Exiled and separated search menu search content A multi-sited ethnography of separated refugee families The context of the research Family migration has been the dominant legal mode of entry in most Europe countries in the last four decades (OECD, 2017). While European states have increasingly limit…

Milena Belloni TT. asst. research professor Research Milena Belloni Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise I am a sociologist of migration with a particular expertise in ethnography, refugee studies and the Horn of Africa. I am currently working on a project a…

Exiled and separated search menu search content Exiled and separated Investigating the challenges of refugee families separated by borders Most European states allow refugees to access a facilitated procedure to reunify with their family members. Many studies, however, highlight how issues of timing…

Giovanni Penna doctoral scholarship holder Research Giovanni Penna Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Outsourcing family visa processes: the role of non-state actors in migration border management. 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026 Abstract The project investigates the effect…

Great Lakes of Africa Centre search menu search content 29 November 2022 from 12:30 until 14:00 (CET) Crossing borders, connecting families: return decision-making in South Sudanese transnational family networks Sarah Vancluysen In this seminar, Sarah Vancluysen presented her initial thoughts and pl…

Roos Derrix predoc researcher FWO Research Roos Derrix Research team Development processes, actors and policies The multi-levelled politics of national refugee policies: A case study of Uganda. 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Refugee policies in the Global South have increasingly become the focus o…

USOS search menu search content Migration Migrant or refugee: should climate change migrants have refugee status? Presentation Zickgraf In this debate, we will discuss the multi-causal relationship between climate change and (forced) migration. From different perspectives, terms such as ‘climate r…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Walkshop 4. Infrastructural Explorations: Embodied encounters with urban infrastructure W100 | FRIDAY 16 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Laura Henneke - Goldsmiths, University of London Louise Rondel - Goldsmiths, University of London This interactive and pa…

Gert Verschraegen professor Research Gert Verschraegen Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Expertise Research and policy advice on science-society interactions. Research and policy advice on cultural change and cultural diversity Theory of society Death Care: Buildin…

Tom De Herdt full professor Research Tom De Herdt Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise Provide policy supporting advice or expertise on economic or political issues in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa. Social Protection, Inequality & Inclusive Growth. 01/05/2023…

Network on Migration and Global Mobility search menu search content Team Coordinator: Milena Belloni Organisation and communication support: Imane Bendra Roos Derrix Giovanni Penna Irene Landini Research centres: GaP - Grammar and Pragmatics (University of Antwerp) CSB - Centre for Social Policy Her…

Kristof Titeca professor Research Kristof Titeca Research team Development processes, actors and policies Expertise I work on governance and conflict in Central and Eastern Africa, in particular around the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Within this context, I look at: - Political dynamics …

Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change search menu search content CRESC Projects Ongoing projects Impact Evaluation of Social Work as a Reflexive, Relational Practice of Co-Production of Knowledge through the use of a Program Theory. 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025 Abstract change gradually …

Institute of Development Policy Projects at IOB From UAntwerp research database Projects at IOB From UAntwerp research database Ongoing projects FWO Sabbatical Leave 2024-2025 (Prof. D. Cassimon). 15/09/2024 - 14/01/2025 Abstract The 4-month research sabbatical allows to embark in a co-authored rese…

Urban Studies Institute search menu search content Paper Sessions Preliminary Programme Overview Parallel Paper Sessions (pdf - 1618kb) 1. (Dis)Cohesion as sense of urbanity (Dis)cohesion as sense of urbanity PS001 | THURSDAY 15 JULY, 14:00-15:30 CEST Peter Dirksmeier – Leibniz Universität Hannov…