Call for contributions: CESSMIR conference "Looking Back, Moving Forward: Migration Studies in Times of Societal Transformation"

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Centre for the Social Study of Migration and Refugees (CESSMIR) invites researchers, practitioners, NGO representatives, volunteers, activists, and policymakers to a conference at Ghent University, which will explore migration studies in a changing societal landscape.   

Submit your contributions here. The deadline has been extended to 23 February.  

In a context of rapid and often turbulent societal change, migration and diversity researchers are increasingly called upon to reflect on how their work engages with shifting global and local dynamics. To foster such reflection, this conference invites contributions that critically examine how migration intersects with key sites of inequality, contestation, and change.  

The conference will be structured around six thematic streams, each offering space to revisit critical debates and move forward in dialogue with ongoing societal transformations:  

1.      Ethnoracial inequalities in education;

2.      Health at the intersections: migration, race, and inequality;

3.      Multilingual borders of migration;

4.      Entanglements of religion, race, and migration;

5.      Rethinking borders, solidarity, and migration law;

6.      Decolonial approaches to migration studies, narratives, and practices.

The full conference abstract is attached below; practical information can be found online. 

Call for Contributions: Looking Back, Moving Forward - Migration Studies in Times of Societal Transformation