mobility
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are meant to facilitate trade between countries. Yet, beneath the surface of these economic treaties lies a lesser-known dimension that extends beyond trade – the intricate regulation of international migration. A new dataset produced by researchers from the nccr – on the move based on these ...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments struggled to respond quickly and efficiently to a changing epidemiological context. To handle crises better, key populations, such as migrants, should be involved in the prevention and intervention strategies. Research on vaccine rollouts in Ethiopia, Tunisia, and South Africa found that civil society groups were
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In political and popular discourse, migration is alternately portrayed as a problem to be managed or a danger to be fought. Consequently, the term appears to carry with it a set of social and political issues. Drawing on reflexive migration studies, it seems therefore appropriate to question how some mobile
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Over the recent years, there has been growing attention to cross-national migration in social policy research. Yet migration is often seen as external to the development of welfare systems. Moreover, the relationship between mobility and social policy at different scales has been largely overlooked, despite the salience of mobility and
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Présentant les résultats de six nouveaux projets de recherche suisses, cette série de blogs s’intéresse au vieillissement transnational. Ce phénomène décrit différentes pratiques de personnes de plus de 55 ans qui traversent les frontières nationales, soit physiquement, soit de manière plus « symbolique ». Avec une population vieillissante grandissante en Suisse, le vieillissement
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