nccr – on the move · Research
Over twelve years, nccr – on the move investigated migration and mobility from multiple disciplinary perspectives.
Across three funding phases, the research evolved from a primarily Swiss-focused investigation of contemporary migration and mobility to increasingly comparative and international perspectives, and finally to the study of migration and mobility in times of crisis.
A central scientific contribution of the network was the development of the Migration-Mobility Nexus, an analytical framework that approaches migration and mobility not as separate phenomena, but as deeply interconnected processes.
Understanding Migration and Mobility in Switzerland
The first phase established the foundations of nccr – on the move through 20 research projects centred primarily on Switzerland as an empirical laboratory. Research examined new and changing forms of migration and mobility and their implications for Swiss society, institutions and 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
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Migration, Mobility and Social Transformation
Phase II broadened the research perspective beyond Switzerland. Its 17 research projects placed greater emphasis on comparative and transnational approaches and examined how patterns of migration and mobility interact with wider processes of social transformation.
Research was organised around the intersecting fields of legal orders, economic drivers and societal dynamics, while further developing the Migration-Mobility Nexus as a common conceptual framework.
Areas of Focus
Social transformation · Legal orders · Economic drivers · Societal dynamics · Comparative and transnational migration · Citizenship and solidarity · Labour-market inequality · Welfare and integration · Transnational mobility · Migration-Mobility Nexus
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Migration and Mobility in Times of Crisis
The third and final phase brought together 11 research projects examining how crises reshape migration, mobility and immobility across different geographical and societal contexts. Research addressed governance and crisis narratives, socio-economic inequalities and evolving regimes of (im)mobility, while extending the programme’s international perspective 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
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