Integration Conference 2025

2020

Lõimumiskonverents 2020
 

Communication in a Diverse Society: Understanding Each Other Despite Differences

 

Conference programme and speakers’ abstracts in three languages

Welcome and opening remarks (Tõnis Lukas & Irene Käosaar)

Panel 1: Media Use, Communicative Practices, Public Discourse, and Their Influence on Integration

 
Külliki Seppel
Külliki Seppel
“How Many Media Spaces Are We Living in? Changes in the Media Use and Information Fields of Estonian Residents Based on 20 Years of Data from Integration Monitoring”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Gema Rubio Carbonero
Gema Rubio Carbonero
“Promoting Integration through Public Discourse“
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Triin Vihalemm
Triin Vihalemm
“How Transnational Media Use Interacts with Local Integration?”
VIDEO  

Kaarina Nikunen
Kaarina Nikunen
“Media and Solidarity in Times of Crises”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
 

Follow-up discussion:
“Media Use, Communicative Practices, Public Discourse, and Their Influence on Integration”

Panel 2: Adaptation of Newcomers and Building Trust

 
Marko Uibu
Marko Uibu
“Opportunities for Supporting the Social Contact and Sense of Community of New Arrivals in Estonia”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Nina Grønlykke Mollerup
Nina Grønlykke Mollerup
“Navigating Trust – On Reconfiguring the Danish-Swedish Border Through Migrants’ Digital Practices”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Sarah Glännefors
Nina Grønlykke Mollerup
“Language, Communication and Integration at the Workplace”
SLIDES  
 

Follow-up discussion:
“Adaptation of Newcomers and Building Trust”

Panel 3: Communicating with Various Groups in Society in Times of Crisis

 
Marianna Makarova
Jevgenia Värä
Marianna Makarova & Jevgenia Värä
“Russian-Language Communication During the Coronavirus Crisis: Lessons to Be Learnt and Where to Go from Here”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Ilmar Raag
Ilmar Raag
“Importance of News from Proximity”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
William Allen
William Allen
“Communicating During COVID-19: What We Know So Far, and How It Matters”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
 

Follow-up discussion:
“Communicating with Various Groups in Society in Times of Crisis”

Panel 4: Universities as an Example of Communication between People of Different Nationalities

 
Sasha Hlozek
Sasha Hlozek
“Effectively Communicating with a Diverse Audience in International Higher Education”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Martina Provázková
Martina Provázková
“Managing Communication During a Crisis”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
Rein Olesk
Rein Olesk
“Challenges of the New Era: Keeping the International Network of Tallinn University Informed”
VIDEO        SLIDES  
 

Follow-up discussion:
“Universities as an Example of Communication between People of Different Nationalities”

Panel 5: Political debate between Estonian political parties

 

Workshops

 

NGO Mondo
“Should we try to change people’s attitudes towards migration, and if so, how?” (in Estonian)

GameClub
“Educational communication games as the primary method of developing integration-facilitating skills” (in Estonian)

Estonian Youth Council
“Communication and target audience – how to create a clear message that people understand?” (in Estonian)