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Since 2009 he is the director of Centro InterculturaCidade (ACI), a non-profit, social and solidarity-oriented association located in Lisbon and established in 2004.

ACI works with the potential of arts and culture to fight racism and xenophobia, with the aim of contributing to community cohesion and social and economic inclusion as well as intercultural citizenship. The association promotes cultural diversity as a tool for social inclusion of migrant communities.

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Anders Winther is a social worker and project developer primarily working with youth, education and reduction of risk behavior. Since 2009, he has been associated with SSP Aarhus, which is a collaboration between the region’s police and the municipality of Aarhus, working with two major areas: 1) Reduction of risk behavior and peer pressure through social psychology, primarily Social Norms Approach. 2) Reduction of political radicalization and early crime through mentorship and early intervention.

He has also, since 2016, been employed by the Danish Refugee Council to assist with the integration of recently arrived unaccompanied minors.

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She has been occupied with the question of Muslim minorities in Denmark ever since the arrival of refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina and by 9/11’s gradually questioning the emergence of Islamophobia and the ‘war on terrorism’, eventually leading her primary focus to question the ethics of migration.

She worked abroad for years; lived in different Muslim-dominated countries, and eventually took an academic/linguistic approach, meaning that she today is fluent in Arabic and possess a deep understanding of the various developments in the Muslim World.

She is currently occupied with questions of Transition in the Levant, through the lens of Arab Scholarship; Diaspora Communities and Transitional Justice.

She has spent recent years involved in the field of migration/integration in Denmark, and been working both culturally, social-psychologically and legally with that matter. She established an independent socioeconomic platform seeking to establish a space of recognition and opportunities for newcomers.

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