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MIGrAtIon
Migration represents both an opportunity and a challenge.
While well-managed migration may foster progress and
welfare in both source and host countries, its mismanagement
may put social cohesion, security and sovereignty at
risk. Migration is evolving rapidly, and knowledge needs to
be constantly updated and shared with policymakers. Due
to it being a global phenomenon, its study requires innovative
cooperation between scholars around the world.
Key faculty
RSCAS: Jean-Pierre Cassarino, Philippe De Bruycker, Philippe
Fargues, Anna Triandafyllidou, Alessandra Venturini
EUI Departments: Rainer Bauböck (SPS), Ruth Rubio
Marin (LAW)
tolErAncE, plurAlISM And SocIAl coHESIon:
rESpondInG to tHE cHAllEnGES oF tHE 21St
cEntury In EuropE (AccEpt plurAlISM)
ACCEPT PLURALISM is funded by the European Com-
8 roBErt ScHuMAn cEntrE For AdVAncEd StudIES
mission under the Seventh Framework Programme. The
project aims to investigate whether European societies
have become more or less tolerant during the past 20
years. In particular it examines how tolerance is defined
conceptually; how it is codified in norms, institutional
arrangements, public policies and social practices; how
tolerance can be measured; and how the degree of tolerance
of a society across time or of several countries at
the same time can be compared (whose tolerance, who is
tolerated, and how do degrees of tolerance vary with respect
to different minority groups). The project covers 16
EU countries and involves 18 partner institutions. Bringing
together empirical and theoretical findings, ACCEPT
PLURALISM aims its output at diverse audiences. The
publication Addressing Cultural, Ethnic & Religious Diversity
Challenges in Europe: A Comparative Overview of 15
European Countries and the project’s Policy Briefs target
policy makers, NGOs and practitioners. The Handbook