Migration and Mobility in 2050 | nccr – on the move https://nccr-blog.flake.work Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 The World of Cities https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-world-of-cities/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-world-of-cities/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:30:33 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6632 In 2050, everything is ready for the world of cities. Nation-states are defunct, borders abolished, passports destroyed, and people are nervous: will the world of cities hold its promises? Will the way we move and dwell finally mean the same for everyone? While the world is holding its breath, a

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-world-of-cities/feed/ 0 Drawing Lessons from COVID-19 to Migration Management https://nccr-blog.flake.work/drawing-lessons-from-covid-19-to-migration-management/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/drawing-lessons-from-covid-19-to-migration-management/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:30:18 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6604 Migration is not only a constant of human society but has also greatly contributed to its history. The development of non-restrictive and inclusive migration policies has consistently proven a challenge to many governments. But what lessons could be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic to improve migration management? In a famous

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/drawing-lessons-from-covid-19-to-migration-management/feed/ 1 A Day in a Marketplace in 2050 https://nccr-blog.flake.work/a-day-in-a-marketplace-in-2050/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/a-day-in-a-marketplace-in-2050/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:30:32 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6606 Marketplaces, as basic spaces of exchange in cities, shed light on the multiple everyday mobilities and connections necessary to sustain our living standards. How will our lives look like? Will people manage to avert climate change and distribute resources equally across the planet?  25th of Mai 2050, 2.30 pm At

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/a-day-in-a-marketplace-in-2050/feed/ 0 The Next Stop https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-next-stop/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-next-stop/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:15:05 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6591 In 2050, how will we see our past mobility amid a climate disaster? One day, the tragic consequences of climate change may make us wonder about our past mobility, which seemed limitless. When the natural laws hit back, Northern Europe might become more of an El-Dorado than the Bahamas are

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-next-stop/feed/ 0 Don’t Expect Too Much of 2050 https://nccr-blog.flake.work/dont-expect-too-much-of-2050/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/dont-expect-too-much-of-2050/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:40:23 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6488 It is human nature to imagine a future much different from the present, but the excess of this trait can also easily lead us astray. And while we may indeed reappraise the current mobilities and immobilities against the backdrop of climate change, we should be careful not to raise our

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/dont-expect-too-much-of-2050/feed/ 0 The Future of My Dreams – The Future of My Nightmares https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-future-of-my-dreams-the-future-of-my-nightmares/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-future-of-my-dreams-the-future-of-my-nightmares/#respond Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:30:38 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6486 What will 2050 look like? Two imaginary scenarios make us contemplate the challenges of our time from a different angle, and assist us in reflecting on the future impact of current societal decisions. The way we will consider human movement in 2050 depends very much on how 2050 will look

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/the-future-of-my-dreams-the-future-of-my-nightmares/feed/ 0 Immobilia https://nccr-blog.flake.work/immobilia/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/immobilia/#respond Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:30:14 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6434 This is a repost of a blog that has first been published in the COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum on 15 May 2020.  No-one quite imagined it would turn out this way: a world segregated between Isolationists and Openers. But they were not divided by nation state borders – one

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]]> https://nccr-blog.flake.work/immobilia/feed/ 0 What Forms of Migration and Mobility Will We Condemn in 2050? https://nccr-blog.flake.work/what-forms-of-migration-and-mobility-will-we-condemn-in-2050/ https://nccr-blog.flake.work/what-forms-of-migration-and-mobility-will-we-condemn-in-2050/#respond Thu, 19 Nov 2020 08:30:57 +0000 https://blog.nccr-onthemove.ch/?p=6441 Some of the ways we practice and regulate human movement today may be fundamentally reassessed in the future. The Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing travel restrictions, and the social experience of being in lockdown may trigger or accelerate a profound transformation in how we perceive human movement and its social impact,

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