1 to 3 October 2008

Place: Copenhagen (DK)

‘Diversity’ in Europe has become controversial.  It is associated with demands for new practices in administration, education, law and politics.  These changes are highly contested: the rights of divers groups compete and get in the way of creative cultural dialogue.  How is an inclusive civil society to be achieved? Among specific topics to be addressed are:

• The relationship between diversity, citizenship rights, civic participation and sustainable social development.
• The consequences of trans-national citizenship in relation to globalisation processes and the enlarged European Community.
• Migrants and non-EU citizens as active participants in economic, social and cultural development in Europe as well as their countries of origin.
• How diversity is expressed and managed in different arenas of social life – neighbourhoods, political and cultural organisations, work organisations, work-life relationships etc.

This meeting will bring together scholars working on civil society, citizenship, civic participation, diversity and multi-cultural issues; and with policymakers, NGO-representatives and journalists with practical experience of the issues.

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