Public Lecture Series Spring 2018

Different location on 24 May 2018:
University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A 022

University of Neuchâtel
Rue Abram-Louis-Breguet 2, Room R.113

Thursday, 22 February 2018, 18:15 – 19:45
The Challenge of Mainstreaming Integration Governance in the Context of Superdiversity
Peter Scholten, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Discussant: Anita Manatschal, Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, University of Neuchâtel

Abstract (PDF)


Thursday, 22 March 2018, 18:15 – 19:45
Do Photos Help or Hinder Field Experiments of Discrimination?
Judy Rich, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth

Discussant: Giuliano Bonoli, IDHEAP, University of Lausanne

Abstract (PDF)


Thursday, 12 April 2018, 18:15 – 19:45
Immigration and the Election of Donald Trump: Why the Sociology of Migration Left Us Unprepared … and Why We Shouldn’t Have Been Surprised
Roger Waldinger, UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration, University of California Los Angeles

Discussant: Janine Dahinden, Laboratory for the Study of Social Processes and Center for the Understanding of Social Processes, University of Neuchâtel

Abstract (PDF)

Jointly organized with the History Institute, University of Neuchâtel


Thursday, 26 April 2018, 18:15 – 19:45
Asylum Determination in Europe: Ethnographic Perspectives
Nick Gill, Geography Department, University of Exeter

Discussant: Christin Achermann, Centre for Migration Law and Center for the Understanding of Social Processes, University of Neuchâtel

Abstract (PDF)


Thursday, 24 May 2018, 18:15 – 19:45
Hospitality Denied: The European Court of Human Rights’ Take on Migrant Issues
Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton

Discussant: Alberto Achermann, Institute of Public Law, University of Bern

Abstract (PDF)

Different location: University of Bern, UniS, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, Room A 022


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