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The GRITIM-UPF Newsletter aims to disseminate selected information on Immigration that contributes to the European approach in the fields of Borders, Diversity, and methodological tools, as well as all GRITIM-UPF activities and news.
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Number 12 - Autumn 2011



 

Borders and Diversity News

GRITIM-UPF News

Received Books

Couvrir les migrations. Jean-Paul Marthoz. Paris-Brussels: De Boeck, 2011 (more)

Migration Policymaking in Europe: The Dynamics of Actors and Contexts in Past and Present. Giovanna Zincone, Rinus Penninx and Maren Borkert (Eds.) IMISCOE Research. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 (more)

Qualititative Methods in Migration Studies: A Critical Realist Perspective. Theodoros Iosifides. London: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2011 (more)

Migration and Climate Change. Étienne Piguet, Antoine Pécoud and Paul de Gauchteneire (Eds.) UNESCO Publishing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011 (more)

Selected Journal Articles

(last issues appeared)

Disciplined to diversity: learning the language of multiculturalism, Andrea Voyer. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34: 11, 1874-1893

Multicultural citizenship within multinational states, Will Kymlicka. Ethnicities, 11: 3, 281-302

'National' citizenship in the UK? Education and naturalization policies in the context of internal division, Dina Kiwan. Ethnicities, 11: 3, 269-280

Managing Transnationalism: Continuity and Change in Turkish State Policy, Liza Mügge. International Migration, 49, online published

Cultural Encoding and Fake Equality in Popular Reality Shows: Lessons from Israel, Amal Jamal, Nelly Elias & Orly Soker. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 37: 9, 1349-1366

British Muslims, memory and identity: Representations in British film and television documentary, Myra Macdonald. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 14: 4, 411-427

Immigrant Group Differences in Job Satisfaction, William Magee & Janani Umamaheswar. Race and Social Problems, 3, online published

Social capital and economic outcomes for immigrants and ethnic minorities, Peter S. Li. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 5: 2, 171-190

Measuring Women's Empowerment through Migration, Amie Gaye and Shreyasi Jha. Diversities, 13: 1, 49-66

The EU's Dialogue on Migration, Mobility and Security with the Southern Mediterranean: Filling the gaps in the global approach to Migration, Sergio Carrera. CEPS Liberty and Security in Europe Series, online published. 2011

Reports

Implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its Impact on EU Home Affairs Agencies, Elspeth Guild, Sergio Carrera, Leonhard den Hertog & Joanna Parkin. CEPS (The Centre for European Policy Studies), externally published in Justice and Home Affairs. 2011

Calls and Conferences

Call for papers: Borders and Borderlands: Contested Spaces Between Sates. 15th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality. Berlin: Irmgard Coninx Foundation

Call for papers: ECPR Antwerp Joint Sessions of Workshops. Antwerp: University of Antwerp

Call for presentations:  DiverCity: towards the intercultural city. Venice: SSIIM Unesco Chair


Other

Winter School in Methods and Techniques (WSMT) (February 2012). Cyprus: ECPR School in Methods and Techniques

Application for US Fulbright Grants for US researchers to come to a Spanish university or research centre. For more information on how to apply, click here. The Fulbright Scholar Program. Fulbright España

Vacancy for two postdoctoral researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). For more information, click here

Vacancy for a PhD position at Erasmus University Rotterdam's Department of Sociology for project ELITES (Emerging Leaders among the Turkish Second Generation in Germany) (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). For more information, click here

Publications

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard. & van Ewijk, Anne R. (Eds.) (2011) Spheres of diversity: From concept to policy. Barcelona: CIDOB

Huyhn, Q-L., Nguyen, A.M. & Benet-Martínez, V. (2011). 'Bicultural identity integration'. In S.J. Schwartz, K. Luyckx & V.L. Vignoles (Eds.), Handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 827-842). New York: Springer

van Ewijk, Anne. R (2011) 'Diversity and diversity policy: diving into fundamental differences' JOCM, 24 (5); 680 - 694

van Ewijk, Anne. R (2011) 'Diversity within Police Forces in Europe. A Case for the Comprehensive View' Oxford University Press, Policing; 1 - 17

Oliver-Rotger, Maria Antònia (2011) 'Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderless Theory in Spain' Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 37 (1); 5 - 10

Press articles

Coherencia de políticas e inmigración. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. Diario Públic (Spanish translation from the Catalan version), 2 November 2011; 5 

Governança cultural. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. La Vanguardia, 16 October 2011; 31. (Spanish version of the Catalan published version here)

De l'autonomia local a les fronteres locals. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. El Periódico, 18 September 2011; 5. (Spanish version here)

Associacionisme immigrant i cohesió. Ricard Zapata-Barrero. Público, 17 September 2011; 5. (Spanish version of the Catalan published version here)

GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series

The Point System of Selection of Immigrants in Quebec, Núria Franco i Guillén. Number 9, Autumn 2011 (Abstract)

GRITIM-UPF Workshop

In the framework of the joint action with CAC - Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya (Audiovisual Council of Catalonia), GRITIM-UPF presents the 'IV Jornades de la mesa per a la diversitat: Món local i immigració. Què és notícia?'
16 December from 9:30 till 14:15 hours at CAC (Auditori room)

GRITIM-UPF Seminar Series

21 September  12:30-14:00
Transnationalism, Identities' Dynamics and Cultural Diversification in Urban Post-migratory Situations (TRICUD)
Sonia Gsir
CEDEM - Université de Liège (Belgium)

25 October 12:30-14:00
Temporary Labour Migration in Canada - why should we care?
Christine Straehle
University of Ottawa (Canada)

15 November  12:30-14:00
Beyond the separation of Church and State: the new governance of religious diversity
Maria del Mar Griera i Llonch
ISOR - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

13 December   12:30-14:00
Supporting transnational relationship. The role of the public policies in host countries
Elena Sánchez-Montijano
GRITIM - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Check the GRITIM-UPF Seminars calendar

Projects

GRITIM-UPF's director Ricard Zapata-Barrero participation in the last opinion drafted by the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee) on Cooperation in integrating immigrants (more). To read the EESC opinion, click here

Other

GRITIM-UPF member, professor Verònica Benet-Martínez, appointed Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) (more)

GRITIM-UPF member, postdoc researcher Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas, awarded best PhD dissertation by the Dutch Sociological Association (more)

GRITIM-UPF member, professor Verònica Benet-Martínez, has received a Marie Curie's Career Integration grant. (more)

Apply now! Master in Immigration Management (more)

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