{"id":2637,"date":"2026-08-10T04:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/portfolio\/mobile-futures-conference-re-imagining-integration-in-a-just-society\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T06:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:52:19","slug":"mobile-futures-conference-re-imagining-integration-in-a-just-society","status":"publish","type":"academic_item","link":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/portfolio\/mobile-futures-conference-re-imagining-integration-in-a-just-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Futures Conference: Re-imagining Integration in a Just Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"had-pedagogy-course-profile had-conference-attendance-profile\">\n<p class=\"had-pedagogy-course-summary\">I attended the Mobile Futures Conference: <em>Re-imagining Integration in a Just Society<\/em> at \u00c5bo Akademi University in Turku on 16\u201317 May 2024 and presented work on community-based approaches to skilled-immigrant integration in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"had-pedagogy-course-facts\"><span><small>Event<\/small><b>Mobile Futures Conference<\/b><\/span><span><small>Venue<\/small><b>\u00c5bo Akademi University<\/b><\/span><span><small>Dates<\/small><b>16\u201317 May 2024<\/b><\/span><span><small>Role<\/small><b>Attendee and presenter<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>Presentation<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Community-Based Integration Practices in Europe: Pioneering Integration Strategies for Skilled Immigrants in the European Context<\/strong><br \/><em>A Review of Community-Based Approaches<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Comparative cases discussed<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Germany\u2019s EU Blue Card system.<\/li>\n<li>Sweden\u2019s Fast-Track initiative for skilled immigrants.<\/li>\n<li>The Netherlands\u2019 Orange Carpet scheme.<\/li>\n<li>Ireland\u2019s Startup Visa for entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n<li>Austria\u2019s Red-White-Red Card.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recommendations for Finland<\/h2>\n<p>The presentation emphasised targeted language learning, streamlined recognition of international qualifications, employment support and anti-discrimination measures, community-based integration initiatives, a more adaptive policy framework, and ongoing dialogue between immigrants, employers, communities and policymakers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attended the Mobile Futures Conference in Turku and presented a review of community-based integration strategies for skilled immigrants in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"had_date":"","had_date_precision":"","had_venue":"","had_authors":"","had_external_url":"","had_doi":"","had_citation":"","had_meta_label":"","had_amount":"","had_location":"","had_topic":"","had_field":"","had_method":"","had_data_source":"","had_participants":"","had_platform":"","had_level":"","had_publisher":"","had_language":"","had_jufo":"","had_institution":"","had_students":"","had_credits":"","had_format":"","had_city":"","had_latitude":"","had_longitude":"","had_quantity":"","had_amount_eur":"","had_currency":"","had_country":"","had_project_id":"","had_teaching_portfolio_role":"","had_featured":false,"had_news_effect":"global","had_abstract":"","had_keywords":"","had_isbn":"","had_issn":"","had_volume":"","had_issue":"","had_pages":"","had_publication_place":"","had_edition":"","had_project_ids":"","footnotes":"","_had_popup_image_id":0,"_had_popup_image_fit":"automatic"},"tags":[],"academic_type":[],"class_list":["post-2637","academic_item","type-academic_item","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/academic_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_item\/2637\/revisions\/2676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637"},{"taxonomy":"academic_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ahmadinia.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/academic_type?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}