Overview
We co-organised three roundtables on Integration and Integration policy with the Integration and Faith Division of the UK's Department of Communities and Local Government, hosted at their London office.
The aim was to inform understanding and stimulate debate on integration processes, outcomes and policy interventions.
The format devised with the department was to circulate in advance three short briefings for each session, prepared by speakers. Each were given 10 minutes to set out key points, followed by discussion facilitated by a COMPAS or departmental chair.
Following the roundtables the department held an internal meeting with COMPAS participation to consider some potential implications of what had been learnt.
"COMPAS worked with us on a series of excellent learning exchange events – members of the centre fully grasped the needs of the Department and the advice and support they provided was a tailored accordingly. Their work helped ensure the successful design and delivery of these events."
Sarah Benioff, Dept. for Communities and Local Government
What is Integration?
20 October 2014
This roundtable explored differing concepts of integration processes, aims of integration policies and the history of policy approaches in the UK: highlighting integration as not one but a series of processes; the role of local versus national approaches and of mainstream versus targeted integration policies.
Briefings
Why is Integration Important?
27 October 2014
This session considered the empirical evidence on the implications of integration outcomes in the UK across integration domains: highlighting some positive outcomes and the 'business case' for integration.
Briefings
- What do we know about socio-economic integration, and what are the key emerging issues? - Anthony Heath & Yaojun Li
- What do we know about social interaction and spatial integration and what are the key emerging issues? - Nissa Finney
- What do we know about national and local belonging and civic participation and what are the key emerging issues? - Lucinda Platt
What works in Integration?
10 November 2014
Here we considered evidence on policies and practices that have fostered economic and social integration and in relation to belonging.
Briefings
- What works in Social Integration?: Intergroup contact - Miles Hewstone
- What works in social-economic integration? - Jenny Phillimore
- What works in building common ground and shared values? - Vidhya Ramalingam
