Sarah Christison

Image shows a clip of the Population Europe Policy Insight web page with the text: Policy Insights Rethinking Migration and Integration in Europe: From Crisis Management to Democratic Inclusion By We-ID experts Claudia Neu, Hill Kulu, Ljubica Nikolic, Öndercan Muti, Sarah Christison Local cultural and regional contexts strongly shape how migration is perceived. At present, the EU’s migration policy oscillates between management and control on the one hand, and integration and inclusion on the other. Yet integration ultimately unfolds in local communities and workplaces. Beyond employment and economic participation, these spaces can nurture both inclusion and democratic culture — after all, democracy often begins on the shop floor. Above an image of a person sitting on a stack of pallets inside a dim warehouse while a large metal shutter is partly open, letting sunlight spill across the floor.

Policy Insight by @populationeu.bsky.social co-authored by CPC-CG's Kulu & @sarahchristison.bsky.social, part of We-ID project 'Identities, #migration & #democracy'

Examines #EU #migration policy and the tension between crisis response and long-term integration: population-europe.eu/research/pol...

Join us on Thursday at 2pm for our next #CPCCGWebinar. Krista Westrick-Payne, Assistant Director of the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University will discuss how institutional, cultural, and policy contexts shape marriage and divorce in the US. Details below-

The final presentation was delivered by @sarahchristison.bsky.social who looked at #housing, #partnership & #fertility of immigrants & descendants in the #UK. Births were most likely for homeowners & homeownership entry is heterogenous regardless of partnership which may suggest disadvantage.

Excited to be at #bsps2025 presenting some of the first results from the #We-id project exploring the social identities and political participation of migrants and their descendants in Europe

💡New MigrantLife Working Paper!

Team members @maryabedalahad.bsky.social, Hill Kulu and Gunnar Andersson have published their new working paper exploring the timing of critical life events among descendants of immigrants in Sweden.

The symposium delegates are enjoying the sun in St Salvator’s Quad outside the Lower College Hall symposium venue! We are pleased to have such a great turnout with enthusiastic participation in the sessions so far!

🔖 NEW - The first study to examine how having children in Britain has changed over 3 decades, by child order (1st, 2nd, 3rd...), comparing changes between England & Wales and Scotland

By Kulu, @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social @sarahchristison.bsky.social @ann-berrington.bsky.social of FertilityTrends

This CPC-CG Scotland Webinar will take place on Thursday 1 May 2025 at 13:00 UK Time. CPC Member, Dr Traute Meyer, Dr Paul Bridgen and Lisa Davison will be presenting, "Retrenchment without effect: Exploring the link between pension reforms and public pension adequacy of new retirees in seven European countries (1993 - 2020)

👩‍💻 Come along to our next CPC-CG Scotland webinar on 1 May

Traute Meyer discusses research showing that, while #pension rules have changed, actual pension incomes have mostly stayed stable, esp. for women, suggesting other factors like employment trends also matter.

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@sarahchristison.bsky.social presenting at #PAA2025 on the life course transitions of migrants and their descendants in the UK!

🗞️The #Scottish Govt's strategy to create a 'family-friendly nation' is seen as crucial for tackling #demographic challenges, given #Scotland’s lack of devolved powers to introduce #migration policies, says @sarahchristison.bsky.social in @thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social
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🚨 @sarahchristison.bsky.social Hill Kulu & Júlia Mikolai have published a #workingpaper which investigates the interaction between #partnership #fertility #employment among #immigrants & #descendants in the #UK using competing risks. Take a look here: migrantlife.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2024/1...