Migration governance for, of and against crisis - Professor Andrew Geddes

Описание: This CPC-CG Webinar took place on Thursday 28 March 2024 at 13:00 UK Time. Professor Andrew Geddes of the European University Institute gave a presentation entitled, "Migration governance for, of and against crisis".

Title: Migration governance for, of and against crisis

Abstract: It's well known that there are real and pressing global challenges that could lead to the breakdown of natural and social systems - sometimes referred to as a 'polycrisis' - but does migration belong within this crisis thinking? Clearly, crisis thinking has become normalised in European migration governance and is projected into neighbouring countries and regions through these mutations. Political actors mobilise for crisis and an intellectual agenda supports mutations that catastrophise migration. Links between migration and climate change often seen as emblematic of polycrisis but conceptual flaws amplify the systemic breakdowns against which these ideas ostensibly warn. Extracting migration from this crisis thinking can illustrate how migration can be part of a solution to the deep-seated problems in social and natural systems that various notions of crisis claim to address.

Speaker: Professor Andrew Geddes is a Professor of Migration Studies at the European University Institute, and Director of the Migration Policy Centre. During his career, he has led and participated in a number of major projects on aspects of international migration working with a wide range of academic and non-academic partners. Prior to joining EUI he was a Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK where he served as Head of Department between 2008 and 2011.


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