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POLITIS – a European research projectProject information
POLITIS is short for a research project with the full title: Building Europe with New Citizens?An Inquiry into the Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Foreign Residents in 25Countries. The European Commission funds the project that mainly seeks to improve ourunderstanding of different factors that promote or inhibit active civic participation ofimmigrants. A unique project construction is developed that includes workshops with foreign-born students who are recruited as discussants and interviewers. National experts in all 25EU countries have prepared country reports on the contextual conditions and state ofresearch concerning civic participation of immigrants. These reports can be downloaded fromwww.uni-oldenburg.de/politis-europe
Funding Acknowledgement
This research project is funded by the European Commission in the sixth framework,priority 7, Citizens and governance in a knowledge based society.www.cordis.lu/citizens
International Coordination and Contact
POLITISInterdisciplinary Center for Education and Communication in Migration Processes (
IBKM
)Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgAmmerländer Heerstr. 114-118/ Postbox 250326111 Oldenburgdita.vogel@uni-oldenburg.de
Partner Organisations:
Hellenic Foundation of European and Foreign Policy (
Eliamep
)Athenswww.eliamep.grRobert Schuman Centre for Advanced StudiesEuropean University Institute (
EUI
)Florencewww.iue.it/RSCASChurches’ Commission of Migrants in Europe
(CCME)
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