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
