In this interview, Dr Bruno Palier of the Centre d’études européennes of Sciences po, Paris discusses the social investment perspective for social policy modernization, as observed in European countries and summarized in his recent book edited with Nathalie Morel and Joakim Palme, Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? He also comments on the Social Investment Package announced by the EU in 2012.

The interview was conducted by Jane Jenson and recorded on 10 March 2014 during Bruno Palier’s visit to the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al at the invitation of the Immigration and Social Policy Research Group of the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue. The same day he also gave a seminar, jointly sponsored by the UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al – McGill University Centre of Excellence on the European Union. The title of the seminar was: L’âge de la dualisation : l’Europe continentale face Ă  la dĂ©sindustrialisation.

In this interview, Dr Michael Collyer, Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Sussex, discusses the evolution of European Union migration policy in the Mediterranean region, in light of the Arab Spring and the humanitarian crisis in Syria. He also examines the relationship between European and Canadian migration policy development.

The interview was recorded at the Policy Workshop: “Balancing Humanitarianism and Security: The European Union’s Responses to New Migration and Refugee Issues” held at ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, Ottawa on January 10, 2014..

The workshop was sponsored by the Centre for European Studies (with funding from the European Union) and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).

For more information, please visit the event webpage: 

The interview was produced by Marek Eby and Kathryn Forrest (both of ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

In this interview, Dr Petra Bendel, Academic Director of the Centre for Area Studies at Erlangen-Nuremberg University, discusses the recently adopted Common European Asylum System in terms of its implications for asylum-seekers and EU member-states, as well as its lessons for Canadian migration and asylum policy.

The interview was recorded at the Policy Workshop: “Balancing Humanitarianism and Security: The European Union’s Responses to New Migration and Refugee Issues” held at ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, Ottawa on January 10, 2014..

The workshop was sponsored by the Centre for European Studies (with funding from the European Union) and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).

For more information, please visit the event webpage:

The interview was produced by Marek Eby and Kathryn Forrest (both of ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

In this interview, Dr Shahamak Rezaei, Associate Professor at Roskilde University and Visiting Professor at Princeton University and UCLA, the issue of social cohesion as it relates to migration flows, both between member states and from third countries, in the European Union.

The interview was recorded at the Policy Workshop: “Balancing Humanitarianism and Security: The European Union’s Responses to New Migration and Refugee Issues” held at ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, Ottawa on January 10, 2014..

The workshop was sponsored by the Centre for European Studies (with funding from the European Union) and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue (with support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).

For more information, please visit the event webpage:

The interview was produced by Marek Eby and Kathryn Forrest (both of ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University)

This session features expert interventions by Bea Cantillon (University of Antwerp and Director of the Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy) and Amandine Crespy (l’UniversitĂ© libre de Bruxelles) , with an address by Philippe Lamberts (MEP Group of Greens/European Free Alliance) on social and economic governance in multi-level systems.

This event was hosted by the European Social Observatory (OSE) (www.ose.be). For more information on the event and to view the agenda and background documents, see . An audio podcast of the keynote address and expert interventions is available for download at .

The international conference “Street Politics in the Age of Austerity: From the Indignados to Occupy,” was held at the Université de Montréal on February 21, 2013.

This video contains a keynote speech by George Ross, Research Associate at the European Union Centre of Excellence, UniversitĂ© de MontrĂ©al – McGill University, and member o the Immigration and Social Policy Research Cluster, Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue.

For more information, visit the event webpage: /canadaeurope/events/immigration-social-policy/international-conference-street-politics-in-the-age-of-austerity-from-the-indignados-to-occupy/

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