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Sonia GSIR
CENTRE FOR ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES
CEDEM / Institute of Social and Human Sciences
University of Liège
7 boulevard du Rectorat, Bât.31, box 24
B-4000 Liège, Belgium
Tel: 00 32 4 366 31 28
Fax: 00 32 4 366 47 51
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2011
UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE, BELGIUM, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Ph.D. Degree in Political and Social Sciences
Sciences
Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM). Dir. Marco Martiniello
Ph.D. Dis.: “A European Labour Immigration Policy: the Community Door Ajar”
1995
UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE, BELGIUM, FACULTY OF LAW
Master Degree in International Relations and European Politics
Ma. Dis.: “Geopolitical Analysis of the Conflict between Senegal and Mauritania in 1989”
1993
UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE, FACULTY OF ARTS
Bachelor Degree in Romanic Philology
Ba. Dis.: “Muslim Woman Status in Women’s Literature from North Africa”
1991
Additional Diploma in Oriental Philology
1992-1993
UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE, FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Additional Anthropology Certificates in Anthropology of Western Societies, Anthropology of the Communication, Cultural
History of Communication, Anthropology of non Western Magic and Therapy, African Arts.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Since April 2001
Since Oct. 2009
CENTRE FOR ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES (CEDEM)
Researcher - Research, scientific and administrative coordination, communication, fundraising, research projects building,
networking, lecture programme organisation (Les Rencontres du CEDEM).
April 2001-Nov. 2002
Coordination, research programme TRICUD Transnationalism, Identities Dynamics and Cultural Diversification in Urban PostMigratory Situations, French Community of Belgium (Concerted Research Actions);
Doctoral research, assistant mandate;
Research on local integration policies, CLIP network, Cities for Local Integration Policies, EUROFOUND;
Coordination, research project NOMIBE, New Migration and New Migrants in Belgium, Belgian Science Policy;
Research on Language Programs for New Migrants in Belgium, Europe and Quebec, French Community of Belgium;
CEDEM contact person for the IMISCOE network, European Commission;
Coordination, Belgian Migration Dialogue, King Baudouin Foundation;
Coordination, European Doctoral Programme on Migration, Diversity and Identities for the network Humanitariannet and follow up of
Marie Curie fellowships;
Doctoral research in the framework of the Attractive Interuniversitary Pole (IAP) on European Integration Law: Internal and External
Dimensions, Belgian Science Policy;
Research on the attitudes of Belgian population towards asylum seekers, Belgian Science Policy.
Sept. 99-Nov. 2000
CENFORGIL, Brussels
Coordinator and instructor - adults training and socio-professional integration in secretarial work
Dec. 98–April 99
PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN OFFICE, PBI-BEO, Brussels
Public Relations and Coordinator – fundraising, volunteers recruitment, information, EU relations
Nov. 2008-Sept. 2009
Sept. 2006-April 2008
May 2006-Oct. 2008
Sept. –Oct. 2006
Since January 2004
Sept. 2003-Sept.2005
Jan. 2003-March 2004
Dec. 2002-2005
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March-April 99
PIERRE D’ANGLE & LA RENCONTRE (NIGHT SHELTERS), Brussels
Social
Social worker – reception of homeless and refugees
May-July 97
INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL PROMOTION, La Calamine
French Teacher
Teache to foreign adults
Jan.-Sept. 96
PRIVATE LESSONS, Cairo
French and mathematics
Dec. 93-Aug. 94
UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
oordinator for the MED-MEDIA project Women Communication Human Resources Development Network in
Associate coordinator
close collaboration with UNESCO Communication Division – research, seminar organizations, edition.
LECTURES/
LECTURES/ SEMINARS
“Would the revolution in Arab world will bring more asylum seekers towards Europe?”
Lecture, Department of Asylum seekers reception
Belgian Red Cross, Reception Centre ‘Couleur du monde, Rendeux, 25 March 2011.
“Europeanization of migration policies”
Course, Espace Universitaire de Liège, Module Sciences and Future, Cycle Human Migration
Network ULg-Les Amis de l’ULg, Liège, 27 January 2011.
“Towards a new legal migration policy for reducing the number of unauthorized foreigners”
Communication, workshop Alternatives to foreigners’ administrative detention, Colloquium For alternatives to confinement, prisons - closed
reception centres - public institutions for youth protection - psychiatric hospitals,
Ordre français des avocats du barreau de Bruxelles et Bruxelles Laïque asbl, Brussels, 19 January 2011.
“Running Conditions for Consultative Bodies for Foreign Resident”
Presentation, Breakfast of the Integration Observatory Civic Participation of Refugees, France Terre d’asile, Paris, 11 March 2009.
“Belgian Immigration Policy in a European Perspective”
Course, training programme Migration and Interculturalism for State Security Agents, CEMIS, UA, Brussels, 27 November 2008.
“Immigration Policy and Free Movement of Persons”
Presentation, seminar Algeria-EU Relations, European Journalism Centre, Brussels, 15 April 2008.
“The CLIP Project : a Case-Study”
Presentation, workshop Public Law II : Migration, Integration, Citizenship, Ius Commune Annual Conference, Liège, 29 November 2007.
“Comments on Integration Policies in Europe”
Presentation, Day of study Integration Plan for Wallonia, CRIPEL, Liège, 27 November 2007.
“Cities for Local Integration Policies, the CLIP project, Module 2 : Diversity Policy in Employment and Service Provision” (in Spanish)
Presentation, CAI (Centro de Apoyo a la inmigración), Valencia, 20-21 September 2007.
“Local Housing Integration Policies in Antwerp, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Barcelona”
Workshop report, CLIP meeting Cities for Local Integration Policies, Eurofound & CLIP, Budapest, 12 June 2007.
“Integration Programmes for Newcomers in Belgium, Europe and Quebec”
Presentation, Workshop for the project of steering a job coaching service for newcomers, EGID-HEC-ULg, Liège, 15 May 2007.
“Belgium: Integration and Social Cohesion”
Lecture, Annual day of the Federal Commission of Foreigners 2006 Which Integration? Biel (Switzerland), 16 November 2006.
“Belgian Modes of Regulation”
Presentation, IMISCOE Cluster A1 workshop Regular and Irregular Flows: Quantities, Processes and Types of Regulations in Europe, Istanbul, 10
March 2006.
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“Gender, Migration and Migratory Circulation”
workshop moderator and coordinator, summer university Women and Mobility, ULg, Liège, 30 August 2005.
“Frenchspeaking Belgian and Asylum Seekers” (with F. Scandella), Presentation, Belgian Red-Cross, Reception Centre, Manhay, 30 June 2005.
“Frenchspeaking Belgian and Asylum Seekers” (with F. Scandella), Presentation, GERME seminar, ULB, Brussels, 23 May 2005.
“Integration Issue in the Bilateral Agreements Regarding Migrant Workers in Belgium” (with K. Meireman)
Presentation, Belgium Migration Dialogue, King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, 13 April 2005.
“Migration Regulation in the Euro-Moroccan Are”
Discussant and co-organisation, seminar Moroccan Migration towards European Union, Liège, 17 February 2004.
“Migration from the South”
Workshop report, Belgian Migration Dialogue Migration and Globalization, King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels, 19 January 2004.
“What Kind of Integration for Asylum Seekers in Belgium?”
Presentation, seminar, Social Service for Asylum Seekers, Public Centre of Social Welfare, Liège, 11 December2003.
“Towards a Common Migration Policy trough International Partnership and Migrants Integration ?” (with Marco Martiniello)
Presentation, Colloquium Free Movement of persons 10 Years after 1993: last developments and last frontiers, IEJE/PAI and College of Europe,
Liège, 5-6 December 2003.
“Asylum Seekers Integration”, Presentation, Reception centre for asylum seekers, Florennes, 17 October 2003.
“Practical Handbook on Consultative Bodies for Foreigners” (with Marco Martiniello)
Presentation, Conference Foreigners’ Integration and Participation in European Cities, Council of Europe and City of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 15-16
September 2003.
“Immigrants Women”, workshop report, Conference Women and Cities, Ministry of Cities, Brussels, 18 December 2002.
“Méditerranée présente”, presentation, regional seminar Women, Media and Good Governance, UNESCO, Rabat, Morocco, 27 April – 1st May 1998.
“La Revue la plus tendancieuse du monde”
Presentation, International Colloquium André Blavier, Centre of Studies of French Literature of Belgium, University of Liège, 16-18 October 1997.
“Portrayal and Racism. Portrayal of immigrants in the Media”
workshop organization and animation with Surinder Sharma (Equal Opportunities Officer BBC), Conference Reflecting Diversity, a Challenge for
Women and Men in European Broadcasting organized by the European Broadcasting Union and the European Community, London, BBC TV
Centre – Studio One, 3-4 May 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
With N. Clycq, J. Geets, B. Herman, D. Jacobs, H. Marcelle, M. Martiniello, F. Pauwels, A. Rea, M. Rosenfeld, C. Timmerman, F. Triest and J. Wets,
Nouvelles migrations et nouveaux migrants en Belgique. Gent : Academia Press, 2010.
With L. Jeurissen, J. Jamin, N. Perrin and M. Martiniello, Langue française, allophonie et défis sociaux. Le cas des adultes en situation postmigratoire.
Brussels: E.M.E. & Communauté Française de Belgique, Français & Sociétés (18), 2008.
With H. Bousetta and M. Martiniello (Eds) Les Migrations marocaines vers la Belgique et l'Union européenne. Regards croisés. Deusto : Deusto
University Press, 2005.
With M. Martiniello, Practical Handbook on Consultative Bodies for Foreigners, Council of Europe, July 2004.
With M. Martiniello, A. Rea and F. Scandella, Les Belges francophones face aux demandeurs d’asile. Gent : Academia Press, May 2004.
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Articles
“Report from Belgium”, in Doomernik J. and M. Jandl (Eds), Modes of Migration Regulation and Control in Europe. Amsterdam, IMISCOEAmsterdam University Press, 2008, pp. 45-61.
With H. Bousseta and D. Jacobs, “Belgium”, in Triandafyllidou, A. and R. Gropas (Eds) European Immigration. A Sourcebook. Aldershot, Ashgate,
2007, pp. 33-44.
“Vers une politique commune d’immigration par le partenariat international et l’intégration des migrants ? ” in Hanf, D. & R. Muñoz (dir.) La libre
Circulation des personnes. Etats des lieux et perspectives. Bruxelles, PIE Peter Lang, Cahiers du Collège d’Europe n°5, 2007, pp.269-282.
“Pour une nouvelle politique d’immigration en Europe”, Journal de l’alpha, Brussels, Oct. 2003.
Reports
Housing and segregation of migrants - Case study: Antwerp, Belgium, Dublin: Eurofound, September 2009.
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef09491.htm
Diversity policy in employment and service provision - Case study: Valencia, Spain, Dublin: Eurofound, June 2009.
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef091717.htm
Diversity policy in employment and service provision - Case study: Antwerp, Belgium, Dublin: Eurofound, June 2009.
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef09172.htm
With CLIP European research group, Housing and integration of migrants in Europe, Dublin-Strasbourg, Eurofound, Council of Europe, 2007.
‘Le statut juridique du migrant en Belgique’, in Dirix E. and Leleu P.-H. (Eds), Rapports Belges au Congrès de l'Académie Internationale de Droit
comparé à UTRECHT. The Belgian reports at the Congress of Utrecht of the International Academy of Comparative Law. De Belgische rapporten
voor het Congres van de "Académie Internationale de Droit comparé" te Utrecht. Brussels: Bruylant, 2006, pp. 651-681.
With H. Bousetta and D. Jacobs, ‘Active Civic Participation of Immigrants in Belgium’ in Building Europe with New Citizens? An Inquiry into the
Civic Participation of Naturalised Citizens and Foreign Residents in 25 Countries, Country report prepared for the European research project
POLITIS, Oldenburg, 2005, 47 pp. on line: http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/politis-europe
With M. Martiniello, K. Meireman and J. Wets, ‘Country Report: Belgium’ in Niessen J., Y. Schibel and C. Thompson (Eds), Current immigration
debates in Europe: a publication of the European Migration Dialogue. Brussels: Migration Policy Group, September 2005, pp. 41-63.
With J. Doomernik and A. Kraler, ‘Chapter 4: Prospects on migration management – opportunities and pitfalls’ in State of the Art Report,
International Migration and its Regulation, (edited by Fassmann H., Kohlbacher J., Reeger U. and Sievers W., February 2005, pp. 35-46. Available at:
http://www.imiscoe.org/download/SOAR%20A1.pdf
With M. Martiniello and al., Handbook of good practice for asylum seekers integration, Brussels: FEDASIL, February 2004.
‘Les CCCI ou Conseils Consultatifs Communaux des Immigrés’ in Pour une Citoyenneté de résidence. Pedagogic file, Brussels: CNAPD, February
2004.
With M. Martiniello and J. Wets, Country Report: Belgium in Niessen J. and Schibel Y. (Eds), EU and US approaches to the management of
immigration. Comparative perspectives. Brussels: Migration Policy Group, 2003, 47-76.
Communication Strategies for Mediterranean Women. Report study, European Union, MED MEDIA Programme, Paris, Brussels: UNESCO, 1994.
Book reviews
GUIRAUDON V., JOPPKE C. (Eds) (2001) Controlling a New Migration World. London & New York, Routledge in REMI, Revue Européenne des
Migrations Internationales, vol.19, n°2, Oct. 2003.
DUFOIX S. (2002) Politiques d’exil. Hongrois, Polonais et Tchécoslovaques en France après 1945. Paris, PUF in REMI, Revue Européenne des
Migrations Internationales, vol.19, n°1, April 2003.
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SUMMER SCHOOLS AND OTHER
OTHER COURSES
Migration
THE SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICS OF IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE (English)
2-8 July 2006
Summer Training Programme organized by V. Guiraudon, The Marie Curie Chair DIPLOMIG Project,
Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
EUROPEAN UNION LAW AND POLICY ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM (English)
1-12 July 2002
European Summer School, Odysseus Network, University of Brussels (ULB), Brussels.
Conflict Management
WORKING IN CONFLICT AREAS: ELECTION OBSERVATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING
18–24 May 1998
Training course, FDI, Field Diplomacy Initiative Association, Vaalbeek, Belgium.
PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FOR PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL (Spanish)
2-10 Jan. 1998
Training Course, PBI, Basel, Switzerland.
NON-VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION
20-22 Nov. 1997 Training Course, De Vluurbloem, Dalhem, Belgium.
Communication
NGOS COMMUNICATION
23-24 May 1997
Training Course, ITECO, Training Centre for Development, Brussels.
COMMUNICATION AND EQUALITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
Nov. –Dec. 1994
Training Course, Women University, Brussels.
Languages
GERMAN
22-27 Feb. 1998
Intensive Course, CERAN Lingua, Spa, Belgium.
ARABIC LANGUAGE
March-June 1996 Course, Centre for the Study of Arabic Language, Cairo, Egypt.
Sept. 1995– 1996 Course, Al Azhar University Orientation Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
July 1995
Summer Course, Bourguiba School, Tunis, Tunisia.
COLLOQUIAL EGYPTIAN
Jan.—June 1996 Course, Egyptian Cultural Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
AFFILITATIONS
Member of NEWS (Network on Ethnicity and Women Scientists) since 2007.
Member of ABSP (association belge de science politique) since 2006.
Member of the network of excellence IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion) since its creation in 2004.
Member of the association of women professors and researchers of the ULg (FER ULg) since 2002.
LANGUAGES/ SKILLS/ PERSONAL INFORMATIONS
French:
English, Spanish:
French mother tongue
Spanish good
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet
Date of birth: 22/11/1971
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Arabic, Albanian, German, Dutch:
Dutch basics
Nationalities:
Nationalities: Belgian & Tunisian
Marital status: married, two children
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