Project funded by the European Commission RTD DG, Sixth Framework Programme, Research topic: CITIZENS-2004-7.2.1 – Values and religions in Europe, 2006-2009.
Project coordinator: Anna Triandafyllidou, ELIAMEP, Greece.
Proposal no. FP6 – 028205, Contract no. CIT5-CT-2005-028205
Web site: http://emilie.eliamep.gr
This interdisciplinary project is a response to the current ‘crisis of multiculturalism’ and the lack of a common EU intellectual framework to discuss the relevant challenges. The nine partners are selected from nine countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Spain, UK) so as to represent different experiences of migration and integration, including those still in transition with regard to migration.
There are five main research phases. First, an outlining of migration in these countries. Second, a critical review of current public debates on integration and multiculturalism. Thirdly, three case studies in each country: (i) educational challenges posed by migration related diversity, including multicultural education and faith schools; (ii) legal challenges with special reference to discrimination protection in the workplace; and (iii) political challenges with special reference to voting rights and civic participation.
The case studies will be ethnographic but incorporating different types of qualitative and quantitative data (previous studies, policy papers, media materials, qualitative interviews and discussion groups with the key actors, fieldwork notes). Knowledge dissemination activities and interaction with users are incorporated in the research process.
The fourth phase is the integration of the national case studies, critically reviewing the different types of challenges and how/if they are accommodated in each country. Each partner will consider to what extent their country offers a distinctive ‘model’ of immigrant incorporation and on what value discourses this model is based.
The last phase compares the main value discourses and perceived value conflicts among the countries studied and shall identify the European dimensions of integrating diversity (value discourses, points of tension, best practices) and elaborate an empirically grounded European theoretical model of multiculturalism appropriate to the European experience and the current crisis as a basis for a rational resolution of the current panic about multiculturalism.
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Call identifier: FP6-2005-SSP-5°, Priority 8.1 – Policy-oriented research – Scientific support to policies, Research topic: 2.5, Task 1: Illegal migration – collecting empirical evidence in the EU
Contract no.: CIS8-044103
Coordinator: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, ELIAMEP
Project duration: 2007-2009
http://clandestino.eliamep.gr
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This interdisciplinary project is a response to the need for supporting policy makers in designing and implementing appropriate policies regarding irregular migration. The project aims (a) to provide an inventory of data and estimates on irregular migration (stocks and flows) in the EU, (b) to analyse these data comparatively among EU countries and between the EU and the US, (c) to discuss the ethical and methodological issues involved in the collection of data, the elaboration of estimates and their use, (d) to propose a new method for collecting and evaluating data/estimates on irregular migration across the EU. The project will address these aims in the EU25, Romania and Bulgaria and it will also look at irregular transit migration in countries/regions used as key ‘stepping stones’ by irregular migrants en route to the EU. Where relevant, the project will consider the factors affecting the shift between legal and undocumented status among migrant populations. The US case will be taken into consideration for comparative purposes. The project consortium involves 4 academic partners, one policy institute and one NGO. The first five partners (based in Austria, Britain, Germany, Greece and Poland) will be engaged in empirical and theoretical research for the project in the countries where they are based. They will also select, assign and coordinate the work of national experts based in the other European countries and in the US. The project plans include dissemination activities at the local/national level organised by the NGO partner in all 27 countries studied and two large conferences with policy makers and politicians from all countries and from international organisations. The project contributes directly to the development of a European Research Area through the creation and maintenance of an extended network of experts and policy makers involved in migration policy. It provides direct scientific support to national and EU policies on irregular migration through the creation of a database on irregular migration and the invention of a new method for collecting and evaluating illegal migration estimates/data.
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Call identifier: FP6-2005-SSP-5°, Priority 8.1 – Policy-oriented research – Scientific support to policies, Research topic: 2.5, Task 2: New immigration destinations within the EU. The cases of the EU Mediterranean and Eastern European areas.
Contract no: CIS8-044446
Coordinator: Prof. Marek Okolski, University of Warsaw, Poland
Head of Greek Research team: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, ELIAMEP.
Project web site: http://www.eliamep.gr/en/idea/ and http://www.idea6fp.uw.edu.pl/
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The Amsterdam Treaty introduced a new Community policy on immigration and asylum. Its objectives were defined in Tampere by the European Council which stressed the need for more efficient management of migration flows at all their stages. The management should address various forms of migrations and be exercised by means of various instruments in the countries of destination and origin. Thus, the creation of European immigration policy becomes a complex process of co-ordination of national policies with the Community objectives. Amongst diverse migration trends in Europe, the emergence of new immigration countries seems particularly important. The transition of migratory status followed economic development induced by the participation in the common European market and political stability. The socio-economic conditions of the change as well as policy responses to the new situation varied considerably between the countries of North-western, Southern and Eastern Europe and led to various structures of immigration and impacts on labour markets. These differences provide interesting research basis which could shed light on the immigration mechanisms in Europe. In this 30-month project, the consortium of scientific institutions from 9 EU states, all with tremendous experience in migration research will analyse the causes, characteristics and impact of migratory flows in the new European immigration destinations – Southern and Eastern Europe, and with reference to the “established” European immigration countries. Comparing the migrations and relevant policies will facilitate identification of similar challenges and transfer of experiences. The analysis will address historical, political and economic background of migration processes and its final goal will consist in preparation of a model of future migratory trends in selected parts of the European Union. The strategic objective of the project is to provide support for the European and national immigration policies.
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Dates: 2-4 October 2008.
Grant holder: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece.
This workshop studies whether and how the implementation of specific policies affects the plans and actions of individual migrants (and their families). Comparisons will be made between different reception countries/immigrant groups (Poles in Germany and Greece; Ukrainians in Italy, Hungary and Poland; Moroccans in France, Spain and Belgium; Turks in the UK and the Netherlands, Mexicans in Canada and the US) in terms of migration systems (East-West Europe, North Africa-Europe, Middle East-Europe, and Central-North America).
Immigrants, policies and migration systems: An ethnographic comparative approach
MIGSYS
Proposal funded by the International Metropolis Network and the Population, Migration and Environment Organisation, under their special call for project proposals regarding the governance of international migration, (project duration: February 2006-August 2007).
Coordinator of the consortium: Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou, ELIAMEP
Project starting date: 1 February 2006
http://www.eliamep.gr/en/migsys/
This project studies the links between the migration plans of individual subjects and the migration policies of sending and receiving states.
Our contention is that migrants and their households are independent social agents that make choices and plans, execute these plans, and/or adapt them in accordance with changing circumstances and to their own needs and expectations. In formulating and executing their plans, migrants interact with state policies and other external factors operating in the sending, receiving or in both countries. Migrants receive and process information about receiving state policies and other issues that affect different aspects of their migration project (i.e. legal migration policy, housing and welfare benefits, labour law and working conditions, ethnic discrimination issues, but also informal labour markets, border control policies, asylum seeking opportunities, human trafficking networks, possibilities of regularising after illegal entry, possibilities of moving on to a second destination country). Such information may be more or less accurate and complete, and is usually mediated through formal and informal networks in the country of origin and in the receiving country, the media, non-state agents (e.g. specialised travel agencies, marriage brokers, NGOs, religious organisations) and criminal networks (human traffickers).
MIGSYS is based on a comparative ethnographic approach. The research consortium will study the migration projects and experiences of several groups of migrants (selected based on ethnicity, country of origin and/or transnational migration networks) in different migration systems. In particular, we will consider four systems:
- a European East-West migration system (EU countries and Eastern Europe, including Russia and some CIS states);
- a Mediterranean system (EU countries and North African states);
- a European-Asian system (EU countries and the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia and China);
- and a South-North American system including the US, Canada, and countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
MIGSYS will focus on the main migration flows within each system, the socio-demographic profiles of the migrating populations, the socio-economic and political profiles of the destination countries, and the existing studies analysing the relationships between immigrants and immigrant-relevant policies (including immigration control, integration and related policies, e.g. citizenship acquisition or trade agreements between sending and receiving countries).
Building Europe with New Citizens?
A Qualitative Inquiry into the Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Permanent Residents in 25 Countries (POLITIS)
Project funded by the European Commission Research DG, Sixth Framework Programme, Thematic Priority 7, 2004-2007
Co-ordinator: Dr. Dita Vogel, University of Oldenburg, Germany.
Partner for ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece: Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou
Partner for EUI: Prof. Bo Stråth, Dr. Ankica Kosic, RSCAS
Web site:
www.uni-oldenburg.de/politis-europe
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http://www.eliamep.gr/en/politis/Populations of immigrant origin are growing in Europe. This project starts from the assumption that immigrant populations have a high potential for active civic participation, because migrants experienced themselves the positive effects of reciprocal networks and the support by civic activists from the mainstream society. In addition, third country nationals may develop a more distinctive conception of European values and democracy than EU natives do, comparing to their state of origin. But legal and political conditions for migrants may discourage participation in the mainstream society. This project seeks to improve our understanding of different factors that promote or inhibit active civic participation of immigrants.
A unique project construction is developed that enables broad coverage while securing common aims and standards. It includes a summer school as a means to collect a first database (application essays) and recruit and train foreign students as interviewers.
The study is divided into three parts:
• A comparative literature review on immigrant civic participation in 25 member and accession states, focussing on native language sources and describing the basic conditions and patterns of participation and identifying country differentials beyond the legal realm.
• A comparative analysis of foreign students’ perceptions of democracy in Europe, using up to 500 essays, and focus group discussions at a summer school, to explore how their ideas of democracy are linked to active participation and influenced by their national background.
• A comparative analysis of over 150 qualitative interviews with civic activists of immigrant origin in 25 states, differentiating between immigrant citizens, permanent residents and migrants with temporary status, to identify favourable biographical and national conditions for active participation.
A European NGO will organise dissemination events in the 25 countries, embedding the presentation of research results in local agendas.
This project proposal was co-authored by Dita Vogel, University of Oldenburg and Anna Triandafyllidou, EUI.
Media and Ethics of a European Public Sphere from the Treaty of Rome to the “War on Terror” (EMEDIATE)
Project funded by the European Commission Research DG, Sixth Framework Programme, Thematic Priority 7, 2004-2007
Proposal no. FP6-506027, Contract no. CIT2-CT-2003-506027
Co-ordinator: Prof. Bo Stråth, RSCAS, EUI (with Dr. James Kaye and Dr. Hagen Schultz-Forberg)
Partner for ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece: Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou
Web site:
http://www.iue.it/RSCAS/Research/EMEDIATE/Index.shtmlThis project will make innovative theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of a European public sphere (EPS). We propose a new, networked and fluid conceptualisation of the public sphere. Thus we will cast light upon an intellectual and popular European integration process which accelerated significantly in the second half of the 20th century, and has been underway for over two centuries. The development of the Western as well as the Eastern EPS from the Rome Treaty to the ‘War on Terror’ will be analysed through the media. We identify five ‘crisis periods’ in which the media discourse on Europe will be examined and connected to an emerging public sphere. We shall devote particular attention to questions of ethics and their mobilisation in connection to the overall discourse on ‘European values’ as well as to their political use. We will focus on the relevant media of each period studied, taking into account the technological development from printed media (newspapers) to radio, film, television and Internet, as well as the power implications of these technological dynamics. We will analyse national editorial cultures and their evolution in the five crisis periods viewing comparatively how they frame notions of a European ‘ethical responsibility’. We will engage in original research in two fields: a) the evolution in visual media of European narratives that transcend language barriers b) the actual and potential use of the Internet as a means to constitute the EPS and to increase citizen participation in it. From a theoretical perspective, EMEDIATE will refine the concept of the public sphere(s) in the European context. From an empirical perspective, it will question the role of the media in creating and transforming an EPS. From a policy perspective, it will develop ethical guidelines for media professionals, suggest models of ‘democratic dialogue websites’ and produce innovative educational materials.
This proposal was jointly authored by Bo Strath, James Kaye, Hagen Schultz-Forberg and Anna Triandafyllidou, at the EUI in Florence.
EU policies, ethnic minorities and socio-political transformation in member states and accession countries (EUROREG)
Project funded by the European Commission Research DG, Sixth Framework Programme, Thematic Priority 7, 2004-2007
Proposal no. FP6-506019, Contract no. CIT2-CT-2003-506019
Co-ordinators: Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou and Dr. Dia Anagnostou, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece.
Web site:
http://www.eliamep.gr/en/euroreg/EUROREG studies the links between European economic integration and ethnic minority mobilisation. It explores the effects of European integration on territorially concentrated ethnic minorities and their politics, as well as on their relations with national majorities and the state. We have selected nine cases of minority inhabited regions, five in EU member states and four in accession countries of Central-East and Southeast Europe (CESE). We will examine how changing opportunities and constraints induced by EU regional economic and human rights policies, alter patterns of local political participation and economic activity of local ethnic minorities and national majorities, their relations with national and ethnic political parties and state administration, as well as minority political and cultural demands vis-à-vis the central state. We will also examine their influence on how local minorities and majorities view their identification with a national or ethnic community, their rights and obligations as citizens of a state, as well as how they conceptualise ‘Europe.’ More specifically, we will focus on ethnic minorities inhabiting regions near or across border areas in EU member states and accession countries, looking at EU cohesion policy (structural funds and cross border co-operation initiatives), pre-accession programs that include funds to prepare CESE states to implement structural funds and the broader regime of human rights and minority protection, which has developed over the past fifteen years in conjunction with the Council of Europe (CoE). During our research we shall identify and disseminate best practices that promote minority-majority dialogue and co-operation. Through the comparison between member states and accession countries we shall cast light to the processes of social, political and economic transformation taking place in accession countries.