Glossary
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Administrative EvidenceData or information collected primarily to support administrative processes i.e., border biometrics,
population registers, residence permit applications. | |
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Boundary objectsArtefacts that connect, support communication and collaboration between
different social structures and knowledge domains. A boundary object can often only enable this
as a one-way dissemination process. | |
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DataRaw data without
meaning e.g. migration numbers, quotes from migrants. | |
Discussion objectPromotes and supports dialogue, reflection, and knowledge exchange as
well as providing a way of capturing those exchanges. Can be produced on paper, in a technical application, or
through a series of different resources e.g. post-it notes. The discussion
object is tailored to the specific topic needs and facilitates meaning-making
and the development of changed understandings for the group. | |
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EmigrationDeparture from a
place of abode, natural home, or country for life or residence elsewhere. | |
Evidence Café ChampionsAre individuals at any level of the organisation who initiate and facilitate change. They provide a grounding for the Evidence Café in three ways:
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Evidence claimsClaims
that stakeholders can make around the evidence (which includes personal
experiences, research data etc) that they present. | |
Evidence pyramidIs
a discussion object which defines different levels of evidence analysis from
large quantities of raw data that have not been analysed to meaning attributed
for information and deeper knowledge insights and actionable know-how. | |
Evidence typologyIs
a discussion object which builds upon the evidence pyramid and represents
different types of evidence from different types of stakeholders. Rigour in the
evidence collection and analysis usually increases from; public stories, expert
reports, institutional and governmental policies and procedures, academic and
institutional research. | |
Experiential accountsEvidence that is based upon people’s experiences and stories that are
based upon real life experiences. | |
Experiential stories dataExperiential accounts: evidence that is based upon people’s experiences and stories that are based upon real life experiences. | |
Expert interpretive analysisExpert reviews or analytics that interpret evidence reviewing specific topics. The expertise may be framed by regulatory
standards or be framed by the individual’s expertise. | |
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Host countryThe
country to which migrants move and which hosts them. | |
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ImmigrationThe process through which individuals become
permanent residents or citizens of another country. | |
InformationData with attached
meaning for ‘who, what, where, when’ as regards migration issues. | |
In-migrationTo move into or come to
live in a region or community especially as part of a large-scale and
continuing movement of population. | |
Innovative EvidenceData
or information sourced from machine learning technologies -often called ‘big
data’ and generated
by users of mobile devices, internet-based platforms, or by digital sensors and
meters. | |
Interpretive opinionJustified beliefs, truths, judgements and know-how, e.g. understanding cause and effects of migrant flow policies in the context of changing economic strategy | |
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KnowledgeInsight on ‘why and
how’ information can be used and applied to change issues e.g. theories and
models of migration. | |
Knowledge ExchangeIs a process of sharing of ideas, evidence, experiences and expertise which is mutually beneficial to all those involved. | |
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Migration dataA
collection of figures, objects, symbols and events that have been gathered from
different sources. Things like migration maps, photographs, or migrants’
everyday experience can all be considered as migration data. | |
Migration flowsThe
aggregate numbers of migrants into or out of a country. These can either be
totals (e.g. 20,000 new migrants arrived in the UK in 2017) or could be broken
down (e.g. of the 20,000 migrants to the UK in 2017, 7,000 were from Spain).
Flows can also be ‘netted’ so that you look at the difference between those
people arriving as migrants and those leaving a country. This gives a net
migration flow which could either be positive (more arriving than leaving),
negative (more leaving than arriving) or balanced (as many leave as arrive). | |
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Out-migrationTo leave one region
or community in order to settle in another especially as part of a large-scale
and continuing movement of population. | |
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Procedural processProcedural processes: Processes, policies and procedures that are either institutionally, nationally or internationally bound to specific topics or issues. | |
Procedural processesProcesses, policies and procedures that are either institutionally,
nationally or internationally bound to specific topics or issues. | |
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Qualitative EvidenceInformation
that aims to make meaning of words, acts, and events often from interviews,
observations or focus group discussions. | |
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Socially-differentiated processA social issue or process that is differentiated according to a number of possible factors such as wealth, class or gender. | |
StakeholdersA person with an interest
or concern in something, such as an organisation or a process like migration.
That is, they have a ‘stake’ in it and so are stakeholders. | |
Statistical EvidenceNumerical
data used to prove or support an argument and often generated through surveys
or administrative records. | |
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