Publications

Benet-Martínez, Verónica (2012) 'Multiculturalism: Cultural, personality, and social processes'. In K. Deaux & M. Snyder (Eds.), Handbook of personality and social psychology (pp.623-648). Oxford: University Press

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard (2012) 'La communauté politique en tant que fondement d'une théorie politique catalane de l'immigration: enjeux clés'. In M. Labelle, J. Couture & F. Remiggi (Eds.), La communauté politique en question. Regards croisés sur l'immigration, la citoyennetté, la diversité et le pouvoir. Quebec: Presses de l'Université

Ungureanu, Camil & Zucca, Lorenzo (Eds.) (2012) Law, State and Religion in the New Europe. Cambridge: University Press.

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard (2012) 'Active Immigrants in Multicultural Contexts: Democratic Challenges in Europe'. In A. Triandafyllidou, T. MoDood & N. Meer (Eds.), European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges (pp.167-191). Edinburgh: University Press.

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard (2011) Anti-immigration populism: Can local intercultural policies close the space?  Barrow Cadbury Trust/Policy Network.

Zapata-Barrero, Ricard & Garcés Mascareñas, Blanca (Coord.) (2011) La gestió municipal de la immigració a Catalunya. Associació Catalana de Municipis.

Selected Journal Articles

'We are against a multi-ethnic society': policies of exclusion at the urban level in Italy' Maurizio Ambrosini. Ethnic and Racial Studies 2012, 1-20.

European cultural identity and its impact on Turkey's bid for EU membership. Jennifer Brindisi. Young Minds rethinking the Mediterranean, 48-68.

GRITIM-UPF Working Paper Series

Immigration Controls and the Erosion of Popular Sovereignty     Chris Gilligan. No.10, Winter 2012 (Abstract)

GRITIM-UPF/IMISCOE PhD Summer School

Summer School Applications Open!   

Applications for the first PhD Summer School (2nd-13th July 2012) 'Theoretical and Methodological Approaches in Migration Studies',  organised at the UPF by GRITIM-UPF as part of the IMISCOE Research Network training programme for young researchers are being accepted until 18th March 2012.

Master in Immigration Management

Interested in a Master that combines both professional and research orientations in immigration management? The GRITIM-UPF Master in Immigration Management is now accepting applications for 2012-13. 

GRITIM-UPF Projects

ACCEPT PLURALISM Project: A paper on Tolerance to cultural diversity in Spanish Schools. Discourses and practices, written by Ricard Zapata-Barrero and Flora Burchianti, has been published as part of Work Package 3 on National Case Studies of Challenges to Tolerance in School Life.  (more)

Do you feel Catalan as well? Cultural self-identification(s) and personal social networks among immigrants and second-generations (AGAUR -ARAFI- Generalitat de Catalunya):                GRITIM-UPF is carrying out a study on  Ecuatorian, Moroccan, Pakistani and Romanian immigrants in Barcelona in order to develop a new vision on acculturation processes. For more details on how to participate, contact: eva.maciocco@upf.edu

IMISCOE News

The IMISCOE Network, of which GRITIM-UPF is a part, has over 40 books on migration, integration and social cohesion available for free download. (Access to library)

Researcher Mobility

GRITIM-UPF would like to welcome Prof. Gabriel Horenczyk from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a Visiting Professor to the Pompeu Fabra University, where he will conduct research on bi-culturalism from a social and cross-cultural psychological perspective.

Dr. Neus Torbisco Casals, member of GRITIM-UPF, is currently a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, where she is teaching a course on Group Rights as Human Rights.

GRITIM-UPF Seminar Series

The GRITIM-UPF Seminar Series features monthly lectures and discussions with established and emergent scholars from various disciplinary approaches on the broad topic of migration.                  

14th February: Partido Popular's discourse on immigration           - Gema Rubio, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

20th March: Social security as an obstacle to cross-border mobility: the (un)effectiveness of EU coordination and reform       - Anja Wiesbrock, University of Amsterdam 

See GRITIM-UPF Web for further details.

GRITIM-UPF International Seminars

7th March (Casa Amèrica Catalunya): La participación política transnacional de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos en España         - Anastasia Bermúdez, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, Córdoba

14th March (IEMED): Tunisia's cooperation on readmission with the EU member states: drivers and implications                          - Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence

21st March (Casa Asia): Asian immigration to Catalonia: current issues and challenges - TBC

11th April (Casa Amèrica Catalunya): Causas de la migración latinoamericana: condiciones sociales, económicas y políticas        - Antoni Traveria, Casa Amèrica Catalunya

25th April (CIDOB): Cooperation in integrating immigrants in the European Union                                                                      - Luis Miguel Pariza, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels

2nd May (IEMED): Becoming receiving countries: Southern Europe and international migrations                                                     - Maurizio Ambrosini, Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milan

16th May (CIDOB): Developments in the debate about migrants in The Netherlands                                                                    - Meindert Fennema, University of Amsterdam

23rd May (Casa Asia): New trends in Chinese migration               - Frank Pieke, Modern China Studies, Leiden University

GRITIM-UPF participation in 7th Congress on International Migrations in Spain

The 7th Congress on International Migrations in Spain - Human Mobility and Social Diversity will be taking place in Bilbao from 11th to 13th April 2012. GRITIM-UPF will be participating in various thematic sessions including (1.2) Methodology, Focus & Analytical Perspective; (2.1) Legislation and Flow Policies; (6.2) Audiovisual Media and Communication; and (7.1) Migratory Projects.

Migration Reports

Immigrant Integration in Europe in a Time of Austerity                   -  Transatlantic Council on Migration

World Migration Report 2011 - Communicating Effectively about Migration - International Organisation for Migration

Other

16-17th February - Seminar (Maastricht): Planning Workable Policies for Migrant Integration in the EU Member States - European Institute of Public Administration

24th February - Conference (Berlin): Immigrant integration and multilevel governance: exploring the issues - Forum of Federations / Research Unit of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration 

8-9th March - Conference (Amsterdam): Integrating Cities V - EUROCITIES, European Commission, City of Amsterdam

25th June-6th July 2012 - Summer School (Bolzano/Bozen): Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management in Europe and Canada: Comparative issues and challenges - Institute for Human Rights, EURAC, Italy

CRIEC-AIEQ Predoctoral Grant 2012-2013: Predoctoral students wishing to apply for a grant with the Chaire de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté should apply by 31st May 2012. (more)