Workshops
12. 12. 2016
AKC, Husová 4a, 110 00 Praha 1, 9:00 - 16:00

The Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague cordially invites you to the workshop focused on migration challenges in Central and Eastern Europe. The main aim of this international workshop is to facilitate networking in strategically important research areas; it is financially supported by Strategy AV21 within the research programme “Global Conflicts and Local Interactions”.

Asylum applicants in Europe between 1 January and 31 December 2015

Workshop Program

9:00-9:30             Registration

9:30-11:00           Labour migration - new forms and discourses  - Panel chair: Yana Leontiyeva

Wanted but not welcome?  The German discourse on migration from Eastern Europe

Christian Ulbricht, Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD), University of Bielefeld

The role of Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in shaping Ukrainian migration to Poland

Agata Górny, Pawel Kaczmarczyk, Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw

Employment of non-EU migrants in the Czech Republic

Josef Bernard, Marta Kolářová Jana Stachová, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences   

Discussion

11:15-11:30          coffee break

11:30-12:30         Migration and the city - Panel chair: Josef Bernard                

Migration and integration policies of the city of Vienna

Bernhard Perchinig, The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna 

Migrants in the city of Prague – presentation of on-going project on integration needs and barriers

Yana Leontiyeva, Blanka Tollarová, Renata Mikešová, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences   

Discussion

12:30-12:45         Books presentations

Fedyuk, O. and M. Kindler (eds.) Ukrainian Migration to the European Union: Lessons from Migration Studies. Springer International Publishing, 2016
Hradečná, P., Jelínková, M., Ezzeddine, P. et al. Women at the Sidelines (?) – Gender, Migration and Ageing. Prague: SIMI, 2016.                         

13:00-14:00         lunch break

14:00-15:30         Refugee mobility in Fortress Europe   - Panel chair: Petra Ezzeddine

Refugees as Surplus Population: Capitalism and the common marginalisation of refugees and other subaltern populations

Prem Kumar Rajaram, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest

Solidarity movements with refugees and migrants in Hungary

Celine Cantat, Center for Policy Studies, Central European University, Budapest

Media analysis of migration debate in the Czech Republic

Marie Heřmanová, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University Prague, Open Society Fund

Discussion

15:30-16:00         Presentation of public oriented projects on migration and informal discussion

Stories of Refugees http://pribehyuprchliku.cz
Encyclopaedia of Migration http://encyklopedie.shzs.cz, Student movement for Solidarity

Registration (for free) is required! To register, please send email to petra.salamounova@soc.cas.cz

The organisation of this workshop is financially supported by Strategy AV21 within the research programme “Global Conflicts and Local Interactions”. Workshop convenors: Yana Leontiyeva, Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Petra Ezzeddine, Faculty of humanities, Charles University.

Picture: Asylum applicants in Europe between 1 January and 31 December 2015. The sizes of the bars indicate the number of asylum seekers per country between 1 January and 31 December 2015. Colors indicate the percentage of asylum applicants in relation to population:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Refugee_crisis_in_Europe_Q1_and_...

 

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