News

Great start of the new academic season. Erasmus University Rotterdam has won the bid for the next term of coordinating IMISCOE, Europe’s leading academic network on ‘International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe.’ Together with Maurice Crul (the new director) I’ll be chairing the network (as associate director) for a four-year term.

The book ‘The Discourses and Politics of Migration in Europe’, edited by Korkut, Bucken-Knapp, Mcgarry, Hinnfors and Drake is out now (see link). I authored one of the chapters, titled ‘The Multilevel Governance of Migrant Integration: a multi-level governance perspective on Dutch migrant integration policies.’

The GRITIM-EUR-IMISCOE seminar on ‘Theorizing the Local Turn in Immigrant Policies: A Multi-Level Approach’ is to take place at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barelona, September 20th. The program of the seminar is now online: see link.

We just received news that a new project has been awarded by the European Integration Fund: UPSTREAM, or ‘Developing Effective Strategies for the Mainstreaming of Integration Governance.’ The project will analyse how, why and to what effect governments at the EU, national and local level mainstream their migrant integration policies.

Looking forward to giving key-note at my old university in Twente, always great excuse to see old colleagues and friends. The University of Twente will host the EURA conference on ‘Cities as Seedbeds of Innovation’, 3-6 July 2013. My lecture will discuss ‘The Intercultural City: the Return of the City State?.’ See more: www.eura2013.org.

In het kader van het 50 jarig jubileum van de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen van de Erasmus Universiteit wordt een reeks lezingen gehouden over thema’s die centraal staan op de onderzoeksagenda. Op 11 juli (15:00-17:00) geef ik een lezing over arbeidsmigratie uit Midden- en Oost-Europese landen. Locatie: Maastoren, Wilhelminakade 1, Rotterdam. Voor meer informatie zie: link.

Chairing panel with Mark van Ostaijen on ”Rethinking Research-Policy Dialogues at Times of Contested Knowledge.” Also, presenting paper with comparative findings from the DIAMINT project.

At the CES conference in Amsterdam 25-27 June, I’ll be chairing panels on:

Looking forward to the kick-off of our  new project ‘IMAGINATION’ on the Urban Implications and Governance of CEE Migration in Europe. The kick-off will be held at Hotel New York, Rotterdam, 6-7 June 2013.  

Together with Dr. Arco Timmermans I’ll organize a panel at the NIG annual work conference. The conference will take place at the University of Twente, 28-29 November 2013. The panel focuses on ‘Understanding Policy Dynamics: a critical confrontation of theories of the policy process’. It invites papers (empirical as well as theoretical/conceptual) on various policy domains but focusing on policy dynamics. For a full text of the call for papers: link.

The IMISCOE standing committee on the Multi-Level Governance of Migration and Integration organises a workshop at the 10th IMISCOE conference in Malmo, 26-27 August 2013. For a full text of the call, see link.

The aspirant standing committee Research-Policy Dialogues on Migration and Integration in Europe will organise a workshop at the 10th IMISCOE conference in Malmo, Sweden, 26-27 August. The workshop will focus on ‘Deconstructing the migration crisis: towards reflexive research-policy dialogues’. It invites conceptual as well as empirical contributions, from academics as well as from policymakers. See for the full text: link.

The  paper ‘The interplay of knowledge production and policymaking: A comparative analysis of research and policy-making on migrant integration in Germany and the Netherlands’ was accepted as part of a special issue (edited by Frans van Nispen and me) on ‘Policy analysis at times of crises’. It is due to appear somewhere next year.

See: Call for papers – CMS

The book ‘Challenging Multiculturalism: Models of Diversity’ edited by Ray Taras is out now. I’ve written a chapter on ‘The Dutch Multicultural Myth’.