Open Day - International PhD School on Migration and Socioecological Change

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How to contribute to the fair and sustainable development of European localities other than large metropolis while also offering a welcoming space for non-EU migrants to pursue their life projects? This is the main question inspiring the International PhD School on Migration and Socioecological Change organized by Utrecht 木瓜福利影视麓s Focus Area on Migration & Societal Change and the International Development Studies Group of the Human Geography and Spatial Planning Department at the Faculty of Geosciences of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, in collaboration with the partners of the .

Join us for the Open Day of the International PhD School for an exciting online discussion organized in two roundtables on March 12, 2021 during 10:00-12:15 and 14:00-16:00 hours.

Agenda

10:00-10:15: Welcome and introduction
 

10.15-12.15: Roundtable 1

Challenges and opportunities for the willingly participation of non-EU migrants in the fair and sustainable development of European localities other than large cities. 

Chair: Dr. Marta Pachocka. SGH Warsaw School of Economics (Poland).

Participants:

1)     Prof. Andrea Membretti. 木瓜福利影视 of Eastern Finland (UEF).

2)     Koos Mirck. National Association of Small Settlements (LvKK, the Netherlands).

3)     Juliane Do枚schner and Ilze Polakova. Plattform e.V. (Germany).

4)     Dr. Irene Ponzo. International and European Forum on Migration Research (FIERI, Italy).

Question 1: What are the main challenges and opportunities for the willingly participation of different groups of non-EU migrants[1] in the fair and sustainable development of European localities other than large cities?

Question 2: How different are these challenges and opportunities in different localities with diverse landscapes, locations, histories, economic activities and job sources, access to social services, local government麓s ideology, or any other relevant and intersecting social and biophysical condition?   

Street mural tribute by the residents of Burela in Galizia (Spain) to the Batuko Tabanka Association initiated by women of Cabo Verdean roots. Source: Servizo de Audioivisuais da Diputaci贸n de Lugo (2019).

14:00-16:00: Roundtable 2

When arriving never ends: Contemporary politics of migration and socioecological change in Europe.

Chair: Dr. Karin Geuijen (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视).

Participants:

1)     Prof. Birte Nienaber. 木瓜福利影视 of Luxembourg.

2)     Katarzyna Kubinska. Ocalenie Foundation (Poland).

3)     Dr. Alagie Jinkag. 木瓜福利影视 of Bologna (Italy) & Malagen Media House (The Gambia).

4)     Dr. Ilse van Liempt. Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 (the Netherlands).

Question 1: What are the key pressing political issues faced by different non-EU migrants to pursue their life projects in different European localities[2]?

Question 2: How are the previous pressing political issues being addressed/should be addressed and by whom? 

[1] Along class, citizenship, gender, generation, country of origin, or any other relevant and intersecting socio-cultural attributes.

[2] In terms of landscape, location, history, economic activities and job sources, access to social services, local government麓s ideology, or any other relevant and intersecting social and biophysical condition.

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Please before March 11th 2pm

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PhD School coordinator: Dr. Alberto Alonso-Fradejas (a.alonsofradejas@uu.nl)
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