Events held in 2006

COMPAS Discussion

Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 2-4pm

"From multiculturalism to national integration policies: convergence and divergence in North West European approaches to immigration"

A discussion led by Adrian Favell, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, UCLA, and author on integration and multicultural issues

CEEM/COMPAS Seminar

Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 5.15-6.30pm
COMPAS Boardroom, 58 Banbury Rd

"Migration situation in Moldova: Overview, recent trends and policy implications"
Eugene Burdelnii, Senior Advisor to the Parliament of Moldova

(CEEM-Central and Eastern European Migration Working Group)

Annual International Metropolis Conference

Lisbon, 2-6 October 2006

The theme of this year's conference is "Paths & Crossroads: Moving People, Changing Places". People on the move grow increasingly diverse, and so do the routes, processes and places involved. For this reason, the 11th International Metropolis Conference intends to provide a forum to foster the exchange of knowledge and encourage dialogue among specialists and decision-makers from places that send and receive migrants.

Steven Vertovec will be convening the workshop 'Shaping Research-Policy Strategies: National Experiences' on the migration research-policy nexus. Hein de Haas and Oliver Bakewell from IMI will hold a workshop on 'Migration Reshaping the Landscape of Development: Bridging the Theory-Practice Gap'. Please click here for general conference information.

COMPAS roundtable discussion

'New Zealand and International Migration: Current Issues and Policy Debates'

Oxford, 28 September 2006, 1pm-3pm

Roundtable discussion with Prof. Paul Spoonley, Prof. Richard Bedford, and officials from the New Zealand Dept. of Labour. Open to all at no cost.

9th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Biennial Conference

Bristol, 18-21 September 2006

The conference theme involves the global dimensions of particular ethnographic encounters. Steven Vertovec will be co-chairing a plenary panel on multiculturalism and transnationalism, and Susanne Wessendorf & Kristine Krause will run a workshop on Super-diversity.

The Third Annual IMISCOE Conference

Vienna, 4-6 September 2006

This conference will be hosted by IMISCOE partner the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. The conference includes a workshop for B6 Cluster on "Cultural, religious and linguistic diversity in Europe," led by Professor Steven Vertovec.

COMPAS Annual Conference 2006

5th and 6th July, Oxford, Centre for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences

The conference focussed on four aspects of international labour migration: the processes driving and shaping international labour migration flows; the impacts of international migration on receiving countries, migrants and their countries of origin; the desirable objectives of labour migration policies; and the policies and governance arrangements that are best suited to effectively manage international labour migration.

Click here for programme and presentations from the conference.

Click here for the conference report.

Integration of Migrants: Engaging Employers, Unions and the Voluntary Sector

4th July 2006, Central London

This event was led by COMPAS and co-sponsored by Barrow Cadbury Trust and Cameron McKenna. It provided an opportunity to investigate ways in which the non governmental sector could be given greater support for the important function that they provide in supporting the economic, social, cultural and political integration of migrants. The speakers included Joan Ryan MP, Under Secretary of State for nationality, citizenship and immigration, Chris Melvin, Managing Director, Reed in Partnership, Jack Dromey, Deputy General Secretary, TGWU, Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality and Maeve Sherlock, CEO Refugee Council. For a detailed programme and presentations click here. Click here for a background paper for the event.

Click here for the conference report.

Click here to view a related report, commissioned by The Barrow Cadbury Trust and King Badouin Foundation, entitled "The Contribution of the Voluntary Sector to Migrant Integration in Europe"

IMISCOE B6 Workshop on 'Reassessing Multiculturalism in Europe'

30th June and 1st July, Oxford, St. Hilda's College

This event is being led by Cluster B6 of the European Network of Excellence on Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE) and is open to members of cluster B6 and IMISCOE members from outside the cluster who are accepted for a paper. The aim of the workshop is to reflect upon and assess the ways in which 'multiculturalism' or immigrant/ethnic minority-related cultural diversity is currently envisioned and engaged in public debates and policy developments around Europe.

Researching Migration and Mental Health: Challenging Concepts, Methods and Representations

27th June 2006, COMPAS, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford

This workshop engaged critically with the mental health of migrants and with representations of mental health and migration in dynamic contexts of mobility and transnationalism. The participants interrogated existing concepts, methods and representations and historically situate the supposedly inevitable lines of influence between migration, stress and mental health, through specific ethnographic case studies. Click here for the conference programme.

Paper tigers or tiger papers: The paper regime of modern societies

16th June 2006, 11am - 5.30pm, Seminar Room 2, Department for International Development (QEH), 3 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TB

The modern society seems unthinkable without the papers, such as identity cards, passports, driving licences, visas, etc., that govern our lives. The relevance of papers varies enormously for different people in different situations, but nowhere is their importance more clear than when one is migrating across borders or living as a migrant. This interdisciplinary workshop explored the history, production, use, meaning and value of such documents. It particularly focussed on the relationship between paper regimes and population mobility. The workshop brought together researchers interested in these issues to exchange ideas and identify areas for further research. It was organized as an open forum where a number of brief presentations were followed by open discussion. For further details please click on the following links: briefing paper and draft programme (Word docs.). For copies of presentations at the workshop, please click here.

Central and Eastern Migrations: Research and Networking Meeting

9th June 2006, 9.00-2.30 pm at the The Oxford Institute of Ageing, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford

This meeting was organised by the Eastern European Migrations Initiative (EEMI) in cooperation with COMPAS, Oxford University, and the Oxford Aging Institute (OIA), Oxford University. Young and senior scholars were invited to present and discuss their research results or research projects on Central and Eastern European (CEE) Migrations. This provided a forum for a cross disciplinary dialogue about recent migration trends in the enlarging European space. The aim was to take an integrated approach in studying migrations between East, South and West whereby all types and directions of migrations are considered and the traditional focus on East-West and South-North movements is supplemented with documentation and analysis of West-East, East-East, East South and South-East movements. We also invited research that focuses not only on Eastern European workers but also on asylum seekers in CEE countries, highly skilled westerners and western students responding to new opportunities in the East and entrepreneurial actors engaged in cross-border trade.

COMPAS Workshop on: Social Security Networks

Date: 6th February 2006
Chair: Dr. Nicholas Van Hear

This workshop aimed to provide an opportunity for researchers and students to share and exchange research findings on social security networks and to discuss theoretical and methodological questions. Participants gave 15-20 min presentations focussing on questions and work in progress.

Tamils in Britain : achievements and challenges. Research on Sri Lankan Tamils in the UK

13 January 2006, COMPAS

Convenor: Nicholas Van Hear
Link to the Somali and Tamil diaspora project

A one day workshop on research on Sri Lankan Tamils in the UK was held at COMPAS on January 13 2006. The workshop brought together around 20 researchers and practitioners working on aspects of the Sri Lankan Tamil community in the UK to allow an exchange of information about work in progress. The objective was to take stock of state of the Tamil community in Britain, and its influence on the homeland as Sri Lanka hovered between peace and war.

Topics included the achievements and challenges of the Tamil community in the UK; issues around integration (social, cultural, economic and political); relations within the community (generation, cohort of arrival, gender, political divisions, the role of temples and churches); the community's connections and relations with Sri Lanka; the extent of engagement in the peace/reconstruction process; and the community's connections with the wider diaspora in Europe, North America, Australia, south India, and elsewhere.

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