nccr – on the move · Research · Phase III · 2022–2026

Migration and Mobility in Times of Crisis

The third and final phase comprised 11 research projects examining migration and mobility through the lens of crisis. Research investigated how political, economic, public-health and migration-related crises affect governance, inequalities, attitudes, agency and regimes of human movement.

Phase III also broadened the geographical perspective further, incorporating research topics, empirical cases and collaborations from beyond Europe.

Areas of Focus

Crises and human mobility · Governance and crisis narratives · Socio-economic inequalities · Forced migration and displacement · Mobility and immobility regimes · Borders and control · Labour-market discrimination · Attitudes and democracy · Data and digital mobility governance · Life-course experiences · International and global perspectives

Research Projects

The Impact of Crises on the Global Governance of Migration: Boost or Blow

Sandra Lavenex & Vincent Chetail

Narratives of Crisis and Their Influence in Shaping Discourses and Policies of Migration and Mobility

Gianni D’Amato, Matteo Gianni & Didier Ruedin

A European Desert? The Territorial Economics and Politics of Emigration in Crisis Regions

Olivier Crevoisier, Jean-Thomas Arrighi & Sean Mueller

The Longitudinal Impact of Crises on Economic, Social, and Mobility-Related Outcomes: The Role of Gender, Skills, and Migration Status

Tobias Müller, Martina Viarengo & Philippe Wanner

Attitudes Towards Migration and Democracy in Times of Intertwined Crises

Eva G. T. Green, Anita Manatschal & Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor

Monitoring Ethnic and Immigrant Discrimination in Hiring Decisions in Times of Crisis

Dominik Hangartner & Michael Siegenthaler

Dealing with Crises and Liminal Situations: The Agency of Ukrainian and Syrian Forced Migrants in Three National Contexts

Walter Leimgruber & Mihaela Nedelcu

Data Politics and New Regimes of Mobility and Control During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ola Söderström & Sophie Oldfield

Societal Crises and Personal Sense-Making: Transitions, Mobility, and Imagination Across the Lifecourse

Nathalie Muller Mirza, Tania Zittoun & Alex Gillespie

Towards a Novel Mobility Regime? The Legacies of the COVID-19 Pandemic Regarding the Governance of Human Movement

Christin Achermann, Janine Dahinden & Francisco Klauser

Evolving (Im)Mobility Regimes: Migrant Workers’ Entitlement and Precarization in Times of Crisis

Eric Crettaz, Stefanie Kurt, Francesco Maiani & Eva Mey

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