Study Group on Ethnicity, Religion and Migration

Conference on migration, community and ethnicity

Thursday 2 April 2009

Cordingley Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester

Directions:

The Humanities Bridgeford Street Building is number 35 on the University of Manchester campus map
Directions and maps are available here on the University of Manchester website.

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Programme

9.15	Coffee and registration

9.45	Welcome

9.50	Immigration - Chair: Nissa Finney Rob Ford, CCSR British attitudes towards immigrants and ethnic minorities: education, generational change and the slow decline of discrimination Presentation Presentation based on Ford, R (2008) Is racial prejudice declining in Britain? British Journal of Sociology 59. 609-636 (subscription required, or email author for copy) Laura Morales, ISC The role of social capital in migrant's engagement in local politics in European cities Presentation General Discussion

11.00	Coffee

11.30	Place and neighbourhood - Chair: Alfonso Echazarra Bethan Harries, Sociology and Liz Richardson , IPEG Housing Aspirations for a New Generation: Perspectives from White and South Asian British Women Presentation Publications Nisha Kapoor, CCSR Does place matter? Deconstructing "Segregation", revisiting inequality Presentation Publication General discussion

12.45	Lunch - buffet in foyer

1.30	Internal migration - Chair: Mark Brown Gemma Catney & Ludi Simpson, CCSR Migration from settlement areas in England and Wales: assessing evidence for a social gradient Presentation Publications Migration, Race and Population Dynamics project Stephen Jivraj & Naomi Marquis, CCSR The Pupil Level Annual School Census: A new approach to measuring internal migration of school-aged pupils in England Presentation Nissa Finney, CCSR The migration of young adults of different ethnic groups Presentation

3.00	General Discussion - led by Ludi Simpson

4.00	End