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Inaugural Refugee and Migration Network Meeting

• 27 May 2025
• 10am-4pm
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About this event

The Inaugural Refugee and Migration Network meeting aims to encourage debates between researchers of different schools, disciplines and career stages, including researchers from at-risk backgrounds. It aims to identify cross-cutting themes in research to lay the ground for future collaborations. It is linked to º£½ÇÉçÇø University's plan to become a University of Sanctuary and will be an opportunity to raise awareness of the work of LUSARG (º£½ÇÉçÇø University for Students and Academics at Risk Group) and to discuss how researchers can contribute to it in the future.

Aims

• Mapping of existing research on refugees, asylum seekers and displacement at º£½ÇÉçÇø University; creating a data base of researchers
• Connecting researchers from both campuses including researchers at risk we currently host, across different disciplines and career stages; identifying cross-cutting themes laying the ground for future research collaborations
• Awareness raising for LUSARG, researchers may also contribute/ advise LUSARG in the future, part of LU’s application to become a university of Sanctuary.

Programme

• 10am-10.30am: Arrivals and refreshments
• 10.30am-11am: Introductions from Rachel Thompson and Malcolm Cook
• 11am-11.45am: Keynote Lecture I - Camilo Boano, Professor of Urban Design and Critical Theory, UCL
• 11.45am-12.30pm: Keynote Lecture II - Sara de Jong, Professor of Politics and International Relations, York
• 12.30pm-1.25pm: Lunch
• 1.15pm-2.15pm: Roundtable - ‘Interdisciplinary perspectives on research on refugees and displacement’ with Ksenia Chmutina, Azmeary Ferdoush, Ksenija Kuzmina, Anastasiya Pshenychnykh, Michelle Richey and Robyn Smith, chaired by Alena Pfoser
• 2.15pm-2.30pm: Coffee break
• 2.30pm-3.30pm: Networking
• 3.30pm-4pm: Concluding discussion and next steps