Irene Landini
Irene works as a MSCA-YUFE4Postdoc at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp.
Her research focuses on inequalities related to migration and ethnicity in Europe, with a focus on the domains of welfare and education (urban schools and neighborhoods).
Her education background is in political science, but she carries out research at the intersection of political science, sociology and law, thus strengthening a multifaceted academic profile.
In January 2024 she joined the University of Antwerp, as she won the Marie Curie-Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE4) EU postdoctoral scholarship. She is a member of the Network on Migration and Global Mobility and of the Edubron research group (Educational research with impact) at the University of Antwerp. She is also a research fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies, at the University of Essex, in the UK.
Prior to that, she obtained her PhD in Politics at the Luiss Guido Carli University (2022) and she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, at the University of Trento (2022-2023).
Before starting the PhD, Irene had the chance to gain some practical work experience in the field of migration and integration, by working in the no-profit sector as evaluation and monitoring assistant for ALDA-The European Association for Local Democracy.
Moreover, parallel to the University career, she continues to carry on several extra-curricular interests, such as volunteering in the field of gender equality and anti-harassment policies and practices. She is a member of the Harassment Support Network NGO, based in Brussels.
Her research focuses on inequalities related to migration and ethnicity in Europe, with a focus on the domains of welfare and education (urban schools and neighborhoods).
Her education background is in political science, but she carries out research at the intersection of political science, sociology and law, thus strengthening a multifaceted academic profile.
In January 2024 she joined the University of Antwerp, as she won the Marie Curie-Young Universities for the Future of Europe (YUFE4) EU postdoctoral scholarship. She is a member of the Network on Migration and Global Mobility and of the Edubron research group (Educational research with impact) at the University of Antwerp. She is also a research fellow at the Centre for Migration Studies, at the University of Essex, in the UK.
Prior to that, she obtained her PhD in Politics at the Luiss Guido Carli University (2022) and she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology, at the University of Trento (2022-2023).
Before starting the PhD, Irene had the chance to gain some practical work experience in the field of migration and integration, by working in the no-profit sector as evaluation and monitoring assistant for ALDA-The European Association for Local Democracy.
Moreover, parallel to the University career, she continues to carry on several extra-curricular interests, such as volunteering in the field of gender equality and anti-harassment policies and practices. She is a member of the Harassment Support Network NGO, based in Brussels.
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in place by teachers belonging to the German-speaking group (in German schools) and the Italian-speaking one (in Italian schools).
The analysis is especially interested in investigating
how teachers belonging to the two different groups interpret and apply the recently developed educational paradigm of intercultural education, promoted by the Council of Europe (Council of Europe’s White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue, 2008).
The analysis reveals that the implementation of the intercultural education paradigm to accommodate migrant-driven diversity takes far different shapes across the divided streams of schools. The main argument of the chapter is that these differences are linked to specific historical and identitarian factors that have already been found to shape the top-down policy approach to migration by South Tyrolean political elites (notably the ones representing the German group)
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We test this view by analysing two migration policy fields widely different in terms of history and development, i.e., visa and return policy. With regard to visa policies, the systematic configuration emerges clearly. We show that, over time, the original Northern model of visa controls has become the widely accepted normative model across all European states today, formalised in the New Common Visa Code. Existing differences between North and South Europe have to be read in light of this generally homogenous background. On the contrary, policy harmonization and cooperation in return policies and practices have always remained low. We do not observe, however, evidence of a North-South cleavage. Interestingly, a process that we could define as “converge” is at play, since all EU states have shown to be largely ineffective in removing unauthorised TCNs from their territories.
in place by teachers belonging to the German-speaking group (in German schools) and the Italian-speaking one (in Italian schools).
The analysis is especially interested in investigating
how teachers belonging to the two different groups interpret and apply the recently developed educational paradigm of intercultural education, promoted by the Council of Europe (Council of Europe’s White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue, 2008).
The analysis reveals that the implementation of the intercultural education paradigm to accommodate migrant-driven diversity takes far different shapes across the divided streams of schools. The main argument of the chapter is that these differences are linked to specific historical and identitarian factors that have already been found to shape the top-down policy approach to migration by South Tyrolean political elites (notably the ones representing the German group)
We test this view by analysing two migration policy fields widely different in terms of history and development, i.e., visa and return policy. With regard to visa policies, the systematic configuration emerges clearly. We show that, over time, the original Northern model of visa controls has become the widely accepted normative model across all European states today, formalised in the New Common Visa Code. Existing differences between North and South Europe have to be read in light of this generally homogenous background. On the contrary, policy harmonization and cooperation in return policies and practices have always remained low. We do not observe, however, evidence of a North-South cleavage. Interestingly, a process that we could define as “converge” is at play, since all EU states have shown to be largely ineffective in removing unauthorised TCNs from their territories.