Conference programme
Integration Conference ‘Together or Apart: Searching for the Middle Ground’
Venue: The Creative Hub (Kultuurikatel), Põhja pst 27a, Tallinn
Participation at the conference is free of charge. The presentations can be followed live on the conference website. The conference is organised by the Integration Foundation with the support from partners.
The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the conference schedule.
10.11.2022
Moderaator – Joonas Hellerma (TV presenter at the Estonian Public Broadcasting)
8.30-9.00 Registration, morning coffee
9.00-9.30 Opening of the conference, opening remarks
9.30-10.30 H.E. Kairat Abdrakhmanov (OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities) ’The OSCE HCNM Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Diverse Societies: a practical reference for integration policies’
10.30-12.30 Speeches and panel discussion on segregation. Moderator – Venla Bernelius (University of Helsinki, Finland)
- Judit Kende (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) ‘Low xenophobia despite high immigrant presence? A call for inclusive integration policies’
- Patrick Kotzur (Durham University, UK) ‘Intergroup contact with refugees shapes levels of social fear of crime’
- James Laurence (The Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) ‘Together and apart: dynamics of prejudice and social cohesion at the intersection of ethnic diversity and residential segregation’
- Karin Torpan (University of Tartu and University of Turku, Estonia) ‘Newly arrived migrants residential mobility: What are the patterns of exit from low-income neighbourhoods and rental sector?’
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.30 Speeches and panel discussion on segregation in education. Moderator – Margarita Källo (Estonian language house in Tallinn, Estonia)
- Hanno Kruse (University of Bonn, Germany) ‘Ethnic segregation in secondary schools – why is it so persistent and what can we do about it?’
- Venla Bernelius (University of Helsinki, Finland) ‘Living together, learning apart? Socially mixed neighbourhoods, school segregation and residential mobility in Finnish cities’
- Laura Kirss (University of Tartu and Ministry of Education and Research, Estonia) ‘Segregation in education and the lessons to keep in mind in the administrative organisation of Ukrainian students’
- Natalja Mjalitsina (Tallinna Lilleküla Gymnasium, Estonia) ‘The experience of Räägu (Ukrainian children’s) school experience – The values’
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.30 Artemisia Nikolaidou (Center for Security Studies (KEMEA), Greece) ‘Research on services for reception & integration of Third Country Nationals in the EU – WELCOME Project’
17.30-21.00 Reception at Energy Discovery Centre (Põhja pst 29, Tallinn)
11.11.2022
Moderator – Anna Pihl (TV presenter and journalist, ERR)
8.30-9.00 Registration, morning coffee
9.00-10.30 Speeches and panel discussion on the subject of diaspora. Moderator – Anne-Ly Reimaa (Ministry of Culture, Estonia)
- Richard Gale (Cardiff University, UK) ‘Stubborn continuities: Towards a Critical Race Theory perspective on ethno-religious segregation and spatial transformation in the UK’
- Keit Spiegel (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia) ‘Estonians abroad are part of the Estonian society’
- Andrii Rybas (Labour Inspectorate, Estonia) ‘Working in Estonia for foreigners. Theory and personal experience’
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-12.40 Speeches and panel discussion
- Gemma Catney (Queen’s University Belfast, UK) ‘Integrated households, integrated neighbourhoods? Mixed ethnicity households and neighbourhood change in England’
- Kati Kadarik (Estonian Centre for Applied Research CentAR, Estonia) ‘Daily Mobility Patterns: Reducing or Reproducing Inequalities and Segregation?’
- Anto Aasa (University of Tartu, Estonia) ‘Differences in daily mobility and spatial patterns based on the example of Kalamaja and Priisle residents’
12.40-13.30 Lunch
13.30–15.00 Political debate between Estonian politicians. Moderator Jüri Nikolajev (Journalist at the Estonian Public Broadcasting)