International Workshop

12-13 September 2024 – University of Neuchâtel

This workshop is organized by the team of the nccr – on the move research project “Dealing with Crises and Liminal Situations: The Agency of Ukrainian and Syrian Forced Migrants in Three National Contexts”: Prof. Dr. Mihaela Nedelcu, University of Neuchâtel Dr. Ibrahim Soysüren, University of Neuchâtel Dr. Simon Noori, University of Neuchâtel Dr. Oleksandra Tarkhanova, University of Neuchâtel and University of St. Gallen.

This two-day workshop brings together researchers working on forced migration from a relational perspective and seeks to advance understandings of agency and liminality based on empirical research. The workshop aims to rethink forced migration through a relational lens and to broaden our understanding of how forced migrants cope with uncertainty, precariousness, and liminality by situating them in broader social relations, networks, and contexts. It also encourages debates on methodological and ethical issues and problems that arise in empirical research with relational, transnational, and bottom-up perspectives. War-induced forced migration due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war in Syria are two empirical cases that we will be focusing on, but research on other displaced populations will also be presented.

The full program is available here.

The workshop is open to the public. If you wish to attend, please register by 25 August 2024 by using this link.