Module III

Evolving Regimes of (Im)Mobility in Times of Crisis

This module analyzes the consequences of crises for regimes of (im)mobility, understood as the complex and contested interactions between various factors that shape how both mobility and immobility are produced and experienced. Crises are approached as ‘critical junctures’ in which past and future ways of dealing with mobility and immobility crystalize, but also as events through which new practices of (im)mobility are brought into being.

In this context, the projects in this module examine four interconnected dimensions that constitute (im)mobility regimes in their interplay: 1) governance and regulations, 2) practices of organizational actors, 3) technologies, and 4) experiences of human (non-)movements on various scales. In doing so, the projects push the regime angle further by including a reflexive approach to knowledge production, a historical dimension (coloniality, other legacies), as well as a perspective from the Global South.

Contacts

Francisco Klauser, Main Module Representative
Stefanie Kurt, Representative in the Scientific Committee
Nathalie Muller Mirza, Representative in the Education and Equal Opportunities Committee
Mihaela Nedelcu, Representative in the Knowledge Transfer and Communication Committee
Livia Tomás, Coordinator

Projects

Walter Leimgruber (University of Basel) and Mihaela Nedelcu (University of Neuchâtel)
Dealing with Crises in Liminal Spaces: The Agency of Forced Migrants and Solidarity Activists

Ola Söderstrom (University of Neuchâtel) and Sophie Oldfield (Cornell University)
Data Politics and New Regimes of Mobility and Control During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nathalie Muller Mirza (University of Geneva), Tania Zittoun (University of Neuchâtel) and Alex Gillespie (LSE)
Societal Crises and Personal Sense-Making: Transitions, Mobility, and Imagination Across the Lifecourse

Christin Achermann (University of Neuchâtel), Janine Dahinden (University of Neuchâtel) and Francisco Klauser (University of Neuchâtel)
Towards a Novel Mobility Regime? The Legacies of the COVID-19 Pandemic Regarding the Governance of Human Movement

Eric Crettaz (HES-SO Geneva), Stefanie Kurt (HES-SO Valais-Wallis), Francesco Maiani (University of Lausanne) and Eva Mey (ZHAW)
Evolving (Im)Mobility Regimes: Migrant Workers’ Entitlement and Precarization in Times of Crisis