Sonia Gsir
Université de Liège, CEDEM, Post-Doc
- Transnational migration, Migration Studies, Ethnic Relations, Immigration, Transnationalism, Culture, and 14 moreEthnicity, State, Religion, Migration, Displacement, Oral Traditions, Gender, Borders and Borderlands, Minorities, Language politics, Refugees, Refugee memory, Citizenship, and Immigration Status & Nationalityedit
- I have over eighteen years of professional experience in the field of migration and asylum. I hold a PhD Degree in Po... moreI have over eighteen years of professional experience in the field of migration and asylum. I hold a PhD Degree in Political and Social Sciences and a MA Degree in International Relations and European Politics from the University of Liege. Currently I work as a Migration Expert for Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency.
I am also scientific collaborator at the Centre for Ethnic and Migrations Studies, associate member of the Hugo Observatory on Environment and Migration (University of Liege) and associate member at the Laboratory Research on History of Mediterranean Economies and Societies (University of Tunis).
As a researcher and project officer at the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies, I have been in charge of several research projects and networks and gained expertise on migration, integration and emigration policies, European migration policies, diaspora and transnational practices, migration and development, asylum seekers reception, migrant civic and political participation.
As a consultant and expert, I have coordinated the European Migration Network and also collaborated with the Council of Europe, IOM-Tunisia, the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF), the European Policy Centre (EPC), the Belgian Red Cross, the Migration Policy Group (MPG), the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) and INNOVIRIS.
With an extensive experience in carrying out and coordinating interdisciplinary research as well as migration experts networks, I also demonstrated my abilities in conducting interviews and focus groups, analysing policies, drafting reports and policy recommendations, developing and evaluating project proposals, and providing training to students and professionals.edit
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Page 39. SPReWChanging patterns of relation to work 39 Chapter 2: Report from Belgium John Cultiaux Patricia Vendramin Fondation Travail-Université, Namur Introduction This report is the national report of the Belgian team in the framework of the SPREW project. ...
The purpose of local consultative bodies for foreign residents is to provide a forum for consultation between local authorities and the foreign population in Council of Europe member states. Involved in a diversity of issues such as... more
The purpose of local consultative bodies for foreign residents is to provide a forum for consultation between local authorities and the foreign population in Council of Europe member states. Involved in a diversity of issues such as culture, language learning, ...
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L’objectif de cette enquête est d’offrir un aperçu de la situation des demandeurs d’asile recevables et des réfugiés en ce qui concerne leur intégration en Région wallonne. Il s’agit d’analyser les dispositifs et les pratiques... more
L’objectif de cette enquête est d’offrir un aperçu de la situation des demandeurs d’asile recevables et des réfugiés en ce qui concerne leur intégration en Région wallonne. Il s’agit d’analyser les dispositifs et les pratiques d’intégration et de vérifier leur pertinence, leur conséquences pragmatiques sur les réfugiés et les demandeurs d’asile et leurs éventuelles limites. Ces différents aspects sont examinés tant du point de vue des bénéficiaires (les réfugiés et demandeurs d’asile recevables) que du point de vue de certains acteurs d’intégration (des acteurs de proximité opérant dans le cadre du programme européen FER et quelques acteurs institutionnels). Une des originalités de cette enquête est d’ailleurs la place majeure qu’elle donne à la perception et à l’opinion des demandeurs d’asile et des réfugiés
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The focus of this chapter is the role of origin countries in influencing immigrants’ political and civic participation in their host societies. It is our aim to understand how these processes can affect immigrant integration in... more
The focus of this chapter is the role of origin countries in influencing immigrants’ political and civic participation in their host societies. It is our aim to understand how these processes can affect immigrant integration in destination countries. More specifically, our objective is to explore the following questions: first, whether and how emigration countries can influence immigrants’ political and civic participation in destination countries; and second, whether links between origin countries, civil societies and migrants have an impact on the political and civic participation of the latter in the receiving countries. We also propose to analyse origin countries’ possible influence on political and civic participation through a very specific approach based on the identification of different actors intervening in these processes. In this framework, we distinguish between state and non-state (or civil society) actors and we look at how they can play a role in the political and civic participation of immigrants at destination. The rationale behind this differentiation is that these two categories of actors do not generally use the same tools, and often they may not share the same goals (Gabrielli and Zapata-Barrero 2015).
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Le statut de la femme musulmane dans la littérature francophone des femmes d’Afrique du Nor
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Le statut de la femme musulmane dans la littérature francophone des femmes d’Afrique du Nor
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KNAW Narcis. Back to search results. Publication Prospects on migration management. Opportunities and pitfalls (2005). Pagina-navigatie: Main. ...
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... 10 avec Andrea Rea. Nous souhaitons remercier l'équipe de Henk Meert, et en particulier Karen Stuyck, de nous avoir fourni les données pour l'analyse typologique des sites étudiés. 3 Page 16. Page 17.... more
... 10 avec Andrea Rea. Nous souhaitons remercier l'équipe de Henk Meert, et en particulier Karen Stuyck, de nous avoir fourni les données pour l'analyse typologique des sites étudiés. 3 Page 16. Page 17. Chapitre 1 Concepts ...
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Since the zero-immigration discourse dominated, the European cooperation on labour immigration did not develop as one of free movement of Community workers. Discussing about a common policy on new labour immigration in Europe has not been... more
Since the zero-immigration discourse dominated, the European cooperation on labour immigration did not develop as one of free movement of Community workers. Discussing about a common policy on new labour immigration in Europe has not been an easy process. A policy plan was finally adopted six years after the implementation of the Amsterdam Treaty in 1999 to reach a first law in 2009. The first aim of this paper is to understand the policy-making process of a common labour immigration policy. Based on the theoretical framework of discursive institutionalism, this paper aims to explain the policy process carried out by the European actors, particularly the European Commission. Using the concept of discourse defined as ideas and interactions, it examines the ideas about new labour migration in Europe. It shows how the European actors reached step by step an agreement on the so-called Blue Card Directive. The migrant workers categories emerging from the process range from the new econom...
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This chapter aims at understanding how countries of origin may influence the social ties of their emigrants abroad – and thus the socio-cultural dimension of integration – when they settle in their new country of residence.... more
This chapter aims at understanding how countries of origin may influence the social ties of their emigrants abroad – and thus the socio-cultural dimension of integration – when they settle in their new country of residence. “Socio-cultural integration is concerned with the question of whether ethnic minority groups become part of the receiving society or whether these groups remain distinct from the host country” (Gijsberts and Dagevos 2007). The contacts migrants develop with the host society, their knowledge of the host society language, the attitudes of the host society, and the sense of belonging to the host society are several aspects of socio-cultural integration which have been studied in great detail (Ehrkamp 2005; Snel et al. 2006; Gijsberts and Dagevos 2007; Vancluysen et al. 2009; etc.). Here, socio-cultural integration is examined through the lenses of social interactions between migrants and natives in different social contexts: intermarriages, interethnic friendships, interethnic relations at workplace and, finally, encounters in the neighbourhood.
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Rapport d'activités 2010 migrations : Approche comparative urbaine-rurale en Cultural Politics of Race and Nation in the United-States and Great Britain: a Comparative Perspective, 1945-present (NATIO) (Emmanuelle Le Texier) Coordination du projet ANR Junior Transnationalism, Identities'Dynamics ...more
Facteurs et dynamiques affectant et expliquant la migration et l'intégration des femmes en Belgique (FEMIGRIN). Novembre 2008-mars 2010 (Marco Martiniello, Alice Poncelet) Cette recherche, effectuée pour le Ministère de la Politique... more
Facteurs et dynamiques affectant et expliquant la migration et l'intégration des femmes en Belgique (FEMIGRIN). Novembre 2008-mars 2010 (Marco Martiniello, Alice Poncelet) Cette recherche, effectuée pour le Ministère de la Politique Scientifique Fédérale dans le cadre du programme « Société et Avenir », est coordonnée par le CEMIS (Uant) et réalisée en partenariat avec 2 autres centres de recherche universitaire belges: le GERME (ULB) et l'HIVA (KUL). L'objet de FEMIGRIN est d'analyser, dans une perspective de type « gender relations », les facteurs explicatifs et les dynamiques des processus de migration et d'intégration des femmes en Belgique. Financement : SPP Politique Scientifique. Les productions culturelles des migrants et des minorités ethniques (musique, littérature, etc.) comme formes d'expression et de participation politiques (deuxième et troisième partie). Jusqu'en juin 2011 (Marco Martiniello) Le but de cette recherche est d'examiner dan...
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