Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i.

The central themes of the working group are: Housing conditions, housing preferences and residential mobility of minority ethnic groups; Concentration and segregation of minority ethnic groups; Living in multicultural neighbourhoods. For the ENHR conference in Prague we especially welcome papers that relate to one of the following themes:

1. Relation between housing and segregation: Many studies of minority ethnic groups have focused on either segregation patterns, or on housing conditions. There are not so many examples of studies that closely relate segregation and housing conditions.
2. Dynamic aspects of segregation: Changes in patterns of segregation and concentration are often detected by comparing two or more points in time. Comparing patterns of segregation and concentration over time does however not say anything about the people involved. Surprisingly, in most segregation research, there is no attention paid to the role of residential mobility. With the exception of a few studies, there is no consideration for the residential moves between neighbourhoods that bring about changes in the patterns of residential segregation.
3. Diversity: Minority ethnic groups are often treated as one homogeneous category. However, in most cases there are enormous differences within these groups with respect to, for example, religion, age, income and descent (urban and rural). Individuals within one category may have very traditional norms and values or can be very modern, they can lead lives in a host country with a large emphasis on the mother country, while others do not have any contact with their mother country.
4. Illegal immigrants: The increasing numbers of illegal migrants trying to move to Europe from Africa and Asia are partly brought about by war and terror. Some of them succeed in settling down in Europe, but many of them die in the Mediterrenean or Agean sea.

The coordinators of workshop will take the initiative to organise a special issue for a scientific journal (provided that we receive a sufficient number of papers of good quality).

All enquiries about the workshop should be sent to Gideon Bolt or Sule Özüekren.

 

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