2nd CDCDI International ConferenceChallenges Ahead: Integration ofMigrants on the European LabourMarketBucharest, 121! March 2"1#Call for AbstractsInthelast decades Europeanstates developedincreasinglyselectiveadmissionpoliciesfor migrants. Thusthemigrantseducation, skillsandnetworksbecamesalientfactorsforthesuccessful movement toadestinationcountry. Thehumancapital nds relatively easy a place on the contemporarysegmentedlabour markets. !ighlyskilledmigrantshavetocompete with native workers for "obs associated with a highersocial status, which raises the #uestion whether or not the oddsof obtaining that "ob are fair. $urthermore, what happens withthe unskilled workers% !owdo they respond to thelabourmarket needs and demands% !ow do they prevision their futurein the receiving country% &o migration and mobility within theE' balance out, and what are the prospects of both mobile E'citi(ens and migrants in the receiving countries% These are "ustafew#uestions that thesecondeditionof this conferencewould like to raise during the debates. )apers froma variety of disciplines *anthropology, socialsciences, psychology, history etc.+ and sources *academia,public institutions, civil society organisations, independentresearchers, practitioners etc.+ that fall within the sectionslisted below are welcome. The list provides the main themes forpaneldiscussions,but the submissions should not necessarilybe limited to them. $roposed $anels:%he non&state actors' in(ol(e)ent in i))igrants'econo)ic integration & refers to the support that civil societyorganisations, trade unions, private networks etc. providethrough specic programmes, mainstream measures or ad,hocactionsthat ultimatelycontributetothemigrants economicintegration. The papers addressing immigrant entrepreneurship,employment enclavesor traditional trades arealsoincludedunder this panel. Ine*ualitiesanddiscri)inationine)plo+)ent: e,ectson i))igrants' integration - the papers under this topic willlook at the in.uence of ine#ualities and discriminatory practicesin the employment eld, on the social e/pectations andintegration prospects of immigrants. $urthermore we would liketo approach the individual and conte/tual factors that generatethe vulnerability to discrimination, and the e0ectiveness of anti,discrimination measures taken at local and national levels. Measuring )igrants' access on the European labour)arket: policies, practices andindicators- thepapersunder thispanel will cover avarietyof topics, suchas1 thee0ects of the European2national legal framework on facilitatingor hindering immigrants access on the labour market3 analysisof specic or mainstream policies and practices with e0ects onimmigrants access toemployment, andtheimpact onthe#uality of employment. 4e also welcome research thatbenchmark the immigrants labour integration or use commonemployment indicators in assessing immigrants access on thelabour market. Linking educational achie(e)ent and professionalintegration of )igrants in the European space & This panellooks at the impact of education on the integration of rst andsecond,generationmigrants, withfocus ontheir professionalintegration.4e welcome papers covering the following topics1policies and approaches for integrating children of migrants inschools3 the labour prospects for immigrants who graduate inthe E'3 the employment outcomes of migrants, and successfulpractices with migrants in the elds of education andemployment. E- )obilit+ challenges for the national labour s+ste) &$ollowing the crisis period and the continuous increase ofunemployment rate across Europe, the national labour marketsof member states faced many common challenges butdeveloped di0erent response strategies. This panel takesspecial interest in contributions focusing on the role of mobilityin developing the national labour systems of E' member states.4e welcome submissions e/ploring the di0erences andsimilarities of various national labour markets from a range oftheoretical and empirical perspectives1 economic, social,political etc. $ublic discourse and its i)pact on i))igrants'integration, &ue to the economic crisis migration became avery sensitive issue on the European and national publicagendas in the past years. 5veremphasi(ing migration in publicdiscourses may have an impact on public policies and generalattitudes of both immigrants and receiving societies. This panelaims to analyse the e0ects of political discourse on immigrantsparticipation in the social, political and economic life ofreceiving societies, and ultimately to assess the impact of thepublic discourse on the immigrant integration process. .ho are the European i))igrants/ & The panel focuses onthe in,depth social research dedicated to the sub"ects of*labour+ migration, their stories, needs and proles. The aim ofthis panel is to bring insights from the micro level research in aeld dominated by macro,studies.4ithin this panel wewelcome papers covering the following approaches1anthropology, psychology, sociology or interdisciplinary. 4ork inprogress papers are also welcome. I)pact of )igration in the countr+ of origin anddestination &The panel aims to bring together papersdedicated to the economic, social,cultural, politicale0ects oflabourmigrationbothintheoriginanddestinationcountries.4e are particularly interested in contributions presentingpractices of ma/imi(ing the positive e0ects of labour migrationand of e6cient migration management. Co)parati(e (ie0s on the transposition of E- legislationanditsi)pactontherightsof)igrantsImmigrationisregulated at E' level with the purpose of ensuring e#ual rightstoimmigrants inall member states. !owever, theE'legalframework leaves a marginof appreciationto thememberstates. Therefore, the national legal framework and thedi0erencesinthetranspositionof E'legislationcanleadtodi0erences in the implementation of the rights to work, study orfamily reunion. This panelwelcomes papers that analy(e thetransposition of E' directives from a comparative perspective,focusing on the di0erent understanding and implementation offundamental rights.1o0 to appl+/788 word abstracts should be sent to conference9cdcdi.roby:;th