oiip

24.11.2023
10:00 - 13:00

Haus der Europäischen Union
Wipplingerstraße 35, 1010 Wien

Stakeholder Forum

As we are moving into a new phase of global insecurity, the debates on migration become increasingly securitized. The waves of internal and external conflicts in the last years have undoubtedly affected the security constellation of the continent, while internal political dynamics have opened the door to ideas focused on the externalization of borders, forceful return and xenophobia of a feared (cultural) other. At the same time, multiple forms of security threats, not least through domestic and international terrorism and the Russian war on aggression, require realistic and evidence-based analyses and responses. This event aims to disentangle simplistic discourses on security and migration by discussing with various stakeholders fundamental approaches to migration and security in order to unravel misconceptions, animate to new thinking and foster exchange on solution-based approaches that go beyond reactive responses and short-sightness.

The event is conceptualised as a stakeholder forum, whereby members of the public are invited to participate in the discussion.

Opening remarks:
Dr. Wolfgang Petritsch
President of the oiip

Keynote:
Dr. Othmar Karas
Member of the European Parliament

Panel discussion 1:
Challenges in European Migration Politics 

Dr. Othmar Karas
Member of the European Parliament

Dr. Judith Kohlenberger 
Vienna University for Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Social Policy; oiip
Input topic:
Externalizing asylum procedures, externalizing responsibility? “Trends” in EU migration policy and their implications for European cohesion

Dr. Federica Zardo
University for Continuing Education Krems, Department of Migration and Globalisation
Input topic:
Constructing a hybrid threat: the EU external relations and the instrumentalisation of migration

Moderation:
Dr. Vedran Dzihic
oiip

Panel discussion 2:
Challenges in European Security Politics 

Univ. Prof. Dr. Iulian Chifu
National Defense University, Romania
Input topic:
The war in Ukraine and implications for European security at the Eastern front

Erik Hacker, LL.M.
SCENOR
Input topic:
(Social) Media jihad: jihadists’ co-optation of global crises

Dr. Thomas Eder
oiip
Input topic:
Risks of escalation in the Taiwan Straits after the presidential election in January

Moderation:
Dr. Daniela Pisoiu
oiip

In cooperation with the University for Continuing Education Krems and the Austrian Ministry of Defence.

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