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The (Im)Mobility Turn and the COVID‐19 Pandemic

David Cairns — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:53:05 +0000

The COVID‐19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, but not all mobility stopped. Despite restrictions reducing tourism and other forms of movement, some people, including migrant workers in agriculture, continued to travel out of necessity. However, since societies reopened, non-essential mobility has bounced back without controversy, while

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Legal Perspectives on Im/mobility Regimes in Times of Crises

Stefanie Kurt — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:30:40 +0000

When crises strike, the ability to move, or to be forced to stay, often comes down to legal status. Whether it is lockdowns during the pandemic, or the special protection offered to Ukrainian refugees, laws regulate who gets to cross borders, who has to stay in place, and under what

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Mobility and Immobility in International Migration Trajectories

Ibrahim Soysüren — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:47:33 +0000

The definition of migration has been subject to long conceptual discussions throughout history. Studies that investigate human migrations crossing national borders have failed to adequately account for the notion of mobility. One of the central objectives of the nccr – on the move is to explore the interconnectedness of migration

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COVID-19 and Key Workers at the Intersections of Inequalities and Everyday Mobilities

Eloise Thompson — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:00:46 +0000

This blog takes a closer look at the category of key workers as a method to govern mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. This category revealed and emphasized the ways in which mobility intersects with inequalities. Yet, while these inequalities were made visible at an extraordinary time, the pandemic was not

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Care at the Intersection of Mobility and Gender/Sexuality Regimes: Past Legacies

Janine Dahinden — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:17:37 +0000

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, problematic past legacies emerged from the intersection of mobility and gender/sexuality regimes. By diving into these continuities, I examine two compelling case studies – domestic caregivers and sex workers. These cases allow me to study how a global, but also a national, crisis of care emerged

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Comment les urgences de santé publique précédentes peuvent-elles nous aider à comprendre les restrictions de voyage liées au COVID-19 ?

Jelena Dzankic — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:00:35 +0000

Avant même le début de la pandémie de COVID-19, les recherches sur les restrictions à la mobilité dans le contexte des urgences de santé publique avaient déjà mis en évidence quelques informations clés. Nous savons, par exemple, que les restrictions de voyage sont motivées par des considérations épidémiologiques, diplomatiques et

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How Can Previous Public Health Emergencies Help Us Understand the COVID-19 Travel Restrictions?

Jelena Dzankic — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 13:37:10 +0000

Even before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, research on restrictions to mobility in the context of public health emergencies had already highlighted a few key insights. We know, for example, that travel restrictions are driven by epidemiological, diplomatic and economic considerations; they cause major disruptions; and different communities use

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COVID-19 et migration interne : Leçons de l’expérience indienne

Pranav Kuttaiah — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:30:38 +0000

Alors que les discours sur la migration se concentrent souvent sur les frontières internationales et les réfugié·e·s, la première vague de la pandémie de COVID-19 a mis en lumière la migration interne. C’est ce qui s’est passé en Inde, où le statut en matière de logement et d’emploi, la caste,

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COVID-19 and Internal Migration: Lessons from India

Pranav Kuttaiah — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:30:40 +0000

While the discourse on migration often focuses mainly on international borders and refugees, the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic brought internal migration to the fore. Such was the case in India where housing and employment status, caste, religion, gender and ethnicity seemed to dictate how city residents chose to

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(Im)Mobility During Retirement Years: Family as the Main Motivation?

Livia Tomás — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:31:31 +0000

Retirement is a key moment in the life course, and for many people, it is a time to think about relocation. Two ongoing qualitative research projects study the (im)mobility patterns of retirees, who moved to Portugal and Spain at the end of their working lives in Switzerland. In this post,

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