nccr – on the move · Research · Phase I · 2014–2018
Understanding Migration and Mobility in Switzerland
The first phase of the nccr – on the move brought together 20 research projects, all focusing on Switzerland. Together, they explored how migration and mobility were changing, and what these changes meant for society, the economy, law and public policy.
Areas of Focus
Migration law and governance · Labour markets and economic integration · Citizenship and integration · Asylum and refugee integration · Discrimination and social cohesion · Gender and belonging · Highly skilled migration · International student mobility · Migration attitudes · Demographic and socioeconomic change
Research Projects
Inventory of Individual Statistical Data on Migration to, from and within Switzerland in a Post-Census World
Philippe Wanner & Rosita Fibbi
Mapping the Demographics of the New Forms of Mobility and Measuring Their Socioeconomic Impact
Philippe Wanner
From “Traditional” to “New” Migration: Challenges to the International Legal Migration Regime
Alberto Achermann & Jörg Künzli
New Wine in Old Skins? Regulating “New” Migration within the Traditional Framework – The Example of Sans-Papiers in Switzerland
Martina Caroni
The Law and Economics of Migration Policy
Alberto Achermann
The Emergence of a European Law on Foreigners
Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf
Integration through Active Labor Market Policies
Giuliano Bonoli
The Mobility of the Highly Skilled towards Switzerland
Walter Leimgruber
Labor Market Effects and the Political Economy of “New” Migration to Switzerland
Tobias Müller
Politico-Economic Analyses of Immigration and Integration
Alois Stutzer
International Student Mobility between the South and the North
Etienne Piguet
Restricting Immigration: Practices, Experiences and Resistance
Christin Achermann
Unity and Diversity in Cohesion: Immigration, Citizenship and Federalism
Cesla Amarelle & Gianni D’Amato
Citizenship and Immigration: An Empirical and Normative Analysis of Swiss Philosophy of Integration
Matteo Gianni
Gender as a Boundary Marker in Migration, Citizenship and Belonging: Case Studies from Switzerland and Beyond
Janine Dahinden
“New Migration” and New Forms of Integration: Families in Geographical Itinerancy
Tania Zittoun
Discrimination as an Obstacle to Social Cohesion
Gianni D’Amato & Rosita Fibbi
The Interplay of Social Norms and Intergroup Contact in Understanding Immigration Attitudes in Multicultural Societies
Eva G. T. Green & Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor
Asylum Policy and Refugee Integration in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
Dominik Hangartner
The Regional Dynamics of Integration and Citizenship Regulation: An International Comparative Perspective
Anita Manatschal
