How universities facilitate city network socialization through knowledge exchange on immigrant integration

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ID4263233
AuthorsJacqui Broadhead (0000-0001-7747-4843, Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) University of Oxford Oxford UK, corresponding author), Jacqueline Broadhead, William L Allen (0000-0003-3185-1468, Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) University of Oxford Oxford UK)
Year2022
Volume22
Issue3
Pages430-446
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12361
OpenAlexW4214500058
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited41

Universities increasingly facilitate as well as study social change alongside decision-makers and users. This is partly in response to demands for civic engagement and demonstrable public impact. While existing scholarship has critically examined these collaborations' impacts, less work addresses either how they develop or what benefits they confer to participants-especially those operating at local scales. By examining two university-initiated networks comprising 28 cities in 12 European countries working on immigrant integration issues, we show how two-way knowledge exchange among researchers and municipal policymakers can foster peer learning and co-productive dynamics. We argue that these exchanges socialize cities into more cohesive groups with shared goals and agendas, particularly in low-salience policy areas, as integration can be in some national contexts. Moreover, universities and university-affiliated researchers play unique roles in facilitating this process. Our results have theoretical implications for multi-level and networked governance and offer practical guidance for designing knowledge exchange initiatives

Business · Corporate governance · Immigration · Political science · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Engineering · Policy Transfer and Learning · Psychology · Public Policy and Administration Research · Social Capital and Networks

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