International Workshop on “Hosting Refugees: National Policies and Local Communities”

 

The Workshop on “Hosting Refugees: National Policies and Local Communities” will be held on March 31, 2022 at the University of Milano Bicocca. 

The workshop is jointly organised by the University of Milan Bicocca, Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Center for European Studies (Unimib), in collaboration with RUniPace. It acts as a platform to exchange knowledge and research on refugees and local development in Europe, from an economic and political perspective.

Programme

Thursday 31 March: 9:15 – 18:00

Welcoming address
Keynote speech – Chair: Mariapia Mendola (Bicocca, CefES and LdA)

Axel Dreher (Heidelberg University, CEPR, CESifo and CefES)
Immigration, Political Ideologies and the Polarization of American Politics 
(with S. Langlotz, J. Matzat, A.M. Mayda, C. Parsons)

Session 1 – Chair: Sara Giunti (Bicocca and CefES)
Tobias Heidland (Kiel Institute for the World Economy)
International cooperation on migration: what do domestic publics want? 
(with A. Vrânceanu, M. Ruhs and E. Dinas)
Gloria Gennaro (Immigration Policy Labm ETH Zürich)
Immigration, Public Housing and Welfare Chauvinism

Session 2 – Chair: Giulia Tura (Bicocca and CefES)
Ilona Lahdelma (Juan March Institute, Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
After the arrivals: How rural and urban areas differ in their responses to asylum seekers
Jakob Hennig (World Bank, consultant)
Does the threat of deportation undermine integration efforts?

Session 3 – Chair: Andrea Guariso (Bicocca and LdA)
Judith Saurer (University of Würzburg)
Vocational Training and Refugees: The employer perspective
Francesco Campo (University of Milano Bicocca)
Refugees, Right-Wing Populism and Propaganda: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy
(with S.Giunti and M.Mendola)

Tavola Rotonda “La buona accoglienza sul territorio”
Venerdi, 1 Aprile: 9:00 – 13:00

Saluti istituzionali
Mariapia Mendola (Bicocca, CefES e LdA), Roberto Cornelli (Bicocca e RUniPACE)

Sessione 1 – Tavola Rotonda

Introduzione a cura del progetto MIGRATE
Lamberto Bertolè – Assessore a Welfare e Salute, Comune di Milano
Matteo Biffoni – Presidente della Fondazione Cittalia e Sindaco di Prato TBC
Francesco Sdraiati – Farsi Prossimo Onlus
Giuseppe Faso – Scrittore, Associazione Straniamenti
Chiara Marchetti – Escapes, Laboratorio di Studi Critici sulle Migrazioni Forzate
Moderatrice: Valeria Verdolini (Bicocca)

Q&A

Sessione 2 – Il progetto MIGRATE

Luca Bottini (Bicocca), Simone Caiello (Bicocca), Luca Daconto (Bicocca) e Sara Giunti (Bicocca e CefES)
I modelli localizzativi delle strutture di accoglienza in Italia: primi risultati

Conclusioni e saluti finali