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The Autumn Academy is an annual symposium on migration for senior public officials, NGO leaders, academic experts and foundations from across Europe. It is organized and managed by the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, the knowledge-exchange arm of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford. SCI has supported the Autumn Academy since 2016 as part of our Migration Learning Exchange program.
Autumn Academy 2019
Driving narrative change on migration and integration at the municipal level
Upcoming: 18-20 September 2019
Opportunities and challenges in cooperation between government and civil society in the management of migration in Europe and North America
Participants learned about differing ways in which government at national/federal and local level is increasingly working with civil society organisations in the implementation of migration policies. And how to grapple with collaboration that can bring significant challenges to government and to civil society: working relationships that, while essential, can be fragile and carry economic and political costs for both parties.
Autumn Academy 2018 Final Report
Cooperation between government and civil society in the management of migration: Trends, opportunities and challenges in Europe and North America by Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino (University of Oxford)
Takeaway themes and reflections
Download the 2018 Report
Strategic Approaches to Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe
Informed by evidence on the changing demography of irregular migrants in Europe, the symposium explored the policy challenges posed and addressed questions emerging at differing tiers of governance, from international fora to the particular issues faced by cities and other municipal authorities. It gave particular attention to areas of recent and potential policy development relating to enforcement, social policies and access to justice.
Strategic approaches to Migrant Integration in Europe
The 2016 Autumn Academy explored integration questions: including optimal means of refugee resettlement; recognising the causes of negative public attitudes and how they can be addressed; how the stigma of radicalisation can be avoided in neighbourhoods experiencing the greatest exclusion; and what Europe can learn from differing approaches adopted in North America.
Summary of Key Themes
Background papers:
Strategic Developments on Migrant Integration Policies in Europe by Thomas Huddleston, Judit Tanczos and Alexander Wolffhardt (Migration Policy Group, Brussels)
Review of the Research Literature on Integration and Resettlement in Europe and the Impact of Policy Interventions by Caroline Oliver (University of Oxford)
2015 Integration and Inclusion in European Cities
Participants accessed the latest research evidence on these topics and related policy interventions. They compared their own experiences, heard new perspectives, discussed ways of overcoming challenges in the implementation of innovative, workable solutions, and developed individual plans in relation to their own city.
Background paper:
Integration of Migrants in Europe by Caroline Oliver and Ben Gidley (University of Oxford)
The Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity is a program of the Center on Migration, Policy and Society, COMPAS, in the School of Anthropology at Oxford University.