Author: Robin Stünzi
Return – the departure of migrants back to their countries of origin, whether voluntarily or by force – is back at the top of the political agenda in Switzerland and Europe. But what do we actually mean when we talk about it? Often treated as a simple outcome, it is ...
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When people migrate to Switzerland, their experiences are far from equal. Data from the Migration-Mobility Survey (MMS) show that women are far less likely than men to arrive in the country already employed and are more often moving for family reasons rather than career opportunities. These differences do not disappear
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With the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, statements concerning the fate of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees in Europe have proliferated. Beyond these heated reactions, the regime’s collapse raises critical sociological, legal, and political questions that scientific research could help address. In an optimistic scenario for Syria, will Syrian refugees ...
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Job seekers of Cameroonian descent face hiring discrimination in the Swiss labor market, as they must send about 30 percent more applications than candidates of Swiss origin to be invited to an interview. The results of our study suggest that black job seekers are systematically disadvantaged in the Swiss labor
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Research about migration has arguably been dominated by a western-, and nation-state-centered perspective. In response, reflexive debates on knowledge production have addressed methodological nationalism and colonial legacies, but also androcentrism, heteronormativity and other problematic features in scientific approaches to human mobility. This blog series aims to take stock of the
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