EMILIE A European Approach to Multicultural Citizenship: Legal, political and educational challenges FP6

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EMILIEA European Approach to Multicultural
CitizenshipLegal, political and educational
challengesFP6 PRIORITY 7 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE 8 9 June 2006, European Commission,
Brussels

• Research topic CITIZENS-2004-7.2.1 Values and
  religions in EuropeContract number 028205 (CIT
  5)
• July 2006 - July 2009
• Coordinating institute ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece
• Coordinator Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou
• Project information www.eliamep.gr
• Email anna_at_eliamep.gr

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About EMILIE

• Responds to current crisis of multiculturalism
  and lack of common EU intellectual framework to
  discuss relevant challenges
• Interdisciplinary project studying experiences of
  9 EU member states with different experiences of
  migration integration

• Aim elaborate an empirically grounded European
  theoretical model for multiculturalism that is
• appropriate to the European experience
• relevant to addressing current crises

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How? EMILIEs case studies

• Understand compare 9 EU national
  experiences (policy solutions, models, value
  systems)
• Belgium (CEDEM, Liege)
• Denmark (Aarhus University)
• France (INED, Paris)
• Germany (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt
  a.O.)
• Greece (ELIAMEP, Athens)
• Latvia (Centre of Human Rights and Ethnic
  Studies, Riga)
• Poland (Center for International Relations,
  Warsaw)
• Spain (Universitat Popeu Fabra, Barcelona)
• UK (University of Bristol)

• Three case-studies in each EU member state
• Educational challenges posed by migration related
  diversity (including multicultural education and
  faith schools)
• Legal challenges with special reference to
  discrimination protection in workplace
• Political challenges with special focus on voting
  rights and civic participation

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Research methods approach

• Each national case study will be critically
  analysed as to
• whether it offers a distinctive model of
  immigrant incorporation
• what value discourses the model is based on
• Comparative analysis of the case studies
• value discourses
• perceived value conflicts

Objective Identify the European dimensions of
integrating diversity (value discourses, points
of tension, best practices)
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Expected results potential impact

• EMILIE will offer concrete policy and cultural
  dialogue analysis
• Provide policy recommendations at national and EU
  levels on cultural diversity
• Engage directly with policy community and civil
  society to reflect on appropriate policy
  responses and values underpinning these policies
  that can be shared by whole society

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EMILIE Team

• Coordinator Hellenic Foundation for European and
  Foreign Policy, ELIAMEP, Athens, Greece Dr.
  Anna Triandafyllidou, Dr. Ruby Gropas
• Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and
  Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK Professor
  Tariq Modood
• National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED),
  Paris, France Dr. Patrick Simon
• Faculty of Cultural Studies, European University
  Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany Professor
  Werner Schiffauer,
• Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM),
  University of Liege, Belgium Dr. Marco
  Martiniello, Dr. Hassan Bousetta
• Department of Social and Political Sciences,
  Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
  Professor Ricard Zapata Barrero
• Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic
  Studies, Riga, Latvia Dr. Ilze Brands Kehris
• Department of Political Studies, University of
  Aarhus, Denmark Dr. Per Mouritzen
• Centre for International Relations, Warsaw,
  Poland Professor Krystyna Iglicka