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GUEST PROFESSORSHIP in IMER in MEMORY of WILLY BRANDT IMER Malmö University GUEST PROFESSORSHIP in IMER in MEMORY of WILLY BRANDT MALMÖ UNIVERSITY • IMER GUEST PROFESSORSHIP GUEST PROFESSORSHIP IN IMER IN MEMORY OF WILLY BRANDT OF WILLY GUEST PROFESSORSHIP IN IMER MEMORY IN IMER IN MEMORY OF WILLY BRANDT REPORT AND ASSESSMENT AUTUMN 2000 - AUTUMN 2005 BJÖRN FRYKLUND MAJA POVRZANOVIĆ FRYKMAN Malmö University IMER 2006 www.imer.mah.se GUEST PROFESSORSHIP IN IMER IN MEMORY OF WILLY BRANDT REPORT AND ASSESSMENT AUTUMN 2000 - AUTUMN 2005 BJÖRN FRYKLUND PROFESSOR, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WILLY BRANDT GUEST PROFESSORSHIP MAJA POVRZANOVIĆ FRYKMAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, WILLY BRANDT RESEARCH FELLOW © Malmö University (IMER) Printed by Holmbergs, Malmö 2006 ISBN 91-7104-067-6 Malmö University International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) SE-205 06 Malmö Sweden www.imer.mah.se CONTENTS PART 1 BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUEST PROFESSORSHIP IN MEMORY OF WILLY BRANDT 1 PART 2 THE GUEST PROFESSORS’ RESEARCH PROFILES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND TEACHING 3 PART 3 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN THE FRAMES OF WILLY BRANDT GUEST PROFESSORSHIP 23 PART 4 THE WILLY BRANDT GUEST PROFESSORSHIP HOLDERS: EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS 34 PART 5 WILLY BRANDT RESEARCH FELLOW: INSIGHTS FROM WITHIN 44 PART 6 THE GUEST PROFESSORS’ IMPORTANCE: FIVE YEAR’S DEVELOPMENT OF IMER-RESEARCH AT MALMÖ UNIVERSITY 52 APPENDIX 1 WILLY BRANDT GUEST PROFESSORS’ APPOINTMENT PROCEDURE 60 APPENDIX 2 WILLY BRANDT GUEST PROFESSORS’ ADDRESSES 61 APPENDIX 3 A DISSERTATION ON ANTIRACISM 64 APPENDIX 4 GLOBALISATION IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (2000): CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND PARTICIPANTS 65 APPENDIX 5 TRANSNATIONAL SPACES: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES (2003): WORKSHOP PROGRAMME AND PARTICIPANTS 67 APPENDIX 6 IMMIGRANT ASCENSION TO CITIZENSHIP: RECENT POLICIES AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENSES (2004): CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND PARTICIPANTS 80 APPENDIX 7 THREE WORKSHOPS ON MIGRATION AND HEALTH (2005): PROGRAMMES AND PARTICIPANTS 87 PART 1 BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUEST PROFESSORSHIP IN MEMORY OF WILLY BRANDT AT IMER, MALMÖ UNIVERSITY The Guest Professorship at IMER in Memory of Willy Brandt is a gift to Mal- mö University fi nanced by the City of Malmö and sponsored by MKB Fastig- hets AB. It was donated to IMER on the occasion of the inauguration of Malmö University on 31 August 1998, and signed by Ilmar Reepalu, Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board. The purpose of the Professorship is to strengthen research at Malmö Univer- sity in the fi eld of international migration and ethnic relations. It is therefore located at the School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER), which was established in 1997 as a multi- and transdisciplinary academic edu- cation and research fi eld at Malmö University (see www.imer.mah.se). As IMER has a strong international focus, the City of Malmö sought, via the Guest Professorship, to reinforce contacts with international experts in order to ensure that they would become an integral part of IMER’s research and teach- ing. To this end, an internationally oriented Guest Professorship creates a con- stant exchange of knowledge and ideas and enhances IMER’s academic strength. The gift from the City of Malmö also includes a Research Fellow (forskarassistent) and a Postgraduate Student (doktorand) post, which are pre- sented in Part 5 and Appendix 3 respectively. In order to emphasise the importance and the status of the scientifi c invest- ment in a Guest Professorship, with its associated posts within IMER, the City of Malmö has obtained the family’s permission to name Guest Professorship after the former Chancellor of West Germany, Willy Brandt. The motives for naming it Guest Professorship in Memory of Willy Brandt are as follows: • Willy Brandt was forced to leave his native country when the Nazis assumed power and live in Norway until the outbreak of war. He subsequently lived in Sweden as a refugee during the war. Throughout his life he had mantained strong ties with Scandinavia. • Willy Brandt was, in his political actions, an active forceful opponent of all forms of racism. • Willy Brandt was a leading fi gure in the struggle for human rights. He also took important initiatives in opening the dialogue between East and West. 1 In the fi ve-year period from Autumn 2000 to Autumn 2005, Rainer Bauböck (Austria), Grete Brochmann (Norway), Sandro Cattacin (Switzerland), Jock Collins (Australia), Don DeVoretz (Canada), Thomas Faist (Germany), Kathe- rine Fennelly (USA), Marco Martiniello (Belgium), Nikos Papastergiadis (Australia), John Rex (UK), and Ellie Vasta (Australia/UK) have held the Wil- ly Brandt Guest Professorship post. Part 2 of this report offers a detailed over- view of their research profi les and activities at IMER. The Guest Professors give lectures to IMER students, and have additionally helped several students in connection to their studies abroad as exchange stu- dents. The Guest Professors also meet regularly with the PhD candidates to offer them individual consultations, small group seminars or reading courses. They facilitate three seminars for the IMER staff as part of the regular research seminar series. Each Guest Professor also gives one public lecture which aims at a wider audience, particularly the offi cials and practitioners of the City of Malmö. Articles based on these public lectures are published in The Willy Brandt Series of Working Papers in International Migration and Ethnic Rela- tions, in conjunction with other Guest Professors’ papers. The titles and ab- stracts of the papers published in the Series are listed in Part 3 of this report. International workshops and conferences have also been organised under the auspices of the Willy Brandt Guest Professorship, including “Globalisation in the Local Community” in November 2000 with Prof. Reiner Bauböck, “Trans- national Spaces: Disciplinary Perspectives”, in June 2003 with Prof. Thomas Faist, a conference on “Immigrant Ascension to Citizenship: Recent Policies and Economic and Social Consequences”, with Prof. Don DeVoretz in June 2004, and three workshops on “Health and Migration” during the course of Prof. Cattacin’s stay at IMER in Autumn 2005. See Appendix 4, 5, 6 and 7 for further details. The book Transnational Spaces: Disciplinary Perspectives came out as the fi rst Willy Brandt conference proceedings in 2004. Two more books are in pro- gress; details of which are available in Part 3 of the report. 2 PART 2 THE GUEST PROFESSORS’ RESEARCH PROFILES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND TEACHING The Guest Professors in Memory of Willy Brandt at IMER are, in the fi rst in- stance, expected to exchange ideas, information and research insights with the teachers, researchers and doctoral students at IMER - both formally in the fram- es of research seminars, and informally through their daily, social interactions. They are also expected to teach a couple of undergraduate classes and are encouraged to make contacts and develop networks not only with the teachers and students at IMER but also with other Schools of Malmö University and other academic institutions in Sweden. As academic institutions are shaped by the scholars affi liated to them, it goes without saying that the Guest Professors’ networking in Sweden and incorporation in manifold scholarly contexts contri- butes to IMER’s and Malmö University’s academic profi le by making it much more visible in Sweden as well as internationally. At the end of their stay at IMER, the Guest Professors are expected to com- plete the manuscripts of two scientifi c papers to be published in the series con- nected to the Guest Professorship position, as presented in Part 3 of this report. While the exchange of ideas, research insights and networking is naturally a potential benefi t for the Guest Professors themselves as much as for the people affi liated to IMER, the Guest Professorship is also highly attractive as an oasis of concentrated reading and writing. Many of the visiting scholars lack such opportunities in their regular work places; something to be expected in view of the duties and responsibilities associated with their distinguished positions. While much of their time at IMER is devoted to undisturbed reading and writ- ing, many Guest Professors have readily responded to a variety of invitations - often at short notice - to participate in workshops at IMER and elsewhere in Sweden, as well as give papers and keynote speeches at international conferen- ces. This report on their activities gives some insight into the breadth and depth of their interests and the audiences they were addressing. At the same time, it conveys the understanding that no successful academic career can be underta- 3 ken in isolation and that a semester of academic work can rarely be planned in detail. Obligations and follow-up tend to pile up, as the following text reveals. Regardless of their different ages and gender, as well as their different disci- plinary and homeland backgrounds, all the appointed Willy Brandt Guest Pro- fessors have proved to be curious about Malmö and Sweden, open to holding and initiating discussions, willing to appear in public and, last but not least, hard working. Personal contact with them has confi rmed that scientifi c achie- vements are natural if academic work is not seen merely as a job but as a voca- tion. In that regard, the Willy Brandt Guest Professors have been an inspiration to many at IMER, especially those Professors who reached impressive levels in their careers before their mid-forties (like Brochmann, Cattacin, Faist, Martini- ello and Papastergiadis). In the following text, the Guest Professors in memory of Willy Brandt at IMER are presented according to the chronological order of their stay in Mal- mö. Each presentation is followed by a detailed report on the Willy Brandt Guest Professors’ seminars, workshops, teaching and other activities included in the frame of their work in Malmö. In the fi rst year the visiting scholars stayed at IMER for different periods of time; one semester was established as being a standard period from autumn 2001 onwards. Prof. Rainer Bauböck stayed at IMER in the period between 25th Sep- tember 2000 and 1st February 2001, and Prof.
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