National EMN Conference Austria

09:30 – 10:00

10:00 – 10:15

WELCOME AND OPENING

Gerald Dreveny, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria
Katerina Kratzmann, IOM Vienna/National EMN Contact Point Austria

10:15 – 11:45

SESSION 1: RESEARCH-POLICY PROCESSES - KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER

Moderation: Katerina Kratzmann, IOM Vienna/National EMN Contact Point Austria

Heinz Fassmann, University of Vienna, Austria;
"Research - Policy Processes, Knowledge Production and Transfer"

Peter Scholten, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
"Science-Society Dialogues on Migrant Integration in Europe"

Franziska Scheidegger, Federal Office for Migration, Switzerland;
"Research at the Swiss Federal Office for Migration"

Discussion

11:45 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

SESSION 2: RESEARCH-POLICY INFRASTRUCTURES - INSTITUTIONS, COOPERATION AND PARTNERSHIPS

Moderation: Elisabeth Petzl, IOM Vienna/National EMN Contact Point Austria

Martin Kohls, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany;
"The research group for migration and integration of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Germany"

Jon Simmons, Home Office Science, United Kingdom;
"The role of scientific expertise in migration policy in the UK"

Eivind Hoffmann, Norwegian Directorate of Immigration, Norway;
"Migration and Integration research in Norway: institutional setting and some examples"

Discussion

14:30 – 15:00

15:00 – 16:30

SESSION 3: RESEARCH-POLICY NEXUS EXAMPLES - KNOWLEDGE UTILISATION IN POLICY MAKING

Moderation: Mária Temesvári, IOM Vienna/National EMN Contact Point Austria

Maarten Vleugel, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, The Netherlands; "Good practices for successful cooperation of research and policy-making:The case of the Information and Analysis Centre of the Dutch Immigration Service"

Roderick Parkes, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany/Belgium; "Myths and realities of policy-oriented research: is there such a thing as neutrality, and should there be?"

Discussion

16:30 – 17:00

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

Katerina Kratzmann, IOM Vienna/National EMN Contact Point Austria
Gerald Dreveny, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria

 17:00

End of conference