Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Minority Religions and Immigration in Ireland
February 2024
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198868699.013.2
In book: The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland
Vladimir Kmec
The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland provides in-depth analysis of the relationships between religion, society, politics, and everyday life on the island of Ireland from 1800 to the twenty-first century. Taking a chronological and all-island approach, it explores the complex and changing role of religion both before and after partition of the island. It addresses long-standing historical and political debates about religion, identity, and politics, including religion’s contributions to division and violence on the island. It also offers perspectives on the relationship of religion with education, the media, law, gender and sexuality, science, literature, and memory; considers how everyday religious practices have intersected with the institutional structures of Catholicism and Protestantism; and analyses the island’s increasing religious diversity, including the rise of those with ‘no religion’. Written by leading scholars in the field and emerging researchers with new perspectives, the Handbook is authoritative and up to date, offering a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of the enduring significance of religion on the island.

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Ireland and immigration: The facts – how many men, women and children, where are they coming from and which counties are housing them? 13 January 2024. Irish Independent. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-and-immigration-the-facts-how-many-men-women-and-children-where-are-they-coming-from-and-which-counties-are-housing-them/a1317067915.html

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Neil Conner, ‘Religion and the Social Integration of Migrants in Dublin, Ireland’, Geographical Review, 109:1, 27-46, https://doi.org/10.1111/gere.12295

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Neil Conner (2019) Religion And The Social Integration Of Migrants In
Dublin, Ireland, Geographical Review, 109:1, 27-46, DOI: 10.1111/gere.12295
This paper explores the intersection of religion and migration, and investigates how religious beliefs, practices, and identities can be both beneficial and/or a deterrence to the process of social integration. A qualitative case study was conducted at a multicultural, nondenominational Christian church in Dublin, Ireland, composed of both Irish-born citizens and migrants from around the world. Within the church, Irish-born and foreign-born congregants frequently interact, suggesting religion is a bridge that is encouraging social integration. Alternatively, noncongregant Irish-born members in the larger community where the church is located are skeptical of the church and maintain that it is a type of religious cult. From this perspective, religion can be perceived as a barrier that hinders a migrant’s ability to integrate into society. Consequently, this paper analyzes the dichotomous function of religion and religious identity within the social integration process in Dublin, Ireland. Keywords: Belonging, Ireland, migrants, religion, social integration.

 

 

Project Title: Multi-level barriers and supports to skilled migrants' career success in the host country

Project Aims & Objectives:

Skilled migrants’ careers are heterogeneous, with existing theories capturing only some of their diversity and dynamic development over time and circumstance. This paper aims to draw out the multilevel (macro, meso and micro levels) influences impacting skilled migrants’ careers by using the lens of the intelligent career framework. Furthermore, structuration theory captures the agency of skilled migrants facing different social structures at and across levels and explains the idiosyncratic nature of skilled migrants’ careers. Design/methodology/approach: Following an abductive approach, this paper examines the career influences for a sample of 41 skilled migrants in three different host countries. Individual career stories were collected through qualitative interviews. Important career influences from these narratives are categorised across the intelligent career competencies (knowing why, how and whom) at the macro, meso and micro levels. Findings: Findings illustrate the lived reality for skilled migrants of these interrelated multilevel career influences and go some way in elucidating the heterogeneity of skilled migrants’ careers and outcomes. The interplay of individual agency in responding to both facilitating and challenging social structures across the multilevels further explains the idiosyncratic nature of skilled migrants’ careers and how/whether they achieve satisfying career outcomes. Some potential policy implications and options arising from these findings are suggested. Originality/value: By considering multilevel themes that influence skilled migrants’ career capital, the authors were able to better explain the complex, relational and idiosyncratic shaping of their individual careers. As such, the framework informs and guides individuals, practitioners and organisations seeking to facilitate skilled migrants’ careers.

Scholars/Institutions: Dr Marian Crowley-Henry, Ireland, Maynooth University

Countries Involved: Australia

Start Date: October 1, 2019

End Date: October 14, 2024

Research Methods: Qualitative research narratives

Findings/Outcomes:

Crowley-Henry, M., Almeida, S., Bertone, S. and Gunasekara, A. (2024). ‘Supporting skilled migrants’ international career success across the micro, meso, and macro levels’. In Mockaitis, A. I. (Ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business, pp. 501-522, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38886-6. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Crowley-Henry, M., Almeida, S., Bertone, S. and Gunasekara, A. (2023). ‘The multilevel intelligent career framework: An exploration and application to skilled migrants’. Career Development International, 28(5): 474-499. DOI: 10.1108/CDI-04-2022-0097. Open Access.

Project Webpage: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-04452-001

Funding Institution: International research collaboration

Keywords: skilled migrants, Ireland, Australia, multi-level, career capital, intelligent career theory

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Project Title: Careers of skilled migrants from Eastern Europe in Ireland

Project Aims & Objectives:

A PhD project that resulted in publications considering the careers of skilled, highly educated migrants from Eastern Europe to Ireland in the 2010s.

Scholars/Institutions: Edward P. O'Connor and Marian Crowley-Henry, Maynooth University School of Business Ireland

Start Date: October 1, 2015

End Date: October 01, 2019

Research Methods: Qualitative research narratives

Findings/Outcomes:

O’Connor, E. P., & Crowley-Henry, M. (2020). From home to host: The instrumental kaleidoscopic careers of skilled migrants. Human Relations, 73(2), 262-287. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719828452

Is it time to reimagine the kaleidoscope career model (KCM) beyond gendered career patterns? In this article, we draw upon the KCM in a novel way to show how skilled migrants, just like a kaleidoscope, adjust their career parameters and construct bespoke career paths in order to cope with the career disruption of an international move. Specifically, the study unpacks the careers of 38 skilled migrants in Ireland and suggests an alternative explanation for skilled migrants’ underemployment. The findings show that this macro career transition – from home to host country – presents both opportunities and challenges for individual migrants in their quest to balance their work- and non-work-related demands. The study contributes to existing literature and debate on skilled migrants’ careers in the business and management discipline by presenting a more complete overview of the concerns and instrumental career choices of skilled migrants in the host country.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0018726719828452?icid=int.sj-full-text.citing-articles.54

Project Webpage: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0018726719828452?icid=int.sj-full-text.citing-articles.54

Funding Institution: PhD project

Keywords: skilled migrants, Eastern Europe, Ireland, career, subjective career success, kaleidoscope career theory

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Project Title: Multi-level barriers and supports to skilled migrants' career success in the host country

Project Aims & Objectives:

Crowley-Henry, M., Almeida, S., Bertone, S. and Gunasekara, A. (2024). ‘Supporting skilled migrants’ international career success across the micro, meso, and macro levels’. In Mockaitis, A. I. (Ed.). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Migration in International Business, pp. 501-522, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38886-6. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.

Crowley-Henry, M., Almeida, S., Bertone, S. and Gunasekara, A. (2023). ‘The multilevel intelligent career framework: An exploration and application to skilled migrants’. Career Development International, 28(5): 474-499. DOI: 10.1108/CDI-04-2022-0097. Open Access.

Scholars/Institutions: Dr Marian Crowley-Henry, Ireland, Maynooth University

Start Date: -

End Date: -

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Project Title: IN LOCO (Integration in Local Communities: Institutional Engagement, Rural Inclusion and Refugee-led Action Research)

Project Aims & Objectives:

This is a practitioner-led project that works with a number of local authorities in Europe to work on best practice for refugee integration. It involves training 40 refugee researchers who will then conduct 200 interviews with refugees and analyse the data.

Scholars/Institutions: Graham Finlay

Countries Involved: Bulgaria Italy Ireland Austria Romania Sweden

Start Date: October 1, 2024

End Date: September 30, 2027

Research Methods: Qualitative social science

Findings/Outcomes:

Project has just commenced.

Project Webpage: https://secondtree.org/

Funding Institution: AMIF funding from European Union

Funding Information: 1689000

Keywords: Refugees, integration, refugee researchers, local authorities, Europe

Country of Publication:

• Ireland

Website: https://www.irishtimes.com/

Country of Publication:

• Ireland