MATILDE aimed to shed light on the social and economic impacts of migration processes directed towards European rural and mountain areas stemming from the arrival and settling in of Third Country Nationals (TCNs), their upward trend, transformative and redistributive effects. Through local level fieldwork conducted with action-research methods, it aimed to stimulate the engagement of local stakeholders (e.g. migrants, policymakers, civil society, transnational networks) to produce new knowledge about the processes and strategies triggered by migration at the local level.

The project adopted a place-based approach and a mixed methodology and has:

• developed and tested an innovative toolbox for multi-dimensional and multi-scale assessment of the impacts of migration on the social, economic, and spatial dimensions in rural and mountain areas;
• shed light on the nexus between migration and local development and on the impacts of migration on territorial inequalities and regional disparities by assessing the impact of migration on the social and economic dimensions at different territorial scales;
• co-constructed a participatory assessment of the impacts of migration in rural and mountain areas through 13 local case studies in ten countries;
• promoted place-based governance of migration and socially inclusive growth through strategic and operational recommendations targeting national, regional, and local level policymakers and stakeholders;
• enhanced public awareness and stimulated informed debate on the impacts of migration, addressing misperceptions through dissemination and communication strategies targeting diverse groups (academia, stakeholders, citizens, migrants) at different government levels.

MATILDE aimed to shed light on the social and economic impacts of migration processes directed towards European rural and mountain areas stemming from the arrival and settling in of Third Country Nationals (TCNs), their upward trend, transformative and redistributive effects. Through local level fieldwork conducted with action-research methods, it aimed to stimulate the engagement of local stakeholders (e.g. migrants, policymakers, civil society, transnational networks) to produce new knowledge about the processes and strategies triggered by migration at the local level.

The project adopted a place-based approach and a mixed methodology and has:

• developed and tested an innovative toolbox for multi-dimensional and multi-scale assessment of the impacts of migration on the social, economic, and spatial dimensions in rural and mountain areas;
• shed light on the nexus between migration and local development and on the impacts of migration on territorial inequalities and regional disparities by assessing the impact of migration on the social and economic dimensions at different territorial scales;
• co-constructed a participatory assessment of the impacts of migration in rural and mountain areas through 13 local case studies in ten countries;
• promoted place-based governance of migration and socially inclusive growth through strategic and operational recommendations targeting national, regional, and local level policymakers and stakeholders;
• enhanced public awareness and stimulated informed debate on the impacts of migration, addressing misperceptions through dissemination and communication strategies targeting diverse groups (academia, stakeholders, citizens, migrants) at different government levels.

MATILDE aimed to shed light on the social and economic impacts of migration processes directed towards European rural and mountain areas stemming from the arrival and settling in of Third Country Nationals (TCNs), their upward trend, transformative and redistributive effects. Through local level fieldwork conducted with action-research methods, it aimed to stimulate the engagement of local stakeholders (e.g. migrants, policymakers, civil society, transnational networks) to produce new knowledge about the processes and strategies triggered by migration at the local level.

The project adopted a place-based approach and a mixed methodology and has:

• developed and tested an innovative toolbox for multi-dimensional and multi-scale assessment of the impacts of migration on the social, economic, and spatial dimensions in rural and mountain areas;
• shed light on the nexus between migration and local development and on the impacts of migration on territorial inequalities and regional disparities by assessing the impact of migration on the social and economic dimensions at different territorial scales;
• co-constructed a participatory assessment of the impacts of migration in rural and mountain areas through 13 local case studies in ten countries;
• promoted place-based governance of migration and socially inclusive growth through strategic and operational recommendations targeting national, regional, and local level policymakers and stakeholders;
• enhanced public awareness and stimulated informed debate on the impacts of migration, addressing misperceptions through dissemination and communication strategies targeting diverse groups (academia, stakeholders, citizens, migrants) at different government levels.

MATILDE aimed to shed light on the social and economic impacts of migration processes directed towards European rural and mountain areas stemming from the arrival and settling in of Third Country Nationals (TCNs), their upward trend, transformative and redistributive effects. Through local level fieldwork conducted with action-research methods, it aimed to stimulate the engagement of local stakeholders (e.g. migrants, policymakers, civil society, transnational networks) to produce new knowledge about the processes and strategies triggered by migration at the local level.

The project adopted a place-based approach and a mixed methodology and has:

• developed and tested an innovative toolbox for multi-dimensional and multi-scale assessment of the impacts of migration on the social, economic, and spatial dimensions in rural and mountain areas;
• shed light on the nexus between migration and local development and on the impacts of migration on territorial inequalities and regional disparities by assessing the impact of migration on the social and economic dimensions at different territorial scales;
• co-constructed a participatory assessment of the impacts of migration in rural and mountain areas through 13 local case studies in ten countries;
• promoted place-based governance of migration and socially inclusive growth through strategic and operational recommendations targeting national, regional, and local level policymakers and stakeholders;
• enhanced public awareness and stimulated informed debate on the impacts of migration, addressing misperceptions through dissemination and communication strategies targeting diverse groups (academia, stakeholders, citizens, migrants) at different government levels.

An allen Hochschulen gibt es bestimmte Gruppen von Studierenden mit bislang wenig beachteten Mobilitätshemmnissen. Dies trifft z.B. für Studierende mit familiären Betreuungspflichten und berufsbegleitende Studierende zu, die aufgrund ihrer aktuellen Lebenssituation selbst einen mehrmonatigen Auslandsaufenthalt an einer Partnerhochschule nicht realisieren können. In Ländern ohne ein ausgebautes Stipendiensystem gibt es ferner viele Studierende, die ihr Studium durch Jobs finanzieren, welche die Betroffenen nicht durch einen Auslandsaufenthalt verlieren möchten. Am Beispiel des in den einschlägigen Studiengängen der beteiligten Hochschulen mit vergleichbaren Lernzielen enthaltenen Politikfeldes „Soziale Stadt“ werden transnational ausgerichtete Lehrmaterialien entwickelt. Ein zweiter Fokus liegt auf der Umsetzung eines konkreten Internationalisierungskonzeptes zwischen den Partnern zur Förderung einer virtuellen Mobilität der Studierenden durch den Einsatz von eLearning Tools.

Im Rahmen einer wissenschaftlichen Koordinationsstelle wird die Entwicklung des Integrationsleitbildprozesses des Landes Kärnten wissenschaftlich begleitet. Ziel ist einerseits die Erarbeitung von Daten- und Wissensgrundlagen sowie die Ausarbeitung von Teilprojekten, die als Input und weitere inhaltliche Entscheidungsbasis für die Integrationsleitbildentwicklung dienen sollen. Andererseits werden zusammen mit der Steuerungsgruppe die einzelnen Prozessschritte der Leitbildentwicklung geplant und es wird mit dem Land Kärnten und der dort angesiedelten organisatorischen Koordination an der operativen Erstellung des Integrationsleitbildes gearbeitet. In den einzelnen Phasen des Integrationsleitbildprozesses werden dabei unterschiedliche Schwerpunkte betont: Wissensaufbereitung und -vermittlung (intern und extern), Kooperation und Abstimmung mit VertreterInnen von Politik, Gemeinden, NGOs, Schulen, Unternehmen und weiteren gesellschaftlichen AkteurInnen sowie Beratung.

Die Einrichtung der Demokratiewerkstätte im Kärntner Landtag gliedert sich in eine Entwicklungs- und eine Umsetzungsphase. In der Entwicklungsphase entwerfen Ass.-Prof. MMag. Dr. Jürgen Pirker (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz) und FH-Prof. MMag. Dr. Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle (FH-Kärnten) die Inhalte der Demokratiewerkstätte. Dazu gehören Inhalte der Politischen Bildung und Zeitgeschichte zur Vor- und Nachbereitung der Exkursionen in den Landtag im Unterricht, die auch unabhängig von der Demokratiewerkstätte genutzt werden können, um die entsprechenden Themen zu bearbeiten. In der Entwicklungsphase werden die vorgeschlagenen Inhalte und Methoden von LehrerInnen aus allen in Frage kommenden Schultypen im Unterricht eingesetzt, evaluiert und in gemeinsamen Workshops weiterentwickelt.