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Building CrisisMigRef: Mapping Migration and Mobility Research in an Age of Crisis

Lucas Oesch — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:29:49 +0000

What counts as a crisis, and who gets to decide? And how do you build a database around a concept that researchers themselves cannot agree on? These were some of the questions behind the development of CrisisMigRef, a database developed during the final phase of nccr – on the move

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International Academic Mobility: Directions for a Fairer Knowledge Production Landscape

Lucas Oesch — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:30:18 +0000

International academic mobility has become integral to contemporary academia and is widely promoted in policy discourses as a driver of mutual understanding, excellence, innovation, knowledge production, and research partnerships. Yet injustices, inequalities, and colonial legacies still shape who can move, under what conditions, and whose knowledge is recognized and valued.

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“A Step in the Right Direction”: Perspectives on Prioritizing Scholars from the Global South

Lucas Oesch — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:49:37 +0000

Since 2014, the nccr – on the move has supported researchers on the move by funding short-term visiting fellowships, fostering international collaborations, and helping early-career scholars join its annual Neuchâtel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies (NGC). Over time, the center began prioritizing applicants from the “Global South” to

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