Friday, 2nd September 2016
University of West of Scotland, Paisley Campus – McLean Building, Room D141
09:00 Registration (McLean Building)
09:40 Welcome (D141)
Professor Robert Pyper, Assistant Dean (Research and Enterprise)
University of the West of Scotland
Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza, University of the West of Scotland
09:50 Keynote
‘Brexit, free movement and Scotland’, Professor Jo Shaw, University of Edinburgh
10.50 Questions and answers
11:05 Coffee/tea break (D130)
11:20 Session 1: Securities, Insecurities and Youth Transitions in the context of Scottish Independence Referendum and Brexit
Chair of the session – Professor Derek McGhee, University of Southampton
Securities/Insecurities and EU citizenship: attitudes of migrants from Central and Eastern Europe to two referendums – Paulina Trevena, University of Glasgow
Independence? Young people, political engagement and transitions to adulthood after the Scottish Independence Referendum – Maddie Breeze, Queen Margaret University
12:20 Buffet lunch (D130)
13:40 Session 2: Scottish values and national identity and national community in the context of the Scottish Independence and Brexit
Chair of the session – Professor Colin Clark, University of the West of Scotland
‘Bloody Jocks’ (The Scots in England): Certainly Uncertainty and Change? – Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim, University of West of Scotland
‘Scottish values’, national community, and its boundaries – Minna Liinpää, University of Glasgow
14:45 Coffee/tea break (D130)
15: 00 Session 3: Refugee cases in the context of the Independence referendum and Brexit
Chair of the session – Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza, University of West of Scotland
Migration & Citizenship: Asylum Seekers’ Identity Formations & Implications for an independent Scotland and UK Brexit – Amadu Khan, International Commission on Survivor-Centred Disaster Recovery (ICSCDR), and The Welcoming Association, Edinburgh
Refugee rights and experiences in the context of the two referendums in Scotland – Wafa Shaheen, Scottish Refugee Council
16:05 Closing remarks
16:15 Light refreshment/wine reception (D130)
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