Projektbeschreibung
Integration von Zugewanderten in Städten und ländlichen Gebieten
Seit 2014 ist der Migrantenzustrom in kaum dafür gewappneten kleinen und mittelgroßen Ortschaften und ländlichen Gebieten gestiegen. Das hat sich nicht nur auf den sozialen Zusammenhalt ausgewirkt, sondern erschwert auch die Zukunft der Integration in Europa. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt Whole-COMM wird zum bestehenden wissenschaftlichen Wissen und zur Theoretisierung in Bezug auf die Dynamik und die Kausalmechanismen, die für den Zusammenhang zwischen Integrationspolitik und gemeinschaftlichem Zusammenhalt Tragweite haben, beitragen. Der Forschungsansatz des Projektteams begreift die Integration von Migrantinnen und Migranten als gemeinschaftsbildenden Prozess. Whole-COMM setzt für seine Arbeit auf eine länder- und ortsübergreifende Vergleichsmethodik für acht EU-Länder und zwei Drittstaaten sowie 40 Ortschaften, einen Mischmethodenansatz mit qualitativen und quasi-experimentellen Methoden sowie eine quantitative Analyse der Auswirkungen politischer Maßnahmen auf den sozialen Zusammenhalt und den Integrationsverlauf von Zugewanderten.
Ziel
Over the last few years, the EU has received unprecedented numbers of migrants and asylum seekers, often in an unorderly way. This has led to a growing immigrant presence in scarcely prepared small and medium-size towns and rural areas (SMsTRA). The way in which these local communities respond to this challenge will deeply shape the future of integration in Europe.
Whole-COMM proposes to address these issues through an innovative Whole-of-Community research approach which conceives of migrant integration as a process of community-making that: takes place in specific local contexts characterised by distinct configurations of structural factors; is brought about by the interactions of multiple actors with their multilevel and multi-situated relations; and is open-ended and can result in either more cohesive or more fragmented social relations.
By focusing on SMsTRA, Whole-COMM contributes to filling a serious gap in existing research and policy debates which so far have been concerned primarily with big cities.
Whole-COMM pushes forwards scientific knowledge and theorisation on the dynamics and causal mechanisms that shape the complex relationship between immigrant integration policy and community cohesion through a cross-country (8 EU and 2 non-EU countries) and a cross-locality (40 localities) comparative approach, and a mixed-methods research design which matches qualitative and quasi-experimental methods, a survey on attitudes, and quantitative analysis on the impact of policies on social cohesion and immigrants’ integration trajectories.
On the policy level, Whole-COMM provides a fresh impulse to policy debates thanks to the new comparative knowledge generated by the project and the engagement with a variety of actors in a structured process of policy learning and co-creation, with the overarching goal of trigging innovation in SMsTRA and building more cohesive and more resilient communities, that proactively embrace change, making the most of each and everyone.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
Schlüsselbegriffe
Programm/Programme
- H2020-EU.3.6. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies Main Programme
- H2020-EU.3.6.1.1. - The mechanisms to promote smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
- H2020-EU.3.6.1.2. - Trusted organisations, practices, services and policies that are necessary to build resilient, inclusive, participatory, open and creative societies in Europe, in particular taking into account migration, integration and demographic change
- H2020-EU.3.6.1.4. - The promotion of sustainable and inclusive environments through innovative spatial and urban planning and design
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
H2020-SC6-MIGRATION-2018-2019-2020
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-SC6-MIGRATION-2020
Finanzierungsplan
RIA - Research and Innovation actionKoordinator
10128 Torino
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