The NORFACE Network Board decided in its meeting 15th-16th June 2009 in Helsinki to invite 12 projects to the contract negotiations in the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration in Europe - Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics. The contract negotiations will be completed by September. The funded projects will start in September 2009 and have a maximum duration of four years.

Altogether 240 outline proposals were received to the research programme. Of these 45 were invited to submit a Full Proposal.

List of the projects invited to the contract negotiations
List of reviewers used The NORFACE research programme on Re-emergence of Religion as a Social Force in Europe? organized its Conference 22nd - 23rd April 2009 at the Goldsmiths College in London. The Conference brought together members of the ten projects funded from the programme to share their work and to debate the issue of social force. The funded projects look at the significance of religion in contemporary social life and explore the social and cultural impacts of recent religious growth points, such as Pentecostalism and Islam. The NORFACE programme on Religion was launched in March 2007 and will continue through 2010.

More information on the projects funded from the NORFACE research programme on Religion on the Relemerge website.

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