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Day 2 recap from #COREnet meeting in Malta 🇲🇹✨🌍 Today was another insightful and thought-provoking day. Our scholars had important discussions about: 🔹 Teaching and Migrant Experiences 🔹 Experiences from Around the World 🔹 Education Policy Our meeting in Valletta, Malta 🇲🇹 ended with a Policy Brief Workshop, where our scholars generated ideas on religious diversity, social integration of migrants, preservation of religious identity and policy recommendations and implementation strategies 🖊️ Many thanks to our local organizer University of Malta 🇲🇹 for providing the space for these important conversations!

#COREnet #AcademicWebinar #Community #ParticipatoryResearch 👉 INVITATION TO COREnet WEBINAR titled “Developing and Maintaining Interpersonal Trust in Community-Based Participatory Research” 🤝🌍. It will take place ONLINE on March 13th at 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM (CET) in ENGLISH. In this webinar, Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen will explore interpersonal trust in community-based participatory research. Dr Lyck-Bowen will argue that interpersonal trust is temporal, dynamic and often taken for granted rather than intentionally addressed. She will reflect on her experiences from a recent community-based participatory research project focusing on the role of language cafés in the integration of migrants. 👥 Presenter: Dr. Majbritt Lyck-Bowen, University of Bradford 🇬🇧 🎤 Moderator: Dr. Evelyn Reuter, University of the Bundeswehr Munich 🇩🇪 For more information and the link to the webinar, please follow the link in the comments section ⬇️

Greetings from Malta!  🇲🇹 Today #COREnet scholars met in Malta 🇲🇹 for a Core group meeting and a 2-day workshop titled “Crossroads of Learning: Exploring the Intersection of Education, Migration, and Religion” 📚 During Day 1, our scholars held a Core group meeting and engaged in thought-provoking discussions on: 🔹 Superdiversity as a Conceptual Frame for Understanding Diversity 🔹 Migration, Social Justice, and Knowledge Production Engaging discussions 💬, new perspectives ✨ and meaningful connections 🤝 - what a great way to start! Looking forward to more insights tomorrow!

#COREnet #AcademicWebinar #Inclusion 👉 INVITATION TO COREnet WEBINAR titled “A Relational Approach to Biographical and Participant Observation Methodologies in Exploring the Labour Market Inclusion of Migrant Muslim Women” 🧕🧳. It will take place ONLINE on February 27th at 5 PM-5.45 PM (CET) in ENGLISH. 🖊️ This research aims to investigate how interreligious dialogue can enhance the labour market inclusion of migrant Muslim women and, subsequently, to underscore the necessity of a relational approach in demonstrating the role and significance of interreligious dialogue and intercultural exchange in this process. It demonstrates that interreligious dialogue and intercultural mediation function as relational goods, fostering inclusive economic participation. 👥 Presenter: Dr. Olena Komisarenko from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas 🇮🇹 🎤 Moderator: Prof. dr. Monica ROMAN from Bucharest University of Economic Studies 🇷🇴 For more information and the link to the webinar, please follow the link in the comments section ⬇️

Today, 21st of February 2025, a workshop titled "Diverse Perspectives: Stakeholders in Migration Dynamics" was held in Izmir 🇹🇷, organised by WG5 #COREnet member Sinem Abka . It was truly inspiring to witness experts, community leaders, and stakeholders converge to delve into critical aspects of #immigrantintegration. We are encouraged by the collective commitment to advancing integration efforts through collaborative dialogues 🗺️

COREnet COST Action WG5 meeting today in Izmir at Dokuz Eylul University! Thanks to Sinem Abka for organising it! See you tomorrow for the Workshop with Stakeholders!

#Education #Religion #Migration 📚🌍 Take a look at this insightful #COREnet webinar entitled “Education, Dialogue, and Religion: Shaping Inclusive Narratives for Refugees and Migrants in Europe”. The webinar is in the ENGLISH 🇬🇧 language. 🎥✨Link to the video 👇

We're incredibly proud to celebrate a fantastic achievement within the COREnet family! Today, we're highlighting, Dr. Alessandro Indelicato, the leader of our WG5, who has just received the prestigious prize for the best PhD dissertation in Social Sciences from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. A huge well done, Dr. Alessandro Indelicato! This is a testament to your hard work, dedication, and brilliant research. But the accolades don't stop there! Alessandro is now embarking on a new and exciting challenge: the ERC Starting Grant. Yes, the pressure is on... but with your track record and talent, we know you're on the right track. We're all behind you, cheering you on every step of the way! GO FOR IT.....

📣📣 The deadline to submit master’s theses written in the field of practice-based research on #religiousdiversity and #migration for a chance to be selected to participate in person at the 38th Biennial ISSR conference “Religion, Migration, and Conflicts in Polarized Societies” conference in Kaunas, Lithuania (June 30 – July 4, 2025, at Vytautas Magnus University) has been extended to February 17, 2025! 👉 Apply now and see you in Kaunas! For more information, please follow the link in the comments section ⬇️

#COREnet #AcademicWebinar #QueerMigration 👉 INVITATION TO COREnet WEBINAR entitled “Intersecting Religious and Sexual Identities in the Context of Transnational Migration: the Case of Lithuania” 🇱🇹🏳️🌈. It will take place ONLINE on February 10th at 3 PM (EET) in ENGLISH. This webinar will uncover the motivations behind queer migration of emigrants and immigrants and seek to understand how migration relates to the construction and reconstruction of sexual identities, LGBTIQ communities, culture, politics and religion. Webinar participants will be able to engage in meaningful discussion and ask questions. 👥 The webinar will be led by researchers from Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas: Prof. Milda Ališauskienė, Prof. Artūras Tereškinas, Prof. Egdūnas Račius and Dr. Gintarė Pocė. For more information and the link to the webinar, please follow the link in the comments section ⬇️