Events
Asylum Seeking as the Crisis? Utilisation and Impact of Crisis Narratives in Return Governance
IMISCOE Spring Conference: Mobilities and Immobilities in an Era of Polycrisis
On 17–19 April, IMISCOE organised a conference entitled "Mobilities and Immobilities in an Era of Polycrisis" at Koç University, Istanbul. bicc researcher Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek and Ruth Vollmer gave a presentation on "Asylum Seeking as the Crisis? Utilisation and Impact of Crisis Narratives in Return Governance'.
The gathering brings together distinguished academics, policymakers, and practitioners from around the globe, providing an enriching opportunity for cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaborative knowledge exchange. Elaborating on the term “polycrisis”, this international conference proposes to explore the impact of these multiple and overlapping crises on migration and mobility by focusing particularly on the above-introduced four crisis axes: politics, economics, health, and climate. Research that accounts for these multiple and overlapping crises will provide deeper insights into their impacts on migration and mobility. The conference aims to bring together academics from various disciplines and geographies with different methodological approaches to discuss these pressing issues. It seeks to foster a research agenda that embeds migration and mobility within current social transformations while acknowledging multiple crises we are going through. The conference aims to create a space for future-oriented dialogue and exchange among scholars.
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