Eloisa Harris at "Migration Policy Centre Conference 2022: Continuities and Change in a Migration World

Start: May 23, 2022
End: May 25, 2022
Location: European University Institute, Florence, Italy

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly dominated public debate for 2 years, but it is now timely and important to think about continuities and change in a migration world. This means a world that has been, is and will continue to be powerfully shaped by international migration in its various forms and by responses to that migration. The pandemic has had massive effects, but we do not privilege it as the sole cause or driver of the dynamics of contemporary international migration. The aims of the conference are to understand more about: (1) new patterns and trends in migration and mobility and to examine the factors that shape them, including, but not confined to the pandemic; and (2), understanding more about the factors that shape social, legal, political and economic responses to international migration in its various forms.

In the panel “The changing political consequences of attitudes to migration”, Eloisa will present a paper co-authored with Karen Schönwälder, “The Heterogenous Pro-Diversity Coalition: Public Opinion towards Immigration-Related Diversity in Urban Germany”. (23.05.2022 17.30). The paper uses data from the MPI-MMG based DivA Survey project, and shows that, when diversity support is understood in multidimensional fashion, the coalition of supporters for diversity changes to encompass more groups within society.

In the panel “Labour Markets and the Welfare State with an Immigration Focus”, Eloisa will present a paper co-authored with Jakob Henninger and Friederike Römer (both University of Bremen), “Entry and Equality? Union Strength and Immigration Policy in OECD Countries”. (23.05.2022 14.00) In the paper, the authors use data on immigrant rights and immigration entry policies from the IMPIC dataset to assess whether trade unions drive restrictive or liberal immigration policy.