nccr – on the move · Research · Phase II · 2018–2022
Migration, Mobility and Social Transformation
Phase II comprised 17 research projects and expanded the center’s perspective beyond Switzerland. Projects adopted comparative and/or transnational approaches, examining migration and mobility as part of broader processes of social transformation.
Research explored how migration and mobility interact with broader processes of social transformation, bringing together legal, economic, political and societal perspectives.
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
Research Projects
Mobility, Diversity, and the Democratic Welfare State: Contested Solidarity in Historical and Political Comparative Perspective
Gianni D’Amato & Jean-Thomas Arrighi
Explaining and Interpreting Migration Flows and Stocks
Philippe Wanner
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Bordering Discourses Regarding Migration and Mobility in Europe
Sandra Lavenex
Migration Governance through Trade Mobilities
Sandra Lavenex & Joachim Blatter
Migration and Labor Market Inequality: The Role of Skills, Gender and Trade
Tobias Müller & Martina Viarengo
Overcoming Inequalities in the Labor Market: Can Educational Measures Strengthen the Agency and Resilience of Migrants, Refugees, and their Descendants?
Wassilis Kassis & Didier Ruedin
Welfare: Inclusion and Solidarity
Giuliano Bonoli, Flavia Fossati & Francesco Maiani
Perimeters of Multilayered Democratic Citizenship in a Mobile and Multicultural World
Matteo Gianni & Walter Leimgruber
Governing Migration and Social Cohesion through Integration Requirements: A Socio-Legal Study on Civic Stratification in Switzerland
Christin Achermann & Stefanie Kurt
Non-Citizen Voting Rights, Naturalization and Integration
Dominik Hangartner & Alois Stutzer
Societal Norms as Predictors of Behavior and Attitudes regarding Migration among National Majorities and Immigrants
Eva G. T. Green, Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor & Anita Manatschal
Migrant Entrepreneurship: Mapping Cross-Border Mobilities and Exploring the Role of Spatial Mobility Capital
Yvonne Riaño & Etienne Piguet
Transnational Ageing: Post-Retirement Mobilities, Transnational Lifestyles and Care Configurations
Mihaela Nedelcu & Eric Crettaz
Small Localities at the Peripheries of Europe: Transnational Mobilities, Diversification and Multi-Scalar Place-Making
Tania Zittoun & Janine Dahinden
The Mobility of Migration Policies: Pathways and Consequences of the Diffusion of Migration Policies
Joachim Blatter & Fabrizio Gilardi
Digital Empowerment of Asylum Seekers in Turkey and Refugees in Switzerland to Cope With (Im)Mobility Conditions
Mihaela Nedelcu
The Digitalization of Work and the (Im)Mobilities/Boundaries Paradox of IT Specialists: The End of Highly Skilled Migration?
Eric Davoine
