Events held in 2004
GCIM Migration Futures Workshop
Organisers:Steven Vertovec, Stephen Castles, Robin Cohen and Jeff Crisp
December 2004 - COMPAS in association with GCIM, RSC and CSGR
The Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM) asked COMPAS and Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) alongside the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Oxford to co-convene an expert workshop to consider future prospects for a range of migration issues.
This event was invitation only, but a report on the day’s conversation was prepared for GCIM towards inclusion in its final report to Kofi Annan in mid-2005.
Click here to download the workshop report.
September 2004 - COMPAS Panels at the Metropolis Annual Conference
‘Co-operative Migration Management: International, National and Local Answers ’
Impact of EU Accession – What do we know so far?
Organiser: Martin Ruhs
Focusing on Western European receiving countries, this workshop assessed “what we know so far” about the legal, political and socio-economic impacts of EU enlargement on two countries that granted accession state nationals immediate free access to their labor markets (the UK and Ireland), and on two countries that continue to restrict the employment of accession state nationals (Germany and Spain).
Remittances and Development: Beyond Increasing Incomes
Organiser: Steve Vertovec
Recently there has been a great resurgence of interest in the development potential of migrant remittances. This workshop looked at ways to enhance the impacts of remittances for whole communities, in both peaceful and conflict-ridden societies, looking at collective activities such as hometown associations involved in community development and diaspora associations supporting post-conflict reconstruction.
The following papers were given:
- Jorgen Carling, Policy options for increasing benefits of remittances - Click here to download presentation and working paper.
- Cindy Horst, Transnational Livelihoods: Remittance Sending amongst Somalis - Click here to download presentation (.pdf)
- Lindsay Lowell, Latin American Immigrants' remitting behaviour: International links and financial institutions - Click here to download presentation (.pdf)
September 2004 - COMPAS Panel at the EASA Annual Conference
‘Face to Face: Connecting Distance to Proximity ’
Travelling Regions: Circuits of Gendered Moralities
Organiser: Steven Vertovec and Gertrud Hüwelmeier, Free University of Berlin
Transmigrants transport religious ideas, practices and sacred objects from one place to another, while simultaneously changing or redefining ideas about belief, ritual, gender roles, religious authorities or sacred places. Focusing on transnational religious networks, we explored the ('real', 'virtual' or 'imaginary') connections/disconnections between sacred centres, religious leaders and dispersed moral communities.
Click here to link to conference detail.
Transnational Communitities and Diaspora: New Dimensions
Organiser: Eva Ostergaard. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Steven Vertovec.
2nd -5th September 2004 - Panel at the World Congress on Human Movements and Immigration
This workshop explored what kind of changes migrant transnationalism signifies and stimulates in three key areas of migrants’ lives: a) transnational households and parenthood, b) cross border political engagement, and c) remittances and economic support for local development projects. The invited speakers identified and illustrated the scope, day-to-day reality, and consequences of these different dimensions of migrant transnational communities and diasporas. Based on this, the workshop questioned how migrant transnationalism challenges existing migration and integration policies. And it sought to identify with which policies we may harness the potential of migrant transnational practices in order to promote democratization, development and improved migrant livelihood.
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'Workshop on Migration and International Relations between Spain and Asia'
6th September 2004 - Barcelona
This event was jointly organised by CIDOB Foundation, Spain; Asia Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN), Australia; Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, UK. Bringing together scholars working on Asian migrations to Europe and on international relations, this one day workshop aimed at examining the linkage between Spain and Asia through migration movements and the consequences of these dynamics in terms of foreign policy, economic links and culture/education exchange.
Click here for further information
Organiser: Xiang Biao
'Promoting Knowledge Exchange through Diaspora Networks'
7th-8th July 2004 - Sending Contexts Workshop, Beijing
This workshop was organised as part of the project on “Promoting Technology Transfer through Diaspora Networks” sponsored by Asian Development Bank, COMPAS and its government counterpart for the project, the Policy Research Department of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, People’s Republic of China, with assistance from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Beijing Municipal Government.
Click here for the conference report (.pdf)
Organiser: Xiang Biao
COMPAS First Annual Conference: ‘The Changing Contexts of Migration’
5th-6th July 2004
The conference theme refers to a number of recent shifts affecting migration studies and policy, including: changing flows and dynamics of migration, new government initiatives to manage migration and its effects and heightened public concerns particularly surrounding social integration, economic impacts and national identity. The audience was comprised of prominent academics, senior civil servants, and representatives of major non-government organizations.
The initial keynote speech was made by the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development. Click here for a copy of the speech (.pdf)
Another session was led by Jeff Crisp (Global Commission on International Migration) called 'The International Politics of Asylum'. Click here for a copy of the powerpoint presentation (.pdf)
Organisers: Steve Vertovec and Emma Newcombe
'Diversity in the Classroom'
Chaired by Kim Catcheside, BBC Correspondent for Education
23rd June 2004, 6.30pm - Open Discussion Event
The debate focussed on the impacts of migration on local education systems, especially in terms of the challenges and opportunities posed by large numbers of non-English speaking children entering schools.
Organisers: Bridget Anderson and Emma Newcombe
This event was held as part of ESRC Social Sciences Week.
Click here for the discussion paper that formed the basis of the event (.pdf)
Click here for the conference report (.pdf)
‘Controlling 'Unwanted' Immigration: Lessons from the US ’
10th June, 6pm- COMPAS First Public Lecture
Professor Wayne Cornelius, Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, San Diego
This event focussed on what has been done to control immigration by way of a decade of experimentation (1993-2004). Policies and their social and economic consequences (intended and unintended) will be evaluated. Questions and answers after the lecture gave participants the opportunity to explore potential policy lessons for the UK.
Organisers: Sarah Spencer, Martin Ruhs and Emma Newcombe
Click here for a copy of the speech (.pdf). Click here for the powerpoint presentation (.pdf).
COMPAS Policy Day: Addressing the Policy Gap
29th January 2004 - Roundtable Meeting
A roundtable discussion was held on the 29th January 2004 bringing together colleagues from across government, trade unions and NGOs to identify key migration-related issues which policy-makers and practitioners consider to be in need of research.
Reflecting the priorities of the ESRC itself, COMPAS is determined to ensure that its research is relevant to the needs of a range of policy-makers and practitioners. It is widely acknowledged that there are significant issues around migration for which little policy-relevant data and analysis exists. One of our Centre’s objectives is to help close that gap.
Organisers: Sarah Spencer, Marting Ruhs and Emma Newcombe
Click here for a summary of the discussion (.pdf)
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