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

Tugay Durak — 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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From Precarity to Possibility: Toward a Fairer Academic Mobility Regime for Temporary Migrants

Şahizer Samuk Carignani — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:30:56 +0000

Academic mobility, whether short-term or long-term, has long been hailed as a vital driver of knowledge creation and cross-border intellectual exchange. Historically, the movement of scholars fueled innovation and collaboration across nations. Beneath this idealized narrative lies a more complex reality: temporary contracts, job instability, and structural inequalities. These challenges

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Inverting the Decolonization Agenda for Research Partnerships

Medinat Malefakis — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:40:34 +0000

Despite decades of talk, why does “decolonizing” research partnerships still feel like a colonial project? The uncomfortable truth is that the reform is still being led by the very powers it seeks to dismantle. Even with decades of critique and countless well-meaning declarations, the architecture of global research collaborations continues

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Post-Pandemic Migration Dynamics: Impact on Africa’s Early Career Scholars in Border and Migration Studies

Samuel Okunade — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:51:43 +0000

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, migration has increasingly become a focal point in the populist rhetoric dominating political discourse in many Western countries. This shift is characterized by heightened securitization of borders, restrictive visa regimes, and an overt discouragement of migration from the Global South, particularly Africa. These developments hinder human

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