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SUMMARY:The Role of the Catholic Church in the Global Governance of Migrat
 ion - Dr Sara Silvestri\, City\, University of London
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DESCRIPTION:This paper presents some highlights from work in progress anal
 ysing the contribution of the Christian churches\, especially the Catholic
  to the management of refugee challenges and migration flows.  After provi
 ding a historical overview of the Catholic engagement with migration issue
 s and outlining the key ideas at the heart of the social doctrine of the C
 hurch\, the paper moves onto the present context\, discussing the practica
 l and discursive ways in which Catholic institutions\, religious leaders (
 e.g.the Pope\, Bishops conferences)\, NGOs address the condition and the n
 eeds of people on the move and relate to secular institutions and policy n
 etworks\, on a national and global level\, whose focus is the management o
 f migration and refugees.   Using examples from the European and US contex
 t the paper reflects on the global role of the Catholic church both in ter
 ms of institutional perspective and from the view point of the moral value
 s and the political theology at the heart of the Christian tradition. Fina
 lly it highlights the sui generis position of the Catholic church vis a' v
 is policy and academic debates on the Global Governance of Migration. It c
 onsiders the extent to which it works within and simultaneously challenges
  the rationale and the assumptions driving policy makers and institutions 
 working in this sector.\n\nDr Sara Silvestri is currently Senior Lecturer 
 in International Politics at City\, University of London\, where she teach
 es religion and politics and EU politics. She is also an Affiliated Lectur
 er with POLIS\, University of Cambridge and Bye Fellow of St Edmund's Coll
 ege\, where she is a research associate with the Von Huegel Institute. She
  obtained her MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge\, where she a
 lso held an ESRC Post-Doc\, and has worked as a policy advisor in Brussels
 \, on issues concerning Islamism and multiculturalism. Sara specialises in
  public policies about religion in the EU and faith-based political mobili
 sation (with a focus on Islam and Christianity). Recent coauthored publica
 tions include Deconstructing (Irish and Muslim) Suspect Communities (Journ
 alism Studies\, 2012)\, The role of religion in conflict and peace-buildin
 g (DfID and British Academy 2015)\, and Integrating Religious Engagement i
 nto Diplomacy (Brookings\, 2015)\, while her latest research project\, spo
 nsored by the Plater Trust\, examined the relevance of Catholic Social Tea
 ching in the mobilisation of Catholic charities working in the field of mi
 gration in the UK.
LOCATION: Room S1\, Alison Richard Building\, Sidgwick Site\, 7 West Road\
 , Cambridge\, CB3 9DT
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