National EMN Conference Austria: “Linking Research and Policy in the field of Migration, Asylum and Integration”

Organizer: National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network

12 December 2011, Vienna (Austria)

The National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network (EMN) organised in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior a National EMN Conference on the topic of “Linking Research and Policy in the field of Migration, Asylum and Integration” on 12 December 2011, in Vienna. The conference aimed at contributing to evidence-based policy-making.

09:30 – 10:00  Registration
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 Coffee Break
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

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