30 March 2008 deadline for the proposals.
Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be confirmed by 30 April 2008.

While confronting a certain sense of crisis in the management of immigrant diversity, many European countries are opting for a citizenship-based approach. The current debate might suggest that we are standing before an important change of direction. This political response is being used both as a re-active and as a pro-active perspectives. With the aim of contributing to this ongoing European debate, the objective of this seminar is the collection of research projects on this issue from a variety of perspectives. The seminar’s goal is tackling both the institutional and the normative aspects of EU citizenship policies and of those of other immigrant destination countries.

Both empirical and theoretical proposals, from all Social Sciences disciplines, are solicited. Preferred topics shall be those which analyse ‘citizenship tests’, changes in naturalization policies, theoretical debates linking citizenship and nationality, as well as analysis on the limits on the concept of citizenship in the context of cultural diversity. Special consideration shall be given to those proposals which include analysis of public policy, public opinion and discourse, actor networks, or which involve a comparative approach.

Coordinators:
Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Director of GRIIP, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University
Gemma Pinyol, Migrations Programme Co-ordinator, CIDOB Foundation

Applications: All those interested should send their proposals to migraciones@cidob.org , specifying SEMINAR CIDOB-GRIIP 2008 in the ‘subject’. Proposals will be accepted in English or Spanish. The proposals should include:

* Personal data and a short CV (maximum 100 words)
* Institution (indicate area of research and the university/centre where you are based)
* Proposal’s title
* Abstract (maximum 300 words)

Deadline: Proposals must arrive before 30 March 2008. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be confirmed by 30 April 2008.

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