Paolo Ruspini
Paolo Ruspini has been researching international and European migration and integration since 1997.
May 23, 2024 – Chair and moderator of the conference “Educazione indigena in Amazzonia, incontro di saperi e intercultura” (Indigenous education in the Amazon, meeting of knowledge and interculture) held by Giovanna Campani, Retired full professor at the University of Florence and Adjunct Professor at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, at the Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
May 16, 2024 – Chair and moderator during the guest lecture “Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Migration in Hungary” (Apprendimento di una seconda lingua e migrazioni in Ungheria), held by Kata Csizér, Full professo ar Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest and Erasmus mobility fellow at the Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
May 18, 2024 – “Confini e conflitti: le migrazioni nell’Est Europa” (Borders and conflicts: migration in Eastern Europe), paper for the public conference “Frōns, frὄntis ‘Fronte’ – Il nostro problema con l’Altro” held at Aula Magna dell’Istituto E. S. Piccolomini, Siena, Italy.
May 2, 2024 - Chair and moderator of the conference for the presentation of the documentary “Il valore di una caramella: da Bihac a Trieste lungo il cammino degli indesiderati” (The value of a sweet: from Bihac to Trieste along the path of the unwanted) of Elena Bedei (2022) with the participation of the filmmaker at the Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
February 29, 2024 – “Memoire et Migrations” (Memory and Migration), presentation of my forthcoming book (Milan: Mimesis, May 2024) for “Les déjeuners sociologiques – Spring 2024” of the University of Geneva, Institute of Sociological Research (IRS) with Sandro Cattacin as discussant, Geneva, Switzerland.
December 15, 2023 – “Transnazionalismo e mobilità internazionale degli studenti: un caso studio” (Transnationalism and international student mobility: a case study), paper for the “Giornata della Ricerca” held by the Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
*November 6, 2023 – “Confini e nuovi conflitti: i dilemmi delle migrazioni nell’Europa centro-orientale” (Borders and New Conflicts: The Dilemmas of Migration from Eastern Europe), paper for conference held by the “Circolo di cultura di Mendrisio e dintorni” at Centro scolastico Canavée, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
October 12th, 2023 – Chair and moderator of the conference for the presentation of the book “Il corpo nero” (The Black Body) of Anna Maria Gehnyei (Rome: Fandango Libri, 2023) with the participation of the author, the institutional greetings of the Director of the Department of Education Sciences, Prof. Paola Perucchini, and the coordinator of the Teaching Board of the Degree Course in Sociology and Social Work, Prof. Rosa Capobianco held at the Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
October 10th, 2023 – “Borders and New Conflicts in Contemporary Migration from Eastern Europe”, online paper for the Panel 8 – Conflict as a Challenge: Boundaries, Movement and Identities of the International Conference “The Future of the Eurasian Migration System”, held by the Center for Regional Studies, Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
October 8th, 2023 – “Iniziativa sulla democrazia: storie di vita” (Democracy Initiative: Life Stories), partecipation with Mario Amato, Joao Kuzulo Da Silva and Lucio Negri (moderator) at the evening held by PS Mendrisiotto at La Filanda, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
October 5th, 2023 - “Language Practices and Intercultural Experiences of Transnational Mobile Students”, paper co-authored with Judith Borràs and Zeynep Köylü for the conference “Residence Abroad and Language Learning: Where Are We Now?”, held at the Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France.
September 4th, 2023 - “Contrasting trends of contemporary international migration and mobility”, online paper for the TramE Network Launch and Workshop “Study Abroad: What’s the Point? Key challenges and methodologies for Study Abroad research post-pandemic”, held at the University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
February 24, 2023 – “Da migranti a cittadini: dall’inclusività culturale alla cultura dell’inclusione” (From migrants to citizens: from cultural inclusiveness to the culture of inclusion), partecipation with Al Fadhil, Kuzulo Joao Da Silva and Antonia Boschetti (moderator) at the evening held by PS Mendrisiotto e Basso Ceresio at Balerna Town Hall, Switzerland.
*February 8th, 2023 – “Social Capital and Female Migrants’ Transnational Networks”, paper for the First Annual Meeting of the COST Action 19112: Women on the Move (WEMov), held at Colégio Almada Negreiros, Nova University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
*November 23, 2022 – “Practices and Aspirations of Transnational Mobile Students: A Case Study”, presentation during the workshop “Connecting Research on Higher Education in ASEAN” held by the European Union Support to Higher Education in the ASEAN region (SHARE) project at the Le Meridien Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia.
July 18, 2022 – “Practices and Aspirations of Transnational Mobile Students: A Case Study”, online paper for the international conference “Transitions and Mobilities. International Students’ Aspirations” held by Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
*January 18, 2022 - "Migration, Identity and Memory in a Transnational Perspective", presentation of the teaching syllabus for the conference and workshop "Teaching Migration and Asylum Law and Policy held online by the University of Innsbrück, Austria.
*December 20, 2021 – “Al confine Polonia-Bielorussia: il limbo dei migranti tra est e ovest” (On the Poland-Belarus border: the limbo of migrants between East and West), paper for the seminar “Fragili Diritti ai Confini d’Europa – Gli stranieri a Brescia e le rotte migratorie” (Fragile Rights at the Borders of Europe - Foreigners in Brescia and migratory routes), held by CIRMiB – Centro di Iniziative e Ricerche sulle Migrazioni Brescia at Catholic University of Brescia, Italy.
December 01, 2021 – “Transnational Patterns and Intercultural Experiences of Mobile Students in a Southern French University”, paper for the hybrid/online conference “Between the Worlds: Migrants, Margins and Social Environment” and moderator for the Panel II “Gender, Migration and Stereotypes”, held by the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
July 09, 2021 – “Migrants unbound? Theorizing transnational and return migration”, paper for the online RET-MIG panel “Asserting and resisting borders: state and non-state actors perspectives and strategies” during the 18th IMISCOE Annual Online Conference “Crossing borders, connecting cultures”, held by the University of Luxembourg.
March 11, 2021 – “Migrants unbound? Theorizing transnational and return migration with evidences from the field”, online paper for “Les déjeuners sociologiques – Spring 2021” of the University of Geneva, Institute of Sociological Research (IRS) with Sandro Cattacin, IRS Director as discussant, Geneva, Switzerland.
*February 28, 2020 – “Theorizing Transnational and Return Migration”, key-note paper given by Skype for the International Conference “Return Migration: European and Bulgarian Perspectives”, held by the University of National and World Economy (UNWE), Department of Economic Sociology and the Economic Research Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) at UNWE, Sofia, Bulgaria.
February 22, 2020 – “Una prospettiva transnazionale sulle migrazioni africane” (A transnational perspective on African migration), paper for the public meeting “Cosa significa partire con APA? Incontro con i volontari” (What does it mean to leave with APA? Meeting with the volunteers) held by the Amici per l’Africa (APA) association at Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Varese, Italy.
*February 3, 2020 – “International Student Mobility as Transnationalism”, paper for the Final Joint Working Group Conference of the COST Action 15130: Study Abroad Research in European Perspective (SAREP), held at the COST Offices, Brussels, Belgium.
*October 25. 2019 – Roundtables’ participant for the European Union’s Horizon 2020 project “Research Social Platform on Migration and Asylum” (ReSOMA) and the “National Integration Evaluation Mechanism” (NIEM) project organized by the ISMU Foundation at Open Milano More Than Books, Milan, Italy.
*October 18, 2019 – “Famiglie immigrate tra transnazionalismo e ricongiungimenti” (Immigrant families between transnationalism and reunification), paper for the seminar “Famiglia e migrazione” (Family and migration) held by Associazione FARIntercultura at Aula Magna Scuole elementari, Chiasso, Switzerland.
*September 24, 2019 – “Control vs. Integration: The Paradoxes of European Migration”, paper for the seminar “Refugees and Migrants in Europe: Reality and Future Prospects” held by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and the Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health (GIWEH) at the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
*April 9, 2019 – “Una prospettiva transnazionale sulle migrazioni contemporanee” (A transnational perspective on contemporary migration), public lecture within “Pr(o)vacy” a collateral event of “Past to Future” Varese Design Week 4th Edition at Zona Franca, Varese, Italy.
* January 17, 2019 – “Migration and Memory in a Transnational Perspective”, introductory remarks for the international workshop “Transnational Processes of Memory, Migration and Identity in Europe and beyond” held at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
* September 18, 2018 - "Migrants Unbound? Transnationalism, Immigrant Integration and Return Processes", introductory paper for the Workshop 2 "Transnational Perspectives on Return Migration" within the 10 DialogForum “Migration and (Dis-)Integration Processes” at the Danube University Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
*September 6, 2018 – “Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Transnational Migration and Interculturality in Study Abroad”, paper for the COST Action 15130 “Study Abroad Research in European Perspective” (SAREP) Working Group 5 meeting “Peripheral Perspectives on Interculturality for Study Abroad: Inspirations for Europe” at the University of Lisbon, Institute of Education, Lisbon, Portugal.
*March 13, 2018 - “Migrants Unbound? Transnationalism and Social Networks in Migration”, paper within the COST Short Term Scientific Mission granted by the “SAREP- Study Abroad Research in European Perspective” COST Action CA 15130 at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Centre for Research into Societies and Environments in the Mediterranean and Beyond (CRESEM), Perpignan, France.
January 18, 2018 – Chair for the Session 3 “I richiedenti asilo e la crisi migratoria europea” (Asylum seekers and the European migration crisis) of the conference “Dieci anni di Mondi Migranti: uno spazio per la ricerca sulle migrazioni. Elaborazioni teoriche, lavoro sul campo, politiche, ricadute sull’opinione pubblica” (Ten years of Mondi Migranti: a space for migration research. Theoretical elaborations, fieldwork, policies, impact on public opinion) at University of Milan, Faculty of Social and Political Studies, Milan, Italy.
November 10, 2017 – “Cosa sappiamo delle migrazioni internazionali?” (What do we know about international migration?), paper for the public conference “Italia senza migranti o senza muri?” organized by Associazione Popolari Varesini at Collegio De Filippi, Varese, Italy.
September 14, 2017 – “Le migrazioni internazionali oltre le crisi – uno sguardo transnazionale su vecchie e nuove mobilità” (International migration beyond the crises – a transnational perspective on old and new mobilities), paper for the public conference organized by Comitato unitario per una nuova politica migratoria svizzera at Canvetto Luganese, Lugano, Switzerland.
*July 7-9, 2017 – “International migration and changing learning needs” and “Migration and diversity in Europe”, paper and workshop for the summer school “Comunicare Şi Interculturalitate” (Communication and Interculturality) Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu din Arad, Arad, Romania.
July 4, 2017 - “Migrants unbound? Transnationalism and immigrant integration” (Ungebundene Migranten? Transnationalismus und Integration der Migranten), Drei Thesen zur Migration aus politikwissenschaften Sicht, Hochschule Fulda, University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany.
*April 1°, 2017 – “Tra passato e presente, memorie e mobilità: la migrazione italiana in Svizzera e nel Canton Ticino” (Between past and present, memories and mobility: the Italian migration in Switzerland and the Canton of Ticino), paper for the public conference “Vecchia e nuova emigrazione italiana: discriminazioni di ieri e di oggi” (Old and new Italian emigration: discrimination of the past and present), ACLI Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
*March 22, 2017 - “Umanità in cammino. Percezione e realtà delle migrazioni contemporanee” (Humanity on the move. Perception and reality of contemporary migration), paper within the week against racism on the theme “Migrate is human. Meetings to learn about the experience of migrants”, Liceo cantonale Lugano, Switzerland
March 13, 2017 – “Brexit and Free Movement: Reflecting on the Swiss Experience”, paper for the Brexit Lunchtime Seminars held by the University of Roehampton, London, United Kingdom
*January 26, 2017 – “Comunicare le migrazioni oltre il sensazionalismo: percezione e realtà delle migrazioni contemporanee” (Communicate migration over sensationalism: perception and reality of contemporary migration), paper for the EZA International Seminar of Study “A new migration policy in the EU” held by ACLI at Villa Maria, Rome, Italy
*December 1st, 2016 – “Migration and Transnationalism between Switzerland and Bulgaria”, paper for the 5th Young Scholars Forum on Central and South-East Europe “Challenges and Opportunities of Migration in and from South East Europe” held by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe at the Fachhochschule bfi Wien, Vienna, Austria
November 19, 2016 – “La nuova immigrazione dall’Italia in Svizzera e nel Canton Ticino” (The new immigration from Italy to Switzerland and the Canton of Ticino), paper for the conference “Secondo convegno sulla migrazione italiana in Ticino” organized by Comitato Italiani all’Estero (Comites) Lugano-Ticino at Hotel Internazionale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
*September 30, 2016 – “Social Capital and Networking for Sub-Saharan Migrant Women”, paper for the Panel Two: Migration, Values and Social Capital of the international conference “Recent Migratory Processes and Europe: Challenges and Opportunities” organized by the Secretariat of the State Commission on Migration Issues of Georgia and the EU-Funded ENIGMMA project implemented by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) at Biltmore Hotel, Tbilisi, Georgia
*August 22, 2016 – “Storia delle migrazioni e politiche migratorie in Europa dal secondo dopoguerra a oggi” (History of migration and migration policies in Europe since World War II to the present), lecture within the refresher course for history teachers “From Les trente glorieuses to the uncertainty Age: consumption, economy and migration” organized by Canton of Ticino, Department of Education, Culture and Sport (DECS), School Division at Scuola Media di Camignolo, Switzerland
*June 18, 2016 – “Come cambiano le migrazioni – uno sguardo transnazionale” (How migration is changing – a transnational perspective), paper for the conference organized by Organizzazione svizzera d’aiuto ai rifugiati (OSAR) and Chiasso Culture in movimento at Foyer Cinema Teatro Chiasso, Switzerland
*May 27, 2016 – “Percezioni e realtà delle migrazioni contemporanee” (Perceptions and reality of contemporary migration), paper for the Lions Club Varese Sette Laghi conference dinner held at Panorama Golf, Varese, Italy
*May 11, 2016 – “MIPEX results: Post-2000 EU accession countries”, paper for the final joint Conference EQUI-HEALTH & ADAPT projects held by the International Organization for Migration, Migration Health Division, Regional Office in Brussels and the COST Action IS1103 ‘ADAPT’ (Adapting European health systems to diversity) at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
*April, 19, 2016 – Chair for the Session 5 of the COST network “In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe” conference “Transcultural memory and reception in Europe” and discussant for the paper of Gunnthorun Guthmunnsdottir “European memory on the margins: the reception in Iceland of stories from the Spanish Civil War 1942 and 2001” at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
*March 18, 2016 - “Umanità in cammino. Percezione e realtà delle migrazioni contemporanee” (Humanity on the move. Perception and reality of contemporary migration), paper within the week against racism on the theme “The new migration. Meetings to learn about the experience of migrants”, Liceo cantonale Lugano, Switzerland
November 4, 2015 - “Social Networks and Transnational Practices of Bulgarian Migrants”, paper for the Research Brown Bag Lunch of the Institute for Public Communication, Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
*May 21, 2015 – “Case Study: Switzerland”, presentation of results from MIPEX Health Strand within the COST Action IS1103 ‘ADAPT’ Meeting on Policies on Migration and Diversity (sub-project 5) at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
*March 6, 2015 - “Russian transnational migrant communities as agents of cooperation and integration?” paper for the Panel Discussion. Part 2: “The Historical Interaction between the European countries and Russia” during the conference “European Choice: Globalization or Re-Sovereignization”, held by the Endowment for St. Andrew The First-Called Foundation and Club Suisse de la Presse at La Pastorale, Geneva, Switzerland
*September 29, 2014 - “Migrant Transnationalism in Europe: theory, research and practices”, paper for the “Memory on the Move: Theory and Methodology of Memory and Migration” Working Group Meeting, during the COST network “In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe” conference at the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
September 9, 2014 - “Le migrazioni contemporanee: una prospettiva internazionale ed europea” (Contemporary migration: an international and European perspective), paper within the SNSF funded project “Migration and transnationalism between Switzerland and Bulgaria”, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
*June 19, 2014 - “Migration and transnationalism between Switzerland and Bulgaria: A study on social inequalities, regional disparities and migration policies”, paper for the IMIS-Gastvorträge, Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS), Universität Osnabrück, Germany
*May 22, 2014 - “Changing migration, policy and impact for diverse populations”, paper for the meeting of sub-project 5 – Migration, diversity policy and health of the COST Action IS1103 Adapting European health systems to diversity (ADAPT), hosted by the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
February 14, 2014 - Discussant for the seminar “Nuove asimmetrie sociali e forme di inclusione nella Russia contemporanea” (New social asymmetries and forms of inclusion in contemporary Russia) held in the “Social Asymmetries and Political Inclusion: Concepts, Methods, and Policies” PRIN project at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna – Institute of Law, Politics and Development (DIRPOLIS), Pisa, Italy
December 6, 2013 - “The transformative character of international migration and its impact on integration practices and learning needs”, contribution for the panel discussion “European experiences in building up intercultural competences” during the I-VET Project – Final European Dissemination Conference “Intercultural Competences in a Global Education” held at the University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
*September 16-17, 2013 – “Migrants’ memories and the intergenerational transmission of migration experiences in Switzerland”, paper for the session “Transmission, generations, identity” as well as co-chair for “Living the tales of ‘homeland’ session of Working Group 3 “Memory and Migration” during the “In Search for Transcultural Memory in Europe (ISTME) COST Action” Krakow conference held at Collegium Maius, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
August 29, 2013 - “Dynamics of international migration and globalization in Europe and Switzerland”, key- note paper for the First I-VET Summer School “Interculturality, between workplace and training”, held at OSC – SCOS Building, Mendrisio, Switzerland
April 9, 2013 – “Ces jeunes… ne sont lus étrangers que sur le papier (1982): le seconde generazioni in Svizzera e nel Canton Ticino” (These youngsters… are considered foreigners only on paper - 1982: second generation migrants in Switzerland and in the Ticino Canton), paper for the conference “Generazioni di mezzo: seconde generazioni e ibridazioni culturali in Valle d’Aosta” (Between generations: the second generation migrants and cultural hybridization in the Aosta Valley), hosted by Università della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy
March 13, 2013 – Discussant for the workshop “The SDC learning project on protecting vulnerable migrants: Towards a comprehensive approach to migration in humanitarian practice” held during the SDC (Swiss Development and Cooperation) H-Seminar held in Thun, Switzerland
*October 5, 2012 – Lecturer for the round table “Present-day migration: the end of tolerance?”, during the 10th Anniversary Session of the World Public Forum “Dialogue of Civilizations” held from the 3rd to the 8th of October 2012 in the island of Rhodes, Greece
August 26-30, 2012 – Discussant for the “Migration, diversity, citizenship” round-table during the LLP-TOI Leonardo da Vinci Experimental Summer School on I-VET (Intercultural Competences of Vocational Educators and Trainers), Focus: “Diversity and Migration”, held at Università della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy
*November 18, 2011 – “Quali sfide e opportunità per le migrazioni internazionali? Una prospettiva europea” (What challenges and opportunities for international migration? A European perspective), paper for the workshop “La sfida migratoria in Europa” (The challenge of migration in Europe) during the conference “Educare alle differenze. Le competenze interculturali nella società che cambia” (Educating the differences. Intercultural competencies in a changing society) hosted by Università della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy
October 17, 2011 – “Migration in Europe – Historical and Contemporary Movements”, key-note lecture for the Comenius LLP-Training Course on Civic Cross-Cultural Competencies for Elementary School Teachers, organised by the Institut für Politische Wissenschaft of the Leibniz Universität Hannover and held at Alte Feurwache e.V., Berlin, Germany
*September 24, 2011 – Chair for the Session VIII of the cross-disciplinary conference “Intersections of Law and Culture: Human Rights” hosted by the Department of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland
September 23, 2011 – “Second Generation Migrants and Public Policies in Switzerland: An Exploratory Research”, paper for the final conference of the “Bridge – Successful Pathways for the Second Generation of Migrants” project held at the Department of Social and Political Studies of the University of Milan, Italy
September 12, 2011 – “Change and continuity in the transforming European migration system”, paper for the EDICC (European Diploma in Intercultural Competence) Final Seminar held by Institute of Education, University of London, United Kingdom
September 6, 2011 – “Sono qui da una vita. Dialogo aperto sulle seconde generazioni tra Italia e Svizzera” (I have been here a lifetime. Open dialogue on second generation migrants in Italy and Switzerland), chair and discussant during the meeting for the presentation of the book “Sono qui da una vita. Dialogo aperto con le seconde generazioni” by Anna Granata held in the framework of the “Bridge – Successful Pathways for the Second Generation of Migrants” project at University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
*July 13-14, 2011 – “Migration from the European fringes”, contributor to the IMISCOE workshop hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
*June 24, 2011 – “Patterns of Migration and Immigrant Adaptation in the Evolving European Migration System”, paper for the Eichstätter Europatag “Cultural Identities in Europe: Nations and Regions, Migration and Minorities”, held by the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany
*May 22-24, 2011 – Discussant during the “Migrazione, integrazione, cooperazione” (Migration, Integration, Cooperation) Workshop for the 25° anniversary of Villa Vigoni, Centro Italo-Tedesco, Loveno di Menaggio (CO), Italy
*April 28, 2011 – “Sfide e opportunità delle migrazioni: una prospettiva internazionale ed europea” (Challenges and opportunities of migration: an international and European perspective), lecture for the Trial Workshop on “Migrazioni e competenze critico-interculturali” (“Migration and Critical-Intercultural Competencies”) for Teachers of the MIRACLE (Migrants and Refugees – A Challenge for Learning in European Schools) project held by CESIE – Centro Studi e Iniziative Europeo, Palermo, Italy
*March 25, 2011 – “Migration in Europe”, keynote lecture for the Trial Workshop on Migration and Cross-Cultural Competencies for Teachers of the MIRACLE (Migrants and Refugees – A Challenge for Learning in European Schools) project held by the Malta Regional Development and Dialogue Foundation (MRDDf) at The George Hotel, St. Julians, Malta
*March 22, 2011 – “Una ricerca esplorativa sulle seconde generazioni di migranti in Svizzera e nel Canton Ticino” (An exploratory research on second generation migrants in Switzerland and Canton of Ticino), paper for the L.I.M.e.S. (Laboratorio Immigrazioni, Multiculturalismo e Società) seminars at the Department of Social and Political Studies of the University of Milan, Italy
December 2, 2010 – “Le seconde generazioni di migranti in Svizzera e nel Canton Ticino: uno studio esplorativo” (The second generation migrants in Switzerland and Canton of Ticino: an exploratory study), paper for the working seminar “Dialogo e identità: le seconde generazioni di migranti nel Canton Ticino” (“Dialogue and identity: the second generation migrants in Canton of Ticino”) held by the Department of Integration and Social Affairs (DIIS) of Lugano, OCST – Integration Competence Centre, Office of the Cantonal Delegate for the Integration of Foreigners and University of Lugano (USI) in the conference room of Hotel Ceresio, Lugano, Switzerland
*November 17, 2010 – “Transformations, policy contradictions and the quest for new approaches to the European migration system”, Semestrial talk hosted by the Honors Society, Franklin College, Lugano, Switzerland
November 13, 2010 – “Practices of Migration Management”, Chair for the Session 6 of the “International Workshop: Disciplining Global Movements. Migration Management and its Discontents”, IMIS - Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
September 25, 2010 – “The Transformation of the European Migration System: the quest for new approaches in migration thinking?”, paper for the conference “Migratory Processes in Europe: Evolution of the Migratory Interactions of the EU and Central and Eastern European Countries”, held at the Center for Migration Studies of Odessa National Academy of Telecommunication named after A.S. Popov, Odessa, Ukraine
*September 14, 2010 – “Introduction: Aims and rationale of the workshop”, IMISCOE Cluster A1 workshop “South-Eastern Europe and the European Migration System: driving forces and new patterns of mobility?” (Co-convener Izabela Grabowska-Lusinska, University of Warsaw) during the 7th IMISCOE Annual Conference at the University of Liege, Belgium
*July 5-6, 2010 – “South-Eastern Europe”, IMISCOE Cluster A1 planning workshop "Migration from the European fringe, including Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean", Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
February 23 and March 2, 2010 – “Leggere le migrazioni: un quadro internazionale ed europeo”, (Understanding migration: an international and European framework), paper for the conferences held by Centro OCST di competenze per l’integrazione, Chiasso and Lugano, Switzerland
November 26, 2009, “The European Migration System and Beyond”, guest lecturer in the Course “Migration, Citizenship and Interculturality in the European Union Context” of the EMICC – Lugano University EuroCampus 2009, Switzerland
*October 23-24, 2009 – “Conceptualising Transnationalism: East-West Migration Patterns in Europe”, paper for the symposium “Places of Diversity – Social Formats, Institutional Settings, Virtual Representations” held by the Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Cologne at Schloss Wahn, Cologne, Germany
*July 14, 2009 – “Migration trends and research on migration in Europe”, opening speech for the Group 484 strategic planning 2010-2012, Andrevlje, Vojvodina, Serbia
*June 4, 2009 – “Learning from Each Other or Tearing apart? Migration Regimes and Immigrant Integration in a Transatlantic Perspective”, paper for the conference “Transatlantic Dimensions of European Mobility” held by the Center for Demography and Migrations at the U.S. Economy and Transatlantic Relations Institute at Lazarsky University, Warsaw, Poland
*May 25, 2009 – “Migration and European integration – On policy convergence and the new enlarged borders” at the Faculté de Droit, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
*March 2-3, 2009 – “Patterns of circular/return migration and the ageing migrant population in Europe” paper for the “Seminar on Policies and Practices Concerning Elderly Migrants in Council of Europe Member States” held by the French Community of Belgium, the Walloon Region, and the French Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region at Palais des Académies, Brussels, Belgium
*November 27-28, 2008 – “The convergence criteria and the post-enlargement migration space” for the session “Policies and legislation” and moderator for the session “Migration: challenges, risks, and effects” at the international conference “Migration in Europe” held by the Soros Foundation Romania in Bucharest, Romania
*September 30 – October 02, 2008 – “Migration typologies and immigration policies across the European continent – which place for migrant elders?” introduction for the “Forum 3. The diverse migrant elders’ community – impact and chances” at the First European Conference “Minority Ethnic and Migrant Elders across Europe – from Challenges to Opportunities”, World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB), Bonn, Germany
*September 09-12, 2008 – “’Integrating by doing?’ Immigrants and I2C: a proposal from a Swiss higher education institution” (co-author Manuel Mauri Brusa), paper for the Cross-Cluster Workshop “Bridge-IT – Immigrants and ICT in the EU: uses, practices and socio-economic implications” at the Fifth Annual IMISCOE Conference, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
*May 16-18, 2008 – “Europeanization processes and the post-enlargement migration space” and discussant in the Panel 1 “Integration policies in the EU” for the international conference “Integrating (New) Immigrants” held jointly by the Centre for European Refugees, Migration and Ethnic Studies (CERMES) and the Manfred Wörner Foundation in Sofia, Bulgaria
*November 14-16, 2007 – “The Post-Enlargement Migration and Its Open Question”, paper for the workshop: Europe vs. the Illegals during the 14th Nordic Migration Researchers’ Conference organized by IMER/UiB and held in Bergen, Norway
*September 13-15, 2007 – “Russia and the European Union: ‘friends’ or ‘foes’ in migration management?”, keynote paper for the International Conference “Migration and Development” (The Fifth Valenteevskiye Chteniya), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
*March 21, 2007 – “Immigrant Integration in Italy and the European Union”, paper for the “Theoretical Seminar Series” held by the Institute of International and Social Studies (IISS) at Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
*March 14, 2007 – “The Eastward Enlargement and the Migration Space Revisited”, paper for the “Seminar Series: Academic year 2006/2007” held jointly by the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS) and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga), Riga, Latvia
*June 17, 2006 – “Migrants and Integration: The Italian Experience”, keynote speech at the sixth EUROFOR Marie-Curie conference “National and Local Governments Confronted with Cultural Diversity”, Maratea, Italy
*May 19-20, 2006 – Discussant on “The Case of the Czech Republic”, during the IMISCOE Cluster C9
conference “The Making of Migratory Policies in Europe” held by FIERI, International and European Forum of Migration Research at the Political Science Faculty, University of Turin, Italy
*April 27, 2006 – “The EU Eastward Enlargement and the Migration Space. Social and Political Consequences”, paper presented at the Series of Seminars “Crocevia” held by FIERI, International and European Forum of Migration Research at the Political Science Faculty, University of Turin, Italy
*April 20-22, 2006 – “Forms and Features of the Post-Enlargement Migration Space”, paper presented at the Jean Monnet Conference “European Union Enlargement of 2004 and Beyond: Responding to the Political, Legal and Socio-Economic Challenges”, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
*March 10-12, 2006 – “Modes of Migration Regulation in Switzerland”, country report presented at the IMISCOE Cluster A1 Workshop “Regular and irregular flows: quantities, processes and types of regulations in Europe II” held by the Migration Research Program at Koç University (MiReKoc) at Armada Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey
*December 9, 2005 – “Visible and Invisible Borders of the Enlarged EU”, keynote speech at the EUROFOR PHARE Small Scale Seminar “New Governance of Immigration, Refugee Protection and Minority Politics in a New Europe: The EU enlargement as a challenge to the European Union migration regime”, Mellieha, Malta
December 2, 2005 – “The Post-Enlargement Migration Space” paper presented at the seminar held at the Institute of Economics and Industrial Engineering, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
*November 18, 2005 – “Which EU Framework for Immigrant Integration?” paper presented at the IV° Meeting “Rights and Models of Inclusion” of the Series of Seminars “Migration and Rights” held by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
August 25-27, 2005 – Moderator during the Panel “Migration Patterns and Policies in Central and Eastern Europe” of the “Workshop on Developments and Patterns of Migration Processes in Central and Eastern Europe” organised by the Multicultural Centre Prague and the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University in Prague and held at the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
May 6, 2005 – “Forms and Features of the Post-Enlargement Migration Space” paper presented at the Panel Session “Romania at the Eastern Border of the European Union” of the International Colloquium “Romania and the European Union in 2007” organised by the School of High Comparative European Studies (SISEC) within the West University of Timişoara, Timişoara, Romania
*April 22-23, 2005 – Discussant at the IMISCOE Cluster A1 Workshop “Regular and irregular flows: quantities, processes and types of regulations in Europe” held by the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Commission for Migration and Integration Research (KMI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
March 2, 2005 – “The New EU Migration Space”, discussion paper presented at the Migration Working Group 2004-5 organised by Prof. Philippe Fargues, director CARIM project at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
November 25-27, 2004 – “The New EU Migration Space”, paper prepared for the 2nd Conference of the EAPS Working Group on International Migration in Europe “International Migration in Europe: New Trends, New Methods of Analysis”, held by the IRPPS at the National Research Council, Rome, Italy
November 24, 2004 – “The New EU Migration Space”, paper presented at the JRC Workshop “Understanding and monitoring migration through Europe’s external border” held by the Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra (VA), Italy
*July 1-3, 2004 – “Migrants and Integration: the Italian Experience”, paper presented at International Conference on “Migration et Diversité Culturelle” (“Migration and Cultural Diversity”) held by the Fès-Saïss Association together with IOM, the Italian Co-operation and Metro Med at the Palais des Congrès, Fès, Morocco
*May 18-19, 2004 – Rapporteur of the Discussion Group “Migration into and within Europe” during the conference “Europe 2021: Shaping the Future” held by the British Council at the International Cultural Centre of Cracow, Poland
*October 27, 2003 – “Overview of Public Policies and NGO’s Services for Immigrants’ Integration in Italy” paper presented at the conference “Models Preventing Discrimination of Immigrants. What Can We Learn from European and American Experience?” held by the Institute of Public Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Polices and Refugee Board, Republic of Poland, Warsaw, Poland
*May 30-31, 2003 – “Like in a Mirror? The Emerging United States of Europe” paper presented at the workshop “The Enlarging European Union. Citizenship and Rights” held by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa in cooperation with Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen at Scuola Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
May 15, 2003 – “Migratory Flows and Policies in the Enlarged Europe”, paper presented at the Forum “Convergence Prospectives for Current and Future Member States of the EU”, held at the Institute for the Studies of International Politics (ISPI) Milan and organised with the support of the European Parliament (Milan Office), Italy
*November 19, 2002 – “The fight against irregular immigration in Italy. Recent policy trends and law developments”, paper prepared for the conference “La Inmigracion Irregular Subsahariana A Través de Marruecos Y Hacia La Unión Europea” (The Irregular Sub-Saharan Immigration through Morocco and towards the European Union) Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
*October 29-30, 2002 – “Sans Papiers and Legalisation”, a workshop held for the working conference “Migration and Borders” organised by the Austrian League for Human Rights in Vienna, Austria
*March 19, 2002 - “The House of Games? Opposite Perceptions on the Future of Europe”, paper prepared for the meeting at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
*March 11-13, 2002 - “European Policy and the question of Enlargement” paper presented at the conference “Globalisation and International Migration: Asian and European Experiences” held by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Sciences-Po Asia-Europe Centre (CERI) at CERI, Sciences Po, Paris, France
*February 15-16, 2001 - “Statistical analysis of ethno class” during the workshop on the “Objectivity, reliability and comparability of data on Racism and on Ethnic minorities” held by EUMC in Vienna, Austria
*November 22-26, 2000 - “In search of politics” paper prepared for the session “CITNET-Citizens Organise Networks Against Discrimination” of the EUROFOR Annual Conference 2000 held by the Berlin Institute for Comparative Social Research in Brussels, Belgium
*October 27-28, 2000 - “Are the Italian Minority Organisations in Civil Dialogue?” a report prepared for the European Workshop “Combating Social Exclusion: Minority Organisations in Civil Dialogue” held by RAA in Berlin, Germany
*October 13-15, 2000 - “Easy Scapegoats: Sans-Papiers Immigrants in Italy” a report prepared for the European Workshop “Easy Scapegoats: Sans Papiers Immigrants in Europe” held by the Freudenberg Foundation in Mannheim, Germany
*May 3-4, 2000 - “Multiculturalism and the Italian Society: What is at Stake” paper prepared for the conference “Sociological Insights into Multiculturalism” promoted by ISA - International Sociological Association Executive Committee, jointly with Centro nazionale di prevenzione e difesa sociale, Milano and the Fondazione Courmayeur and held at Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Aosta Valley, Italy
*February 17-20, 2000 - “Tackling Discrimination in Europe: An Italian Overview” during the meeting “Ethnic Minorities in Europe - Strategy 2000” held by the Equalities Division of the Birmingham City Council in Birmingham, United Kingdom
*November 18-19, 1999 - “Towards an Emerging Ethclass? The Italian Case” a report prepared for the European Workshop “Towards Emerging Ethnic Classes in Europe?” held by the Freudenberg Foundation in Weinheim, Germany
*August 29 - September 2, 1999 - “Living on the edge: irregular immigrants in Italy” paper presented at the International Expert Meeting on “Irregular Migration: Dynamics, Impact, Policy Options” held by the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research and the Israeli Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs at Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Jerusalem, Israel
* indicates “all expenses paid” invitation