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The call for papers for the upcoming conference ‘Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective’ (jointly convened by the EUI’s Migration Policy Centre and the Global Citizenship Observatory) is now open. The two-day event will take place on 8-9 May 2025 at the European University Institute in Florence and it will bring insight from a variety of disciplinary, methodological, and empirical perspectives to promote a synergetic reflection on key issues in the study of international migration and citizenship, including the main intellectual, analytical, and methodological challenges across the two interconnected fields of research.
Scholars, researchers, and practitioners from diverse disciplines are invited to participate and submit a paper proposal by 6 January 2025.
The conference will explore how international migration and citizenship regimes can be powerful sources of economic growth, societal change, and human development. At the same time, citizenship and migration often drive political divisions or contest knowledge and expertise of and about migration and citizenship. This duality contributes to an uneasy relationship between openness and closure in migration and citizenship regimes, the sources and effects of political contestation, and the contentious politics of knowledge of and about international migration and citizenship. As such, it raises a plethora of questions, including: (1) the constitution and effects of boundary mechanisms, (2) categorisations and classifications systems that govern international migration and citizenship, (3) the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion governing key societal processes such as access to citizenship, employment and social rights, and (4) the role of expertise and knowledge in the contentious politics of migration and citizenship. These issues play out from the local/community to the international forums and require connections to be made across levels through multidisciplinary interactions. Participants are encouraged to submit contributions that propose methodological or conceptual innovations.
Timeline
Deadline for paper proposals: 6 January 2025.
Communication of accepted papers: 20 January 2025.
Deadline for submission of papers: 30 April 2025.
Fees and funding
There is no conference registration fee. Participants will be expected to fund their own travel and stay in Florence. A small number of bursaries are available to support attendance for early career scholars from low-income countries. Please indicate in your registration form if you would require support to attend the conference and provide a short justification.
Send your paper proposal at this link.