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Puhumme kaksisuuntaisesta kotoutumisesta, mutta missä ovat tutkimukset kantaväestöstä?
Kotoutumistutkimuksessa korostuu yhteiskunnan vastaanottavuuden tärkeys. Tutkija Elina Turjanmaa pohtii, miten tutkimusasetelmissa voitaisiin huomioida paremmin kotoutumisen kaksisuuntaisuus.
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The Finnish immigration reform proposal and sexual harassment: anger, frustration, and helplessness
Here I reflect on two pieces of news that I came across at the same time. Both concern me personally, politically, and professionally. First is a new Finnish government policy plan on the immigrant reform programme. Second, which at first glance seems not to be connected with the first, is the news of Till Lindemann,…
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Maahanmuuttoviraston uusi strategia – tavoitteena luottamuksen palauttaminen?
Maahanmuuttovirasto (Migri) julkaisi helmikuussa 2023 uuden organisaatiostrategiansa seuraavalle neljälle vuodelle. Kyseisessä strategiassa Migri määrittelee arvoikseen luotettavuuden, avoimuuden ja rohkeuden, ja nostaa asiakaslähtöisyyden toimintansa keskiöön.
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“My Oulu” photo competition
This summer, the Mobile Futures’ Work package 5: Trust in Everyday Encounters in collaboration with ParasRakas museo-project in Oulu, is organising a photo competition: Minun Ouluni (My Oulu) for youth in Oulu.
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Second annual Mobile Futures team meeting
A couple of weeks ago almost the entire team of Mobile Futures met to discuss the preliminary research results and plan for the future. Our team has expanded quite significantly since the first time we met last year, so it was nice to meet those who joined at a later stage of the project. We…
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Brains and hands: The commodification of immigration to Finland
Finland often fares positively in global rankings concerning key measurements of human developments, mostly on those concerning an equal, stable, and democratic society. Thus, Finland ranks as the most stable and one of the freest countries as well as luring international visibility by being consecutively ranked as the happiest country in the world. At the…
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Out of the Ivory Tower: Policy-Relevant Communication of Scientific Results Training
On March 29th, 2023, our team had an internal training on – Policy-Relevant Communication of Scientific Results – organized at the Migration Institute by Work Package 4 leader Tomas Hanell. The hybrid training gathered many of our researchers interested in learning how to communicate their research results more effectively to policy makers. During the day…