International Migration Research Constructions, Omissions and the Promises of Interdisciplinarity

Toader, Alina; Bommes, Michael; Morawska, Ewa

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“…As the study of migration grew out to be identified as an established (interdisciplinary) field in its own right throughout the last two decades (King, 2015;Pisarevskaya et al, 2019), the research on integration of migrants came to be seen as one of "migration studies"' central themes. Every good textbook that overviews the state of the art invariably dedicates significant portions to this issue (e.g., Bommes and Morawska, 2005;Castles et al, 2014;Brettell and Hollifield, 2015). During the 1990s and the early 2000s, there was an explosion of works measuring the "integration" of immigrants and discussing "best practices" in terms of policymaking (Favell, 2014).…”

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The genealogy of integrationism: Ideational foundations of the politics of immigrant integration

Dodevska

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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This article traces the idea of (“immigrant”) “integration” from its roots in classical political philosophy and the birth of the modern nation-state, to its current relevance in the European political agenda and, relatedly, its centrality in the newly consolidated field of Migration Studies. I examine the ontological (i.e., philosophical and sociological) and political rationales behind the idea that migrants need to “integrate into society”, and the different varieties of political solutions that are offered in this sense. The paper asks: How did the migrant come at the center of the idea of an integrated society? And how did integrationism become consolidated as the hegemonic idea of governing diverse societies in post-migration contexts in Europe? Employing an extensive list of secondary literature, documentary data, policy analysis of the EU-level Framework on migrant integration, and discourse analysis of integration-related research publications, I attempt a genealogy of the idea of “integration” as it traveled across the North Atlantic West and between academia and government. The paper shows how the production of the subject of integration—the misfit “immigrant” figure—is historically marked by a consensus across the learned and the governing elites that identifies the preservation of a homogenous national social order as a societal goal. I argue that the scientification of integration governance via the “evidence-based policy” paradigm (most notably promoted by EU institutions) normalizes, naturalizes and aims to depoliticize the otherwise highly normative and contested question of migrant integration.

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Section: European Integration Researchmentioning

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The genealogy of integrationism: Ideational foundations of the politics of immigrant integration

Dodevska

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“…This distinction is reflected in solicitations from funding agencies that champion interdisciplinary collaboration to solve real‐world problems, such as international migration (Bommes and Morawska, 2005), obesity and other public health issues (Tiffin, Bruce Traill, and Mortimer 2006; Von Lengerke, 2006) and natural resource management (Freudenburg and Gramling, 2002). Because translational endeavors have different epistemic goals and potentially different reward structures compared to traditional academia (Bianco and Schmidt, 2017), interdisciplinarity may be best positioned for institutionalized acceptance in applied science.…”

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Translating interdisciplinary knowledge for gender equity: Quantifying the impact of NSF ADVANCE

Gates,

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Nelson

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Social Science Quarterly

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BackgroundInterdisciplinarity is often hailed as a necessity for tackling real‐world challenges. We examine the prevalence and impact of interdisciplinarity in the NSF ADVANCE program, which addresses gender equity in STEM.MethodsThrough a quantitative analysis of authorship, references, and citations in ADVANCE publications, we compare the interdisciplinarity of knowledge produced within the program to traditional disciplinary knowledge. We use Simpon's Diversity Index to test for differences across disciplines, and we use negative binomial regression to capture the potential influences of interdisciplinarity on the long‐term impact of ADVANCE publications.ResultsADVANCE publications exhibit higher levels of interdisciplinarity across three dimensions of knowledge integration, and cross‐disciplinary ties within ADVANCE successfully integrate social science knowledge into diverse disciplines. Additionally, the interdisciplinarity of publication references positively influences the impact of ADVANCE work, while the interdisciplinarity of authorship teams does not.ConclusionsThese findings emphasize the significance of interdisciplinarity in problem‐oriented knowledge production, indicating that specific forms of interdisciplinarity can lead to broader impact. By shedding light on the interplay between interdisciplinary approaches, disciplinary structures, and academic recognition, this article contributes to programmatic design to generate impactful problem‐solving knowledge that also adds to the academic community.

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"Going Global": Why Do Multinational Corporations Participate in Highly Skilled Migration?

Counihan¹

2009

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The global competition among states to attract and retain highly skilled and ever more mobile labor has become a subject of increasing scholarship and policy analysis. However, little attention has been paid to private organizations such as multinational corporations (MNCs) that send their "best and brightest" employees on long-term overseas assignments. These sending organizations are active players in the process of highly skilled migration—players that have invested valuable resources in the pursuit of sending their employees where they want, when they want. This article explores the evolving justification structures that explain why MNCs send their key employees on expatriate assignments. Over time, these corporations developed successive strategies for managing the expansion of their business operations beyond the borders of their home countries, each strategy providing different concepts of what an expatriated manager should be and do. The current "global corporation" model acknowledges the necessity of expatriate assignments. Highly skilled migration is viewed as an integral element in the development of the type of cosmopolitan worker now believed necessary to build a culturally sensitive organization—migration that corporate leaders regard as an existential imperative in today's hyper-competitive global marketplace.

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International Migration Research Constructions, Omissions and the Promises of Interdisciplinarity

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The genealogy of integrationism: Ideational foundations of the politics of immigrant integration

The genealogy of integrationism: Ideational foundations of the politics of immigrant integration

Translating interdisciplinary knowledge for gender equity: Quantifying the impact of NSF ADVANCE

"Going Global": Why Do Multinational Corporations Participate in Highly Skilled Migration?

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