European Union Migration and Asylum Policy in the Aftermath of Brexit
Friday, October 6th, 2017 – Saturday, October 7th, 2017
Date | Time | Location |
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Friday, October 6, 2017 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Saturday, October 7, 2017 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM | The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2017
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome
Randall Hansen – University of Toronto
Craig Damian Smith – University of Toronto
9:15 – 10:45
Panel 1: Causes, Theory, and Politics of Migration
Chair: Till van Rahden – Université de Montréal
Gary Freeman – The University of Texas at Austin
How Social Science Failed to Predict the Great Migration Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
Sara Wallace Goodman – University of California, Irvine
The Architecture of Failure: The Institutional Origins of the Refugee Crisis
Daniel Göler – Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Migration in Europe and the Refugee Crisis: What Remains?
Sebastian Zeitzmann – Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen
Will Brexiters Be Able to Fight Their Nemesis EU Migration Post-Brexit?
10:45 – 11:15
COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 12:30
Panel 2: Integration Policy and Practices
Chair: Anna Korteweg – University of Toronto
Christian Joppke – Universität Bern
Refugees and Integration Policy
Marco Martiniello – FRS-FNRS and Université de Liège
Refugee Integration and Refugee Integration Policies in the EU: Ambiguities and Perspectives
Liav Orgad – WZB Berlin, EUI Florence, IDC Herzliya
The Citizen-Makers: Ethical Dilemmas in Immigrant Education
12:30 – 13:15
LUNCH
13:15 – 14:45
Panel 3: Attitudes toward Migrants & Asylum Seekers
Chair: Phil Triadafilopoulos – University of Toronto
Magdalena Lesińska – University of Warsaw
Backlash against Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in Central-Eastern Europe
Rahsaan Maxwell – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cosmopolitan Immigration Attitudes in Europe’s Large Cities: Adaptation or Selection?
Antal Örkény – Eotvos Loránd University, Budapest
The Social Representation of Strangers and Attitudes towards Immigrants in Europe
14:45 – 15:00
COFFEE BREAK
15:00 – 16:30
Panel 4: Legal Perspectives
Chair: Jennifer Elrick – McGill University
Kay Hailbronner – Universität Konstanz
The Common European Asylum System: Wishful Legal Thinking or Reality?
Dia Anagnostou – Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Human Rights Law and Its Consequences for Asylum Policy in Europe
Shauna Labman – University of Manitoba
The Export Experiment: Globalizing Canada’s Private Sponsorship
Steve Peers – University of Essex
Litigating the Refugee Crisis
16:30 – 17:30
RECAP DISCUSSION
SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2017
9:30 – 10:30 BREAKFAST AND CONSULTATIONS
10:30 – 12:15 Panel 5: National and Regional Perspectives
Chair: Daniel Göler – Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Danica Šantić – University of Belgrade
Serbia’s Response to the Current Migration Crisis: New Strategies and Policies for Managing Mixed Migration Flows?
Simon Green – Aston University
Reflections on Asylum Policy in Germany
Adrian Favell – University of Leeds
Crossing the Race Line: Brexit, Citizenship and “Immigrants” in the Referendum
Oliver Schmidtke – University of Victoria
The Fallout of the “Refugee Crisis” in Germany’s Competitive Party Politics: A Post-electoral Assessment
12:15 – 13:00
LUNCH
13:00 – 14:30
Panel 6: Mobility and Borders within the EU
Chair: Marco Martiniello – FRS-FNRS and Université de Liège
Nils Holtug – University of Copenhagen
A Fair Distribution of Refugees in the European Union
Alfonso Giordano – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali, Rome
Borders and Spaces in Mediterranean Migration between Supranational Consultations and National Interests
Christof Roos – Europa-Universität Flensburg
The (De-)Politicization of EU Freedom of Movement: Political Parties, Framing, and Policy Change in Germany and the UK
14:30 – 14:45
COFFEE BREAK
14:45 – 17:00
CONCLUDING DISCUSSIONS
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