Researchers from Intercultural Studies partners of MIRNet: Twinning for excellence in migration and integration research and networking
Professor Garbi Schmidt, Associate Professor Christian Groes, and Assistant Professor Linda Lapina are Danish partners of the MIRNet project that aims to establish Tallinn University as an internationally renowned centre of expertise on migration and migrant integration issues.
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The MIRNet project will develop better research networks and excellence, in particular addressing the issues of East-West migration in an international, interdisciplinary consortium of partners: Tallinn University, the Sussex Centre for Migration Research at the University of Sussex, the Intercultural Studies research group at Roskilde University and the Research Centre on Transnationalism and Transformation at the University of Tampere.
The objectives of the project are:
- To establish a research centre at TU which would conduct locally, nationally and internationally relevant research on East-West migration.
- To advance the quality and volume of research on migration, especially East-West migration, and migrant integration issues in cooperation with the MIRNet project partners, with a special focus on supporting early career researchers.
- To improve the networking position and visibility of all the partners.
- To improve the ability of TU and all the partners to attract research funding both at the national and international level for migration and integration research.
- To advance public dissemination skills regarding the research results in the field of migration and integration.
Project facts:
- Lead partner: Tallinn University
- Partners: The University of Sussex; Roskilde University; Tampereen Korkeakoulusaatio SR
- Duration: 01.09.2019 - 31.08.2022
- Total budget: 800 000 EUR
- Funding: Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020