Seminar: Viden om migration og politik om migration

The need for action spurred by the current European migration crisis has given way to a plethora of new policy oriented studies as well as to basic research. In fact we already know a lot about the factors that mobilize or immobilize people, but sometimes there is little willingness – or even outright opposition – to take this knowledge into consideration. In other instances, further studies are needed to determine questions such as: What is the relationship between the number of refugees and the social cohesion in a given country? 

What is the relationship between different policies and the effects of these (e.g. stricter border enforcement versus humanitarianism)? What is the probability that particular policies will have unexpected and unintended consequences?

Time and again, numerous studies have shown that the nature, causes and consequences of migration and refugee movements are different from the assumptions guiding policy making and practice. At this DIIS migration seminar we take a sobering view on what we know about migration, what we lack further knowledge about and what we can do to make existing knowledge inform national and international policy making.

We have invited three scholars from disciplines as diverse as archaeology, sociology and geography to debate these issues and invite to an open public debate.

Speakers

• Anders Högberg, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University
• Priscilla Solano, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School, Lund University
• Jørgen Carling, Research Professor, The Peace Research Institute Oslo
• Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Research Coordinator, DIIS

Programme

14.00-14.10: Introduction to roundtable – Ninna Nyberg Sørensen

14.10-14.25: Beyond origin: new approaches for understanding heritage and plurality – Anders Högberg

14.25-14.40: Rescue versus rights? Transit migration and the politics of humanitarianism – Priscilla Solano

14.40-14.55: What should be the objectives of international policy on migration? – Jørgen Carling

14.55-15.05: Coffee break

15.05-16.00: Debate between roundtable participants and audience – Chair: Ninna Nyberg Sørensen

Practical information

The seminar will be in English and livestreamed on diis.dk.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form no later than Tuesday 31 October 2017 at 12.00 noon. Livestream does not require registration.

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