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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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When Mobility Barriers Shape Who Gets Heard in Global Research

Julia Wiethüchter — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:26:39 +0000

Science is increasingly global, and collaboration across national borders between researchers has become one of its driving forces. Mobility is central to this process; it makes collaboration possible and, in turn, is influenced by it. Yet, when considering research collaboration between researchers in the so-called Global North and Global South,

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Challenging Old Power Dynamics: How Regional Collaboration Strengthens the Global South

Yusuf Oldac — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:25:55 +0000

Academic mobility carries varied meanings across different contexts. For Global North academics, it is often about getting closer to the research context and broadening empirical scope. Conversely, for researchers in the Global South, mobility is frequently understood as access to opportunities—such as postdoctoral appointments, fellowships, or short-term visits to Global

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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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From Arrival to Belonging: Insights from Eight Years of the Migration-Mobility Survey

Inka Sayed — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:21:32 +0000

After eight years, five waves and over 25,000 participants, the Migration-Mobility Survey reached its final round in 2024. Its rich, longitudinal data reveal how foreign nationals in Switzerland build lives here. Moreover, the survey reveals much more than just statistics; it shows what makes life easier or harder for them

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Why is Cyprus Still Holding on to the Failed “Humanitarian Corridor” to Gaza?

Leandros Fischer — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:30:27 +0000

Proposed in late 2023, the “Amalthia” corridor to bring aid into Gaza has been a failure. It is criticized by both Palestinians and humanitarian organizations as a political distraction from Israel’s campaign of genocide. Yet the Cypriot government insists that the project has not been shelved. Together with its practice

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The Politics of Free Movement: What Have We Learned?

Philipp Lutz — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:30:32 +0000

On this day, 25 years ago, Switzerland signed a bilateral agreement with the European Union to establish the free movement of persons. It is time to look back on how this issue has shaped Swiss politics thus far. The idea of the free movement of persons as reciprocal mobility rights

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Environment-Induced Mobilities: The Stories that the Field Tells

Mrittika Bhattacharya — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:30:45 +0000

In Sundarban, India, my conversation with a Bangladeshi woman challenged the common perceptions surrounding environment-induced mobilities, since she cited insufficient income as the primary reason behind moving with her family. This made me look beyond the “obvious” during a six-month exploration using Feminist Participatory Action Research, revealing the interplay between

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A Pacific Perspective on Climate-Related Migration

Sargam Goundar — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:30:23 +0000

Pacific Island countries have globally been at the forefront of research, media, and policy discussions on climate mobility. These island nations have been predominantly categorized as “climate migrant-sending countries” – particularly so in Europe, where media and Western scholarship have painted an overly simplistic picture in which “all Pacific Islands

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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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