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Have We Forgotten Our Urban Essential Workers?

Florence Testorelli — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:21:23 +0000

Urban essential workers are employed in key sectors, providing essential services such as public transport, cleaning, childcare and access to food. Five years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shed light on these mostly invisible workers. However, low wages, poor working conditions and low social recognition still characterize their daily work. Despite

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The Rising Popularity of Populist Radical Right Parties in the EU: Five Case Studies From Southern and Northern Europe

Anna Marino — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:20:34 +0000

Populism has been defined as one of the key threats to democracy since the early 2000s making experts increasingly concerned. Populist Radical Right (PRR) parties have been gaining influence in the European Union, even in member states once considered immune to their popularity. By examining the characteristics of these PRR

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Amidst Climate-Induced (Im)Mobility: Field Insights from Jyotirmath, India

Tulika Bourai — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:30:11 +0000

As climate disasters intensify in India, little is known about its effects on internal migration in regions like the Himalayas. In Jyotirmath, Uttarakhand, known as India’s “sinking town,” many people choose to stay despite ongoing disasters. Their decisions are shaped by deep cultural ties, economic struggles, and environmental pressures that

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(Im)Mobility Regimes in Times of Crisis: Concluding Remarks

Livia Tomás — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:02 +0000

Recent crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have reshaped how people can move – or are held back – revealing deep inequalities. In these moments, “(im)mobility regimes” are renegotiated, exposing the power structures and actors involved. By exploring changes in (im)mobility regimes in times of crises

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Des limites (im)perceptibles : l'(im)mobilité pendant la pandémie

Livia Tomás — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:30:48 +0000

L’accord sur la libre circulation des personnes entre la Suisse et l’UE est entré en vigueur en juin 2002. Depuis, les Suisse·sse·s et les citoyen·ne·s de l’UE économiquement actif·ve·s peuvent se déplacer librement entre les frontières nationales. Lorsque la pandémie COVID-19 a éclaté, ces frontières ont été fermées pour la

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(Un)merkliche Grenzen: (Im)Mobilität während der Pandemie

Livia Tomás — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:30:16 +0000

Im Juni 2002 trat das Freizügigkeitsabkommen zwischen der Schweiz und der EU in Kraft. Seither können sich wirtschaftlich aktive Schweizer*innen und EU-Bürger*innen frei zwischen nationalstaatlichen Grenzen bewegen. Als die COVID-19 Pandemie im März 2020 ausbrach, wurden diese Grenzen zum ersten Mal nach 18 Jahren geschlossen und damit wieder sicht- und

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Krisen und Migrationspolitisierung: Kontext ist Trumpf

Marco Bitschnau — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:30:06 +0000

Welchen Einfluss haben Krisen auf die Politisierung von Migration? Dieser Frage sind wir mit Leslie Ader und Didier Ruedin in einem jüngst erschienenen Artikel nachgegangen, in dem wir sogenannte ‘claims’ – Einzelaussagen und Interviewäusserungen aber auch Abstimmungen oder Proteste – untersucht haben, über die in grossen Schweizer Printmedien berichtet wurde.

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