{"id":6916,"date":"2018-07-11T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euricse.staging.hgblu.com\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2018-07-16T08:57:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T07:57:38","slug":"call-for-proposals-tackling-the-migration-and-refugee-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euricse.eu\/en\/call-for-proposals-tackling-the-migration-and-refugee-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for proposals: “Tackling the migration and refugee challenge”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Research Seminar \u201cTackling the migration and refugee challenge\u201d will take place on\u00a0November 22 \u2013 23, 2018 at the University of Trento (Department of Sociology and Social Research). The seminar is aimed to reflect on the potential of local communities to self-organize and design effective solutions for tackling the challenges posed by migrations to local societies. The call for proposals for paper presentations is open.\u00a0\u00a0Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15 July<\/strong>\u00a02018.\u00a0<\/strong>Interested authors should submit a 250-300 word abstract of their contribution that includes: author(s)\u2019 full information (including country, gender and whether ECI); contribution title; main research objective\/question; methodological approach; (expected) results and contribution, and bibliography. All submissions will be made via email to the address\u00a0empowerse-migration@emes.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The title of the seminar \u201cTackling the migration and refugee challenge. Exploring innovative policies and practices through the lens of social enterprises and third sector organizations<\/em>\u201d reflects the focus on the potential of local communities to self-organize and design effective solutions for tackling the challenges posed by migrations to local societies, particularly, the creation of innovative organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These organizations include social enterprises understood as organizations which combine an entrepreneurial dynamic to provide services or goods with a primacy of social aims and cross various types of borders; across sectors (public, conventional enterprises, cooperatives, associations), resources (market, public and philanthropy) and activity fields. Many of these initiatives are being promoted by individuals, immigrants organizations, local businesses, religious organizations and groups of volunteers who are self-organizing to deliver first aid and co-provide basic services, work and social inclusion and advocacy; these may include suitable housing, education, work and entrepreneurship, and the design of new skills assessment tools. Since most of these initiatives developed spontaneously at the grassroots level, they are difficult to grasp. Hence, our endeavour is to promote an interdisciplinary discussion forum that can contribute to systematizing innovative practices and pave the way for further empirical and theoretical analysis in a field of research that has relevant policy implications.<\/p>\n

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This seminar targets specifically scholars that have been exploring innovative paths of social, economic and political inclusion of migrants achieved by local communities across Europe.<\/p>\n

This seminar is conceived as a high-profile academic event aimed at exchanging initial thoughts in an incipient field of research covered by the EMPOWER-SE COST Action thematic line: social enterprise and migration. Enough time will devoted to present and comment on contributions presented. One of the goals of the seminar is to contribute to EMPOWER-SE Working Group 2 with regards to immigration issues, but also to create connections that can lead to future joint research proposals.<\/p>\n

Researchers will be invited to present the research findings of the EU and international projects they are coordinating, including:<\/p>\n