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CSD-Report 32 - Radicalisation in Bulgaria: Threats and Trends

Author(s): Rositsa Dzhekova,Mila Mancheva,Maria Doichinova,Lyubomira Derelieva,Tihomir Bezlov,Maria Karayotova,Yavor Tomov,Dimitar Markov,Miryana Ilcheva / Language(s): English

The phenomena of radicalisation today develop and change at high speed, with their extreme forms manifested globally. The destructive dimensions of (violent) Islamist or right-wing radicalisation have become dramatically visible in Europe posing serious challenges to European societies at large. This report aims to address a knowledge gap with regard to how and to what extent internationally observed radicalisation processes are manifested in Bulgaria. Four different forms of radicalisation are investigated, including Islamist radicalisation, right-wing and left-wing radicalisation, as well as football hooliganism. The report provides policy makers and the expert community with a systematic overview of the main risks to which the Bulgarian society is exposed, as well as of the main actors and ideas, the repertoire of actions and the groups at risk associated with radicalisation. The report outlines recommendations for improvement of the policy and institutional response with regard to radicalisation by way of monitoring and prevention measures as well as multi agency collaboration and community engagement.

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Development Cooperation and Slovakia in 2009

Author(s): Ján Mihálik,Peter Brezáni / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The year 2009 was, from the point of view of Slovak official development assistance (ODA or Slovak Aid hereafter), the first year of implementing the new Medium-Term Strategy for Official Development Assistance of the Slovak Republic for the years 2009-2013. It was also significant for the efforts to take steps in the desired strategic direction. On the other hand, it also bore the consequences of the hectic transformations made in the previous years as well as of continual personnel changes. Ostensibly it could even be labeled a year of search for a sure footing for the very first step in the direction set by the Medium-Term Strategy. What is, however, left out of this orientation are important pillars such as properly determined systems, a personnel base, evaluations and expert discussion to enable the specific practical implementation of plans. It was at the same time the last year before the expected milestone represented by a commitment to be achieved by Slovakia and other new EU Member States adopted by the Council of the European Union, i.e. to earmark 0.17% of their GDP for development assistance in 2010. All indicators show quite unambiguously that the obligation (just as with the other countries) will not be met on our part. The year 2009 was, inter alia, a year when the winds of the global economic and financial crisis were seen for the very first time within the ODA budget. This was distinctly in evidence as the national budget for 2010 was being drafted: the volume of funds earmarked in the draft budget for the project part of development cooperation was, compared with 2009, reduced by 60%, while several ministries did not plan any financial means at all for development cooperation of their own. Finally, the issue of climate change impacts on our ODA was fully broached in 2009. Although not visible at the moment, a new priority broke into Slovak development assistance that will in an important way influence Slovakia’s thinking in the area of development assistance in the coming years.

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Countering Subversion Online: What Role for Public Policy?

Author(s): Edward Christie / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

This final chapter aims to offer a synthesis of the main vulnerabilities that liberal democracies contend with, as they encounter contemporary forms of political subversion, and to propose a set of policy principles to guide ongoing reflections on how to best respond to that challenge. Four areas of vulnerability are identified, namely individualized political messaging; group dynamics and political polarization; platform algorithms and self-radicalization; and falsehood dissemination dynamics. In discussing each of these areas, insights are drawn from both very recent and more established academic research, at the crossroads of psychology, social psychology, communication studies, and political science. This leads to framing elements for the formulation of proposed policy principles, followed by examples of recent measures in selected countries.

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Perspectives on conflicts and potentials in a changing neighbourhood: Berlin-Neukölln and the role of urban governance

Author(s): Manuela Freiheit,Kristina Seidelsohn / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

Cities operate more and more like enterprises as they are confronted with an increasing global competition for investments, business locations, fairs and tourism, as well as scientific and creative excellence. On the other hand, economic, political and social changes since the late 1960s have caused mounting social and urban fragmentation which has led to upward revaluation or devaluation of some inner-city districts. Those neighbourhoods are characterized by a concentration of developmental, ecological, infrastructural and socio-economic problems as well as ethniccultural diversity (cf. Franke et al., 2000:244ff.). Based on the assumption that the process taking place in these areas reinforce themselves continuously, many American and European cities developed political programs in the early 1990s to counteract the 'downward spiral' by bringing different sectors of local government and civil society together.

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‘Making the balance: to stay or not to stay?’ Highly educated Turkish migrants, trends of migration and migration intentions.

Author(s): Işık Kulu-Glasgow / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

For more than a decade the countries of the European Union (EU) have been chasing their ambition to make Europe a centre of excellence’. In 2000 they formulated their common goal of making the EU the most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy of the world in the Strategy of Lisbon. The European Recovery Plan of the European Commission, which aimed to combat the most recent economic crisis, emphasized the importance of the innovative knowledge economy and scientific research (European Parliament, 2010). To fulfil the targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy (e.g. increasing productivity, competitiveness, economic growth, solving the problem of labour shortage in sectors of innovation), stimulating intra EUlabour mobility or needs-based migratory flows were named as relevant policy tools. Similarly, encouraging highly skilled immigration from non-EU countries was considered to be essential. In the EU, the share of the highly educated among migrants born outside the EU was almost negligible - only 2% - compared with 4.5% in the USA, 8% in Australia and almost 10% in Canada. As a consequence, the EU-countries got engaged in a global ‘battle for brains’, not only as a union, but at the same time among themselves in order to attract the ‘best and the brightest’ and to reach sustainable economic growth.

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Unaccompanied Children: From immigration to integration

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Unaccompanied Children: From Migration to Integration Edited by Işık Kulu-Glasgow, Monika Smit and Ibrahim Sirkeci | Published: 19 April 2019 | Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-912997-14-5 | “The statistics show that children move in great numbers, and many do so alone. While some of the reasons which motivate them to undertake such journeys alone are similar to those of adults – e.g. wars, pursuing aspirations for better social and economic opportunities, ethnic violence, cultural differences, examples of others migrating – others are more specific to children, such as forced child marriages, lack of educational opportunities, forced conscription or being sent ahead to realize family reunification in another country. Similar to adult companions, they suffer and react to ‘democratic deficit’ and ‘developmental (economic) deficit’ and yet they may become more vulnerable in their flight. Reaching their destination often does not mean they are then less vulnerable either. They are faced with specific challenges of integration on economic, social, and cultural dimensions and in many cases also face burdens of the reunification of their family. Yet, there is little attention paid to unaccompanied minors in the literature on ‘forced’ migration. This was an important reason to initiate this book. This book largely focuses on unaccompanied minors who arrived in a European country in 2015, with special attention paid to the top-three nationalities of unaccompanied minors, namely Syrian, Afghan and Eritrean minors.” Content INTRODUCTION – Işık Kulu-Glasgow, Monika Smit, Ibrahim Sirkeci CHAPTER 1 Syrian Unaccompanied Minors Journeys to Germany and initial experiences upon arrival – Raphael Kamp and Katie Kuschminder CHAPTER 2 ‘I just wanted to be safe’: Agency and decision-making among unaccompanied minor asylum seekers – Işık Kulu-Glasgow, Sanne Noyon, Monika Smit CHAPTER 3. Ways into and out of exploitation Unaccompanied minors and human trafficking – Hilde Lidén and Cathrine Holst Salvesen CHAPTER 4. Best Interests of the Child assessments to facilitate decision-making in asylum procedures – Carla van Os and Elianne Zijlstra. CHAPTER 5. Navigating the Immigration Process Alone: Unaccompanied Minors Experiences in the United States – Jennica Larrison and Mariglynn Edlins. CHAPTER 6. Dropping out of Education: Refugee Youth Who Arrived as Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children – Aycan Çelikaksoy and Eskil Wadensjö. CHAPTER 7. Eritrean Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in The Netherlands: Wellbeing and Health – Anna de Haan, Yodit Jacob, Trudy Mooren and Winta Ghebreab. CHAPTER 8. Social Inclusion Processes for unaccompanied minors in the city of Palermo: Fostering Autonomy through a New Social Inclusion Model – Roberta Lo Bianco and Georgia Chondrou.

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Implications of the European Union-Turkish Migration Agreement for the Slovak Domestic and Foreign Policy

Author(s): Barbora Olejárová / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

The Slovak Republic is not located on the main migratory routes of people from the third-countries on their way to Western Europe and the state itself has never become final destination for irregular migrants or asylum seekers. Despite this fact, the crisis of migrants coming from the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa significantly influenced both Slovak domestic and foreign policy and created unprecedented dichotomies between Slovak internal and international stance towards the issue, generating impression that Slovakia is playing both ends. Main aim of the paper is to provide evidence of how intensively can migration waves affect even those countries that are neither source countries nor transit or final destination countries for the migrants. The paper presents position of the Slovak Republic on the ongoing migration crisis and the EU solutions including the deal with Turkey and explains the dichotomy among the opinion of the general public and political leaders on one hand and the official stance country presented as the presiding country of the Council of the EU on the other hand, providing evidence that the argumentation lines of both sites were not as diverse as presented and proved to be right from the long-term perspective.

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Legal and Circular Migration in the European Union Mobility Partnerships

Author(s): Katarzyna A. Morawska / Language(s): English Publication Year: 0

In the light of current migration crisis, the biggest emphasis is presently put on the asylum policy. The hostile attitude or even reluctance of the European societies towards immigrants make the debate on immigration policy even more complex and though. In this context, it is not easy to convince the Europeans of the advantages coming from legal migration. Nevertheless, from over two decades the EU institutions, especially the European Commission, have been supporting the need for effective cooperation with third countries in the field of migration. That is why the concept of Mobility Partnerships has been introduced within the EU immigration policy. The aim of this article is to present and evaluate the impact of existing declarations signed between certain Member States and third countries on legal migration and analyse their influence on the inflow of foreigners to the EU.

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Refugee Protection in Brazil and Latin America – Selected Essays

Author(s): Liliana Lyra Jubilut / Language(s): English

Refugees and their protection have started to be a part of daily conversation in recent years. New flows from Africa to Europe, new crisis in Asia and in the Americas, and record numbers since the Second World War, for instance, have paved the way for news reports in the media, political discourses on the topic and debates on how to actually protect these persons. In a world scenario of increasingly (i) closed borders, (ii) association of migration to security issues, (iii) lack of political will to ascertain human rights and (iv) disregard for migration as a right in se, the challenges on and for refugees’ protection have been progressing; as have the need for international protection of persons fleeing well-founded fear of persecution due to their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership to a social group, i.e. refugees. Regional approaches and national practices gain relevance, especially if they can be seen as good practices, even if not without flaws.“What are the main challenges and opportunities regarding Refugee Protection in Latin America and in Brazil? The book offers a very convincing response. The essays by Liliana Jubilut reflect rigorous academic research and years of practical experience on supporting asylum seekers and refugees. The author is certainly one of the most influential scholars in Brazil working in the Forced Migration field, and the essays provide a comprehensive view of Refugee Protection in Brazil and Latin America”.– Gabriel Gualano de Godoy, PhD, UNHCR Chief of Mission in the Dominican Republic and former Head of UNHCR Protection Unit in Brazil.

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Turkish Migration Conference 2016 - Programme and Abstracts Book

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish,English

Turkish Migration Conference 2016; Place: University of Vienna, Austria; Date; 12th - 15th July 2016

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The Migration Conference 2017 - Programme and Abstracts Book

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish,English

The Migration Conference 2017 hosted by Harokopio University, Athens from 23 to 26 August. The 5th conference in our series, the 2017 Conference was probably the largest scholarly gathering on migration with a global scope. Human mobility, border management, integration and security, diversity and minorities as well as spatial patterns, identity and economic implications have dominated the public agenda and gave an extra impetus for the study of movers and non-movers over the last decade or so.Throughout the program of the Migration Conference you will find various key thematic areas are covered in about 400 presentations by about 400 colleagues coming from all around the world from Australia to Canada, China to Mexico, South Africa to Finland.We are also proud to bring you opportunities to meet with some of the leading scholars in the field. Our line of keynote speakers include Saskia Sassen, Oded Stark, Giuseppe Sciortino, Neli Esipova, and Yüksel Pazarkaya.

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The Migration Conference 2019 Programme

Author(s): / Language(s): Turkish,English,Spanish

The Migration Conference 2019; Place: University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy; Date: 18th - 20th June

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Evaluarea policentricităţii şi a zonelor metropolitane din România

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian

The book is an outcome of the project "Innovative territorial planning model for the network of polycentric and balanced settlements in the context of the smart specialization of Romanian cities, no. PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-0733", funded by UEFISCDI Romania (2016-2018).

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New Economic Challenges: 2nd International PhD Students Conference. Part II. 20. 1. – 21. 1. 2010

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The aim of the conference is to provide the PhD students and postdocs with a forum for presentations of their research papers, obtaining feedback from conference participants and moderators, and building-up useful contacts for scientific research and sharing experience.

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Lucrările conferinţei de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian

This volume represents the Paper Proceedings of the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development.

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Lucrările conferinţei de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian,French

Includes full papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development

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Сборник с доклади от международната научна конференция „Изкуственият интелект в сферата на сигурността – предимства и заплахи“. Том 2

Author(s): Tiana Atanasova Kaleeva,Vladimir Petrov Petrov,Ivelina Dimitrova Dimitrova,Yani Slavchev Yanev,Stiliyan Ognyanov Krotnev,Ivanka Nenova Nikolova,Victoria Dimitrova Dimitrova,Hristo Dimitrov Varin,Boris Zarkov,Iliyan Iliyanov Iliev,Alibek Sabirovich Eshev,Zebo Safoyevna Shokhujayeva,Antonina Djakona,Kaspar Kikste,Emil Stoilkov,Ilian Ivanov Yordanov,Tatyana Ivanova Evtimova,Silvia Boyanova Aleksandrova,Dimitrina Petrova Stefanova,Dimitar Lazarov Urdev,Diyan Mariyanov Dimitrov,Nonna Metodieva Ilieva,Valentin Vasilev / Language(s): English,Bulgarian

The present collection of the Higher School of Security and Economics (Volumes I and II) captures the highly fruitful international scientific conference on Artificial Intelligence in Security - Advantages and Threats, which took place in September 2022. The edition contains keynote and plenary papers. They are divided into three scientific panels focusing on topics such as "Artificial Intelligence Systems in Security", "Economic Growth and Sustainable Development" and "Artificial Intelligence in Administration, Public Management and Social Sciences". Speakers include academic authorities from Europe, Asia and Africa. The proceedings of the VUSI conference are published in two volumes by VUSI Publishing. There is also an online abridged version of the publication available on the VUSI website – www.vusi.bg.

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Lucrările conferinţei de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian,French

Includes full papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development.

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Lucrările conferinţei de cercetare în construcţii, economia construcţiilor, urbanism şi amenajarea teritoriului

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian

Includes full papers presented in the research conference on constructions, economy of constructions, architecture, urbanism and territorial development.

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50 години катедра Икономическа социология : Сборник с доклади от научна конференция, УНСС, 29 април 2025 г.

Author(s): / Language(s): Bulgarian

This volume contains papers from a scientific conference held on 29 April 2025, dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Economic Sociology at the University of National and World Economy. A special place is devoted to the relationship between sociological science and economics, as well as to the possibilities of applying an interdisciplinary approach to the study of current development problems. The second thematic focus concerns the role of institutions and public policies in achieving economic and social progress in the context of global transformations. It is in such a context that topics related to economic education and training, changes in the world of work, and the governance of business organizations are addressed. The collection of papers also covers other topics traditionally among the objects of study in economic sociology, such as the criminal economy, violence, migration, health and quality of life. Containing an impressive total of 105 papers, the collection will be of interest to a wide audience - academics, researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and anyone intellectually engaged with the complex interplay between social and economic phenomena and processes. Last but not least, more than 40 of the papers included in the collection are by undergraduate and postgraduate students - an expression of the principle of continuity between the past, the present and the future.

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