
	D – Radicalisation of immigrant and ethnic minority youth E – Local experiences of 'super diversity' F – A Mediterranean Path towards Integration?
13.00-14.30	Lunch
14.30-16.00	Panel discussion
	Don Flynn, Migrant Community Organisation in the UK Project Pam Hardisty, Bradford Vision Leonie McCarthy, New Link – Peterborough Jill Rutter, IPPR Chaired by Emma Stone, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
16.00-16.15	Closing remarks
	Sarah Spencer, COMPAS

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WORKSHOPS

Thursday 5 July, 2.00-4.00

A – Faith and cohesion in the city

Debbie Bernard, Runnymede Trust, with Savita Vaj, Runnymede Trust
Susanne Kröhnert-Othman, University of Bielefeld
Nick Mai, London Metropolitan University
Discussant: Tufyal Choudhury, Durham University
Chaired by Hiranthi Jayaweera, COMPAS

B – Transnationalism and integration: a zero-sum game?

Anna Amelina, University of Bielefeld
Godfried Engbersen, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Caroline Nagel, Department of Geography, Loughborough University
Nick Van Hear, COMPAS
Chaired by Hein de Haas, International Migration Institute

C – Immigration, Diversity and Integration in CEE and CIS countries

Marie Jelinkova, Multicultural Centre, Prague, and migrationonline.cz
Yaroslav Pylynskyi, Kennan Institute, Kiev
Endre Sik, TÁRKI, the Social Research Centre, Budapest
Dita Vogel, University of Oldenburg
Chaired by Franck Düvell, COMPAS

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Friday 6 July, 11.00-1.00

D – Radicalisation of immigrant and ethnic minority youth

Tahir Abbas, Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, University of Birmingham
Radostin Kaloianov, Institute of Conflict Research, Vienna
Daniela Ioana Pisoiu, School of International Relations, St Andrews University
Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert, Bristol University (with Gurchathen S. Sanghera, Bristol University)
Chaired by Ellie Vasta, COMPAS

E – Local experiences of ‘super diversity'

Lenie Brouwer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) with Marion den Uyl, VU University
Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London
Birgitte Larsen, University of Copenhagen
Amanda Wise, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University
Discussant: John Eade, University of Roehampton
Chaired by Susanne Wessendorf, COMPAS

F – A Mediterranean Path towards Integration?

Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Panteion University of Athens
Pedro Góis, University of Coimbra (Portugal) with Jose Carlos Marques
Chaired by Alessio Cangiano, COMPAS

 

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