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The Politics of Free Movement: What Have We Learned?

Philipp Lutz — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:30:32 +0000

On this day, 25 years ago, Switzerland signed a bilateral agreement with the European Union to establish the free movement of persons. It is time to look back on how this issue has shaped Swiss politics thus far. The idea of the free movement of persons as reciprocal mobility rights

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Environment-Induced Mobilities: The Stories that the Field Tells

Mrittika Bhattacharya — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:30:45 +0000

In Sundarban, India, my conversation with a Bangladeshi woman challenged the common perceptions surrounding environment-induced mobilities, since she cited insufficient income as the primary reason behind moving with her family. This made me look beyond the “obvious” during a six-month exploration using Feminist Participatory Action Research, revealing the interplay between

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A Pacific Perspective on Climate-Related Migration

Sargam Goundar — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:30:23 +0000

Pacific Island countries have globally been at the forefront of research, media, and policy discussions on climate mobility. These island nations have been predominantly categorized as “climate migrant-sending countries” – particularly so in Europe, where media and Western scholarship have painted an overly simplistic picture in which “all Pacific Islands

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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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The Connections Between Governance of Human Movement and Governance of Breathing Air During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Francisco Klauser — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:30:06 +0000

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the act of breathing air became a central policy focus, tied to people’s ability to move. From wearing mandatory masks to navigating public spaces, the governance of breathing air became an essential part of the management of mobility. What will remain after COVID-19 from this increased

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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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Covid-19 and the Mediterranean Mobility Regime

Maurice Stierl — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 08:22:55 +0000

As Covid-19 emerged globally, the pandemic was seized as an opportunity to experiment with forms of hygienic-sanitary containment and deterrence, often targeting vulnerable mobile populations. While the virus did not “respect” borders, borders multiplied, both on land and at sea. Yet, despite varied attempts, the Mediterranean Sea could not be

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Towards a Novel Mobility Regime? The Legacies of the COVID-19 Pandemic Regarding the Governance of Human Movement

Christin Achermann — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:30:11 +0000

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, authorities deployed a myriad of “exceptional” measures that severely impacted the possibilities of human movement. States restricted, controlled and monitored people on the move at various social and spatial scales. The emerging “regime of (im)mobility” turned out to be highly differential and

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Comportements familiaux des populations étrangères en Suisse

Manon Trémouille — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:04:33 +0000

La Suisse, comme de nombreux pays industrialisés, fait face à une diminution progressive du nombre d’enfants au sein de la population possédant la nationalité Suisse, ce qui impacte sa structure démographique et accroît le vieillissement. A l’inverse, de par un nombre d’enfants moyen plus élevé, les femmes étrangères freinent ce

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Departure for the Promised Land? Unmet Expectations of Immigrants and Their Consequences

Andreas Genoni — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:03:24 +0000

The future looked bright when Jennifer moved to Switzerland for her new job over a year ago. And yet, here she was, sitting at the kitchen table, frustrated by the events of the past week, not getting the promotion she was promised, and no one turning up for her birthday

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