CfP IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane 2018

Panel: “Migrants’ Access to Welfare in the European Union: Policy Transformations and
Migrants’ Experiences in Times of Crisis”
Panel chair: Dr Jean-Michel Lafleur (CEDEM, University of Liege)
Panel co-chair: Dr Daniela Vintila (CEDEM, University of Liege)

Panel description: This panel aims to address the recent transformations of welfare policies
towards EU and non-EU immigrants in Europe and their impact on migrants’ lives.
Following the financial and economic crisis and the so-called “refugee crisis”, several
European democracies have started to witness fierce debates on the connection between
migration and welfare systems. However, the way in which this politicisation of migration
translated into policy changes in terms of migrants’ access to social protection in the EU has
not been sufficiently explored so far. Furthermore, the extent to which these transformations
of the welfare systems of EU Member States affect migrants’ lives is still largely unknown.
This panel aims to fill this gap by focusing on two aspects. Firstly, we seek to explore how
European welfare systems are adjusting to increased mobility by paying particular attention
to the transformation of social protection policies towards migrants at the EU level and in EU
Member States. Secondly, we aim to discuss migrants’ individual experiences in terms of
accessing social protection in their EU (home and host) countries, thus trying to identify the
specific role that formal welfare entitlements play in migrant social protection strategies. We
welcome empirically and conceptually based contributions.

The paper proposals should be sent via email to Jean-Michel Lafleur (eb.ca1732272996.glu@1732272996ruelf1732272996aL.MJ1732272996)
and Daniela Vintila (eb.ca1732272996.glu@1732272996alitn1732272996iV.al1732272996einaD1732272996) by 1st of October 2017 (midnight GMT).
The paper proposals should include the title of the paper (no more than 25 words) and the
abstract (no more than 350 words). For more information about the congress, please visit:
https://wc2018.ipsa.org/events/congress/wc2018/home