The nccr – on the move Phase III Gets a Go-ahead!

We are delighted to announce that the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has approved the continuation of the nccr – on the move in Phase III (2022 to 2026).

Expanding the expertise we have developed on the interplay between the COVID-19 pandemic and mobility and migration in the previous phase, research in Phase III will focus on the topic of the impact of crises on migration and (im)mobility.

The projects in Phase III  will share an understanding of crises as (a chain of) events with large-scale effects which are broadly perceived as fundamental challenges that require responses.

We will distinguish between four types of crises (public health, economic, political and environmental) and investigate their longitudinal impact on migration and (im)mobility on four geographical scales (inter- or supranational, national, regional and local) and the following three topical levels of analysis:

– Perceptions: the development and politicization of crisis narratives, and relatedly, of the perception of migration and (im)mobility by various stakeholders in the unfolding of a given crisis and its aftermath,
– Governance: the entailing transformations in migration and mobility governance, and
– Practices: the positionalities and actions of (im)mobile people in response to the governance of migration and (im)mobility during the crisis.