Experiences
This post offers insights into the first national field experiment on ethnic discrimination in the housing market. Financed by the Swiss Office for Housing and the nccr – on the move, we examined to what extent one’s name affects the likelihood to be invited to view an apartment. We covered
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Caring for vulnerable kin, children and elderly parents plays an important role in transnational families. As addressed in the global care circulation concept, female migrants from the Global South taking care of children and elderly members of wealthy families solve a public problem privately. We slightly change the focus and
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The fundamental idea of the Young Policy Network on Migration project was to create a framework for mutual learning among young professionals working on migration issues and also to walk the line between research, praxis and policy making. The network embraces fellows from different countries and various professional backgrounds. A ...
+ Read moreLa plupart des narratifs politiques ou médiatiques liés à la migration contiennent l’image d’une boîte de Pandore. Mais pourquoi n’oserions-nous pas une fois convoquer Shakespeare et Cendrillon au débat? Faire partie de la société : véritable moteur d’intégration Si Shakespeare questionne la complexité existentielle et identitaire à travers son fameux « être ...
+ Read moreWhile building a wall between the United States and Mexico is a dominant media topic, the border is already fortified in many places. Art and graffiti, reminiscent of the Berlin wall, is expressing the mourning of the dead and reminding the observers of freedom and peace in Tijuana – a walk at its most Western edge. ...
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