EMN Ireland/ESRI Online Conference
Supporting Integration: Access to Citizenship in Ireland and the EU
8 December 2020
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Conference Agenda
9:30 Welcome
Frances McGinnity, Associate Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
9.35 Keynote: Citizenship acquisition and labour market outcomes of migrants
Maarten Vink, European University Institute and Co-Director of the Global Citizenship
10.05 Questions and Answers
Session 1: Pathways to Citizenship
Frances McGinnity, Associate Research Professor, Economic and Social Research Institute
10.10 EMN Ireland study on Pathways to citizenship through naturalisation in Ireland
Róisín Dunbar, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway (formerly EMN Ireland)
10.30 Irish citizenship: An overview of recent developments
Catherine Cosgrave, Immigrant Council of Ireland
10.50 Pathways to citizenship for third-country nationals in Finland
Tuukka Lampi, EMN Finland
11.10 Questions and Answers
11.25 Coffee Break
Session 2: Citizenship, requirements and integration
Chair: Aonghus O’Connor, Principal Officer, Immigration Service Delivery, Department of Justice
11.40 Conceptions of citizenship and criteria for naturalisation
Iseult Honohan, University College Dublin
12.00 International practices on civics and language requirements linked to naturalisation
Michał Polakowski, EMN Ireland/Economic and Social Research Institute
12.20 Deserving citizenship in Germany and the Netherlands: Citizenship tests in liberal democracies
Ricky van Oers, Radboud University, Netherlands
12.40 Questions and Answers
13.00 Close
