BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:962bdc91b7e8df0da15465300c25a8fa CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20191016T110728 SUMMARY:The Role of Universities in Addressing Societal Challenges and Fostering Democracy: Inclusion, Migration, and Education for Citizenship LOCATION:Akureyri\, Iceland DESCRIPTION:The public and democratic role of universities has become an increasingly r elevant topic in recent years in light of social, political and economic de velopments, as well as changes in media and communication. At the same time , democratic societies in Europe are paying increasing attention to the mob ilities of individuals within and outside the boundaries of their nation-st ates. While we observe intensified securitization and the rise of anti-immi gration sentiment in Europe, civic movements of resistance also flourish ac ross the continent. With this conference, we aim to steer the discourse tow ards more constructive and rational discussions on migration and higher edu cation in a healthy democracy.\nThis event seeks to bring together papers t hat address these and other conceptual and practical concerns and that deve lop new critical understandings of the role of universities in fostering de mocracy and ad-dressing migration and other societal changes; that aim to r each a broader dialogue between university and multicultural society; and t hat establish discussions on migration and mobilities between diverse commu nities in academia and the public sector. We therefore welcome papers that open the boundaries of thinking about migration, democracy and the role of universities and include but are not limited to the following themes:\n\n - Civic responsibility of universities and institutions\n - Normative concep tions of universities and democracy\n - Democracy and educational processes at the university\n - Challenges to the university in contemporary democra cies\n - Universities and neoliberalism\n - Citizenship and immigration\n - Universities, knowledge and democracy in a time of rising populism\n - Int egration, adult education and immigrants' acquisition of the host country l anguage\n - Identities and communities\n - Relationships between migrants a nd their host countries\n - Migration in small states and rural areas\n - M igration and multiculturalism\n - Socio-economic policies\n - Migration and activism\n - Educational practicesThe conference is organized within the f rame of the following projects: Inclusive Societies? The integration of Imm igrants in Iceland, led by Markus Meckl, vice-lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration (https://www.uarctic.org/organization/thematic- networks/arctic-migration/) and Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir; Universities and De mocracy: A critical analysis of the civic role and function of universities in a democracy, led by Anna Ólafsdóttir and Sigurður Kristinsson; Lingua+: Innovative host-country language learning through socio-cultural inclusion and empathy, led by Zane Brikovska; REMix: The university as an advocate f or responsible education about migration in Europeand APELE: Accreditation of prior experiential learning in European Universities, led by Markus Meck l.\nProspective participants are asked to submit an abstract to Iwona Szele wa, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScrip t enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak33341e1186dc0d6586c 699d91c38f3bc').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + '& #116;o'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy33341e1186dc0d6586c6 99d91c38f3bc = 'iwona' + '@'; addy33341e1186dc0d6586c 699d91c38f3bc = addy33341e1186dc0d6586c699d91c38f3bc + 'unak' + '& #46;' + 'is'; var addy_text33341e1186dc0d6586c699d91c38f3bc = ' 05;wona' + '@' + 'unak' + '.' + 'is';documen t.getElementById('cloak33341e1186dc0d6586c699d91c38f3bc').innerHTML += ''+addy_text33341e1186dc0d6586c699d91c38f3bc+''; . A proposal for panel s essions with abstracts of the included papers is also welcome.\nThe deadlin e for submission is December 15, 2019. An abstract must not exceed 250 word s excluding the following information:\n\n - Author(s) name(s)\n2. Institut ional affiliation\n3. Email address(es)\n4. Paper title\n5. Topics of inter est (max. 3)The deadline for registration is February 10th, 2020. The regul ar conference fee is 25.000 ISK (ca. 145 EUR) and the fee for students is 1 0.000 ISK (ca. 70 EUR). The fee includes lunch and a conference dinner. Det ails about registration will be included in your acceptance notification em ail.\nPrior to the conference, a Ph.D. workshop “Conceptualizing integratio n: social inclusion and exclusion in diverse and multicultural societies” w ill take place on April 1, 2020. Students are asked to submit their applica tions in response to a separate call. Participants accepted for the worksho p are exempt from the conference fee.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The public and democratic role of universities has become an increasingl y relevant topic in recent years in light of social, political and economic developments, as well as changes in media and communication. At the same t ime, democratic societies in Europe are paying increasing attention to the mobilities of individuals within and outside the boundaries of their nation -states. While we observe intensified securitization and the rise of anti-i mmigration sentiment in Europe, civic movements of resistance also flourish across the continent. With this conference, we aim to steer the discourse towards more constructive and rational discussions on migration and higher education in a healthy democracy.

This event seeks to bring together papers that address these and other conceptual and practical concerns and t hat develop new critical understandings of the role of universities in fost ering democracy and ad-dressing migration and other societal changes; that aim to reach a broader dialogue between university and multicultural societ y; and that establish discussions on migration and mobilities between diver se communities in academia and the public sector. We therefore welcome pape rs that open the boundaries of thinking about migration, democracy and the role of universities and include but are not limited to the following theme s:

The conference is organized withi n the frame of the following projects: Inclusive Societies? The in tegration of Immigrants in Iceland, led by Markus Meckl, vice-lead of the UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic Migration and Unnur Dís Skaptadóttir; Universities and Democracy: A critical ana lysis of the civic role and function of universities in a democracy, l ed by Anna Ólafsdóttir and Sigurður Kristinsson; Lingua+: Innovati ve host-country language learning through socio-cultural inclusion and empa thy, led by Zane Brikovska; REMix: The university as an advoc ate for responsible education about migration in Europeand AP ELE: Accreditation of prior experiential learning in European Universities< /em>, led by Markus Meckl.

Prospective participants are asked to subm it an abstract to Iwona Szelewa, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need J avaScript enabled to view it.. A proposal for panel sessions with ab stracts of the included papers is also welcome.

The deadline for submission is December 15, 2019. An abstract must not exceed 2 50 words excluding the following information:

  1. Author(s) name(s)< br />2. Institutional affiliation
    3. Email address(es)
    4. Paper t itle
    5. Topics of interest (max. 3)

The deadline f or registration is February 10th, 2020. The regular conference fee is 25.000 ISK (ca. 145 EUR) and the fee for students is 10.000 ISK (ca. 70 EUR). The fee includes lunch and a conference dinner. Details about regist ration will be included in your acceptance notification email.

Prior to the conference, a Ph.D. workshop “Conceptualizing integration: social in clusion and exclusion in diverse and multicultural societies” will take pla ce on April 1, 2020. Students are asked to submit their applications in res ponse to a separate call. Participants accepted for the workshop are exempt from the conference fee.

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