Spring Lecture Series 2013

The Multilevel Governance of Migration and Immigrant Integration

This year’s IES Spring Lecture Series focuses on the multi-level governance of migration and migrant integration. It is organised in association with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), under the umbrella of the organization’s 20th Anniversary. Although international migration is per definition a transnational phenomenon, immigration and immigration integration policies are mostly associated with national policies. However, in recent years, several aspects of immigration and immigrant integration policies have been shifted upwards, to the international level (EU and international organizations), downwards, to the sub-state level (regional and local authorities) and outwards, to emigration states and private actors. This lecture series intends to provide a comprehensive overview of how migration and migrant integration are governed from the global to the local level, why policy output is the way it is, what are the future policy challenges and how interactions between governance levels determine policy output and policy outcome.

The lecture series aims to bring these discussions to a wide audience of policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, members of civil society organizations and concerned citizens. Each lecture will consist of high-level expert speakers in the issue, including leading academics, practitioners, policy makers and civil society leaders. Each session will dedicate ample time to discussions with the audience. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
 

Programme

• Wednesday 20 February 2013, 18:00-20:00
  Opening Lecture: Is there a Global Migration Governance?
  Alexander Betts, Professor, Oxford University
  Gervais Appave, Special adviser to the Director General of the International Organization for Migration
  Ralph Genetzke, Head of the Brussels Mission, International Centre for Migration Policy Development
  Chair: Richard Lewis, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 27 February 2013, 18:00-20:00
  Establishing the Second-Phase of a Common European Asylum System (CEAS): an Assessment of the Current State-of-Play
  Dr. Marcelle Reneman, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Immigration Law, Faculty of Law, University Leiden
  Kris Pollet, Senior Legal and Policy Officer, European Council for Refugees (ECRE)
  Chair: Mathias Holvoet, Doctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 6 March 2013, 18:00-20:00
  Frontex Cooperation with EU Member States: Coordinating, Managing or Facilitating?
  Jorrit Rijpma, Assistant Professor, Leiden University
  John Fothergill, Assistant Director Customs and National Operations, United Kingdom Border Agency
  Chair: Mathijs Van Dijk, Doctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 13 March 2013, 18:00-20:00 (Cancelled)
  The Externalisation of Migration Control for Europe: Illustrations from Turkey
  Atilla Toros, Director of the Asylum and Migration Bureau of the Turkish Ministry of Interior
  Sandra Lavenex, Professor, University of Lucerne
  Chair: Mathijs Van Dijk, Doctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 20 March 2013, 18:00-20:00
  The Europeanization of EU Anti-Discrimination Policies. Did it Reduce Ethnic Discrimination in the Member-states?
  Uyen Do, Legal Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Group and Managing Editor of the European Network of Independent Legal Experts in the Non-discrimination Field
  Chibo Onyeji, President of the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)
  Chair: Dr. Ilke Adam, Postdoctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 27 March 2013, 18:00-20:00
  Citizenship Policies in an Era of Globalization. Still the Prerogative of the Nation-state?
  Maarten Vink, Professor, Maastricht University and European University Institute
  Tineke Strik, Member of the Dutch Senate and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  Chair: Dr. Ilke Adam, Postdoctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 17 April 2013, 18:00-20:00
  The Local Governance of Immigrant Integration in Europe: Multi-level Dynamics, Convergence and Divergence
  Peter Scholten, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  Kent Andersson, Mayor of Malmö
  Chair: Dr. Ilke Adam, Postdoctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity, Institute for European Studies (VUB)
   
• Wednesday 24 April 2013, 18:00-20:00
  Closing Lecture: The EU Global Approach to Migration and Mobility: Looking back and Looking Forward
  Stefano Manservisi, Director General DG Home Affairs, European Commission
  Marco Martiniello, Research Director, FNRS-Université de Liège
  Chair: Dr. Chantal Lacroix, Programme Manager and Deputy Head of Mission at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development
   

Registration & Venue

All lectures are conducted in English and will take place from 18:00 until 20:00 at the premises of the Institute for European Studies. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Registrations are closed!

Venue:
Karel Van Miert Building
Conference Rooms Rome & Lisbon
Pleinlaan 5
1050 Brussels
[Map & Directions]
 

Contact

Ilke Adam (Academic Coördinator)
Postdoctoral Researcher Migration and Diversity
Institute for European Studies
+32 2 614 80 26
ilke.adam@vub.ac.be

Kristof Rogge (Logistics)
Events Manager
+32 2 614 81 99
Institute for European Studies
krogge@vub.ac.be