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When Equal Rights Do Not Lead to Equal Treatment of Mobile EU Workers

Valon Hasanaj — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:29:16 +0000

Freedom of movement is a cornerstone of European integration. EU citizens have the right to live and work in other member states and, in principle, should receive equal treatment when accessing public services. Yet in practice, this does not only depend on everyday interactions with public administrations but, as our

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“Who Deserves Support?”: Immigrant Access to Social Rights During COVID-19

Mara Junge — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:07:41 +0000

Social policy and immigration policy are among the most contested areas in contemporary politics, especially in the Global North. At their intersection – where immigrants’ access to welfare is decided – debates intensify. Here, questions of belonging and solidarity collide, with tangible consequences. They determine who receives support in times

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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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How Student Mobility is Changing in a Multipolar World

Hicham Jamid — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 08:30:41 +0000

Every year, millions of students leave their homes to study abroad, but where they go is changing. While most still head to well-known higher education destinations such as North America, Europe, or Australia, over the past two decades, new academic centers have emerged in places like China, Malaysia or South

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Integration Dispensation: Why Immigrants Face Stronger Social Norms

Stefan Manser-Egli — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:29:39 +0000

While social norms and expectations shape all our lives, they do not apply to everyone in the same way. A new study shows that migrants in Switzerland are held to higher standards than the rest of society, for example, with regard to local social engagement and compliance with the legal

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Europe’s Renewed Migration Agreements: The Lingering Coloniality of Migration Governance

Marion Panizzon — Thu, 08 May 2025 09:00:37 +0000

European Governments are increasingly turning to bilateral migration agreements instead of depending on multilateral and national pathways. As UN-led efforts lose their grip, these deals give states a way to tighten control and manage migration through carefully chosen partnerships with countries of origin. They may seem efficient, but they risk

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The Problems of Protection: Lessons from Migrant Vulnerability

Bridget Anderson — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 08:18:00 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic showed we are all vulnerable in a crisis, but also that crisis can deepen inequality. The virus infected (and continues to infect) regardless of race, class and passport, and this is precisely what exposes race, class, and passport as the inequality-producing mechanisms they are. Migrants – or

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Magic Thinking: Past and Current

Gianni D’Amato — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:30:13 +0000

“La Grande Magia,” a Neapolitan postwar play, blurs the line between illusion and reality, highlighting how we often prefer to entertain comforting illusions instead of facing the hard truths. This theme feels vividly relevant today. As we observe with astonishment the current US-American political events, the parallels seem too close

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Legal Perspectives on Im/mobility Regimes in Times of Crises

Stefanie Kurt — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:30:40 +0000

When crises strike, the ability to move, or to be forced to stay, often comes down to legal status. Whether it is lockdowns during the pandemic, or the special protection offered to Ukrainian refugees, laws regulate who gets to cross borders, who has to stay in place, and under what

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COVID-19 and Key Workers at the Intersections of Inequalities and Everyday Mobilities

Eloise Thompson — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:00:46 +0000

This blog takes a closer look at the category of key workers as a method to govern mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This category revealed and emphasized the ways in which mobility intersects with inequalities. Yet, while these inequalities were made visible at an extraordinary time, the pandemic was not

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