Mobile Futures is divided into six Work Packages (WPs), together producing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of trust. The WPs focus on law (WP2), information (WP3), labour market (WP4), everyday encounters (WP5), and futures (WP7) which we consider to be crucial for increasing social and institutional trust in society, and, ultimately, for improving societal preparedness for the challenges brought by demographic changes. Our last work package is devoted to interaction acitivities where we aim to increase dialogue between research, practice and policy (WP6).
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Trust in Futures
WORK PACKAGE 7 LEADER Sari Hammar, Deaconess Foundation, sari.hammar@hdl.fi, +358504139812 About the research In the “Trust in Futures” work package, we want to approach two-way integration from a futures perspective. What will integration look like in 2040? What are the current obstacles to integration? What would a successful Finland with two-way integration look like in…
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Trust in Everyday Encounters
This work package approaches two-way integration by studying everyday encounters of people of diverse backgrounds in Oulu and Turku, focusing on the possibilities and challenges of trust-building between migrants and the native-born both in informal and institutional settings.
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Trust in the Labour Market
This work package focuses on trust-building in the labour market and interpretations of structural racism among the key stakeholders by studying students on their transition to the labour market, employees who have entered jobs, and employers hiring them.
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Trust in Information
This work package looks at trust in information and expert knowledge by examining the relationship between social and institutional trust and views on migration-related issues, and the relationship between migrants’ Media Information Literacy (MIL) and institutional trust.
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Trust in Law
This work package investigates how trust is constructed in the regulations and discussions on legal reforms of the immigration law in Finland. It also explores how migrants’ and non-migrants’ experiences of law affects trust towards institutions.
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Collaboration and Impact
The Mobile Futures research project develops multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral collaboration through various forms of co-creation. The aim is to work with key stakeholders to create practical ways of translating research findings into integration policies and practices, to reach the project’s impact goals. Continuous dialogue and collaboration allow for the formulation of research questions together with…