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Event: Migrant Rights X Finnish Immigration Policies
A public forum to discuss the effects of the proposed immigration laws in the government programme on the rights of diverse migrant groups in Finland.
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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…
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Tiederadio – Luottamus ja pakolaisuus suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa
Miksi luottamuksen tutkimus on tärkeää pakolaisuuden ymmärtämiseksi ja miten voimme käyttää luottamusta analyyttisenä käsitteenä tutkimuksessa? Miten luottamus rakentuu ja miten se voi muuttua epäluottamukseksi viranomaiskohtaamisissa?
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Siltoja tutkimuksen ja päätöksenteon vuoropuhelulle
Miten tiivistää tutkimuksen ja päätöksenteon yhteistyötä? Kutsuimme tutkijat ja päätöksenteon valmistelijat yhteiskehittämään uusia tapoja vuorovaikutukselle.
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Mobile Futures supports the Lupa elää-initiative
Be in solidarity with asylum seekers and undocumented migrants, don’t forget to sign the Lupa Elää citizens’ initiative. Lupa elää (Permit to live) citizens’ initiative proposes the “issuing of a 4-year continuous residence permit for people who have applied for asylum in Finland before 1.1.2017 and have not been issued continuous residence permits”. The purpose…