GRITIM's Research Lab Sessions are organised periodically during the year. They are intended to be a forum to discuss new research, projects or current work in progress in a comfortable and enriching learning environment. These sessions are open to post-docs, senior researchers and PhD students. The sessions are composed usually of two presentations, with approximately 20min for the presentation and 40min of discussion for each. 

2023

October 24th, 2023

Time: 10:00-12:00

Place: UPF


"Decolonial Care for a ‘Third World Woman’: White female aid workers moving past tokenistic approaches in service for women in forced displacement" by Nena Papavero (Mocnik), Maria Skłodowska Curie EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Fellow, GRITIM-UPF Barcelona and CY Cergy Paris


"Political Participation of Immigrants Across Europe: A comparative analysis" by Zeynep Mentesoglu Tardivo, PhD Candidate at LUISS University

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June 20th, 2023

Time: 11:00- 13:00

Place: UPF

"The subalternisation of Romani mothers in feminist social work: Lessons from the Reproductive Justice movement" by Dr. Sarah Werner Boada, Marie Skłodowska–Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Warwick

"Fostering Social Cohesion in Public Sphere: How to make an intercultural place for Maghrebi immigrants in Barcelona amidst Moorphobia" by Cristina Rodríguez-Reche, Post-doctoral researcher at GRITIM-UPF

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May 3rd, 2023

Time: 11:00-13:00

Place: UPF

"Duty to care and solidarity: counter-hegemonic civic acts in authoritarian and xenophobic contexts" by Violetta Zentai, associate professor at Central European University, Vienna-Budapest, Visiting Scholar at GRITIM-UPF 

"Urban Intercultural Governance: the Chinese question. Case Studies of Barcelona and Amsterdam" by Diletta Marcucci, PhD candidate at UPF, research assistant at GRITIM-UPF, and doctoral researcher of BROAD-ER.

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March 15th, 2023

Time: 11:00-13:00

Place: UPF

"Displaced and Dispersed: Migration of Women’s Rights Activists from the Arab Middle East and North Africa (MENA)" by Carmen Geha, Maria Zambrano scholar at UPF

"Mental Health, Time, and Loved Ones: Measuring the Quality of Life of People with a Migration Background in Barcelona" by Eva Fortes, ”la Caixa” Foundation fellow at IBEI, PhD candidate at UPF 

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2022

December 1st, 2022

Time: 12:00-14:00

Place: UPF

"Can too ethical be unethical? Conducting field research with vulnerable groups between bureaucratic regulations and scientific innovation" by Nena Mocnik, Maria Skłodowska Curie EUTOPIA-SIF COFUND Postdoctoral Fellow

"The nexus of migration policy building process and public accountability: A comparative analysis between Turkey and Spain as a multi-layered case study" by Evrim Çınar, visiting PhD fellow from Yeditepe University, Turkey

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October 27th, 2022

Time: 10:00-12:00

Place: UPF

"Mobility/immobility in the Mediterranean: challenges to Euro-Mediterranean cooperation via mobility partnerships" by Stefania Panebianco (visiting scholar, Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Catania and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Mediterranean External Action)

"Perspectives of immigrant families and secondary school teachers. Towards an intercultural education that promotes the educational success of immigrant students" by Mario León (visiting PhD fellow, Universidad de Sevilla)

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June 3d, 2022

Time: 15:00-17:00

Place: UPF

"Beyond Integration: Determining the Quality of Life of People with a Migration Background in Barcelona Using the Capabilities Approach" by Eva Fortes (PhD Candidate, Department of Political and Social Sciences, UPF)

"Enfranchising Migrants in Chile: A Century of Politics, Elites, and Regime Changes" by Dr. Victoria Finn, Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute

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2021

October 20th, 2021

Time: 12:30-14:00

Place: UPF - Mercè Rodoreda, 24.202

“Local Migration Policy - Governance Structures and Policy Output in Swedish Municipalities” by Gustav Lidén (visiting scholar from Mid Sweden University, Sweden)

“Understanding the Individual Impact of Barcelona’s Local Reception and Integration Policies” by Jenna Mazza (visiting Fulbright Scholar from the United States)

See program

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February 4th, 2021

Time: 10:00 - 11:00

Online Session through Zoom 

"Reflections on the Stakes and Challenges of African Immigration in the Mediterranean"  by Boubacar Diawara

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January 14, 2020

Time: 12:00-14:00

Online Session through Zoom

"Migration practices in the EU Mediterranean periphery" by Stefania Panebianco, (Jean Monnet Chair EUMedEA).

"Syrian youths' future aspiration with holding Turkish citizenship: Move on from Turkey or stay in Turkey?" by Begüm Dereli (GRITIM-UPF).

See program

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2020

December 3, 2020

Time: 12:00-14:00

Online Session through Zoom

"Racialisation or Aporophobia? Intersecting Discriminations in the Experiences of Non-Western Migrants and Spanish Roma" by Zenia Hellgren (GRITIM-UPF) and Lorenzo Gabrielli (GRITIM-UPF).

"Interventions in the Case of Drought-Induced Migration" by Mohsen Manouchehri (GRITIM-UPF).

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November 19, 2020 

Time: 12:00-14:00

Online Session through Zoom

"Welcoming migrants and refugees in the city: hospitality policies and practices at the local level. Comparing Paris and Barcelona" by Louise Hombert

"The right to access asylum in the European Union. The impact of Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (CFR) on the access to a territory and a procedure" by Maéva Despaux

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October 30, 2020

Time: 12:00-14:00

Online Session through Zoom

Iván Martín, Lorenzo Gabrielli and Paulo Leotti are involved in or plan to be involved in different research and evaluation activities connected to migration in and from Africa. In the framework of this session, they will briefly and informally present those activities and discuss possibilities for cooperation and eventual GRITIM-wide activities in this field of research, including involvement in research projects, cooperation with other African or Africa-focused research centers, public presentations, and other opportunities that may arise.

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May 14, 2020

Time: 11:00-13:00

Online Session through Zoom

"Coping with Mediterranean Migration Governance at Another Spatial Scale: Exploring New Research Paths around Regional Cities in the Mediterranean Village" by Ricard Zapata-Barrero (GRITIM-UPF)

"The Impacts of the EU External Migration Policies on the Democratization of Countries in the Southern Mediterranean Neighbourhood: Morocco as a Case Study" by Luisa Faustini Torres (GRITIM-UPF)

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April 30, 2020

Time: 17:00-19:00

Online Session through Zoom

"Between the Camps and the Sea: The Dual Impact of Climate Change and Rohingya Refugee Humanitarian Aid Policies on Bangladeshi Host Communities" by Yasmin Ali Khan (University of Toronto, Canada; Visiting Ph.D. Candidate at GRITIM-UPF)

"Gendered Nature of Syrian Refugee Youths’ Integration Experiences in Higher Education" by Begum Dereli (GRITIM-UPF)

"Moroccan Second Generation Entrepreneurs in Catalonia: At the Interplay of New Diaspora Policies" by Zouhair El-Hairan (GRITIM-UPF)

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January 30, 2020

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Religious Ways of Channelling Social Discontent in Stigmatized Neighbourhoods" by Martin Lundsteen (GRITIM-UPF)

"Building Pro-Refugee Solidarity in Barcelona: Revisiting Multi-Stakeholder Approach" by Gulce Safak Ozdemir (GRITIM-UPF)

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2019

December 05, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24.400

"The Challenge of Democracy and Multicultural Citizenship in Argentina" by Damian Canton (Universidad Siglo 21, Argentina; Visiting Postdoc Researcher at GRITIM-UPF)

"Assembling Borders, Territory and Human Rights in Migration Management Strategies" by Martino Reviglio (Università degli Studi di Torino; Visiting Ph.D. Candidate at GRITIM-UPF)

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November 19, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24.400

"Deconstructing the Spanish Citizenship Test" by Kamran Khan (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)

GRITIM-UPF Ph.D. Roundtable

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October 14, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24.102

"Human Mobility and the Dynamics of Mosquito-borne Disease" by John Palmer (GRITIM-UPF)

"Settled, Stuck or Moving on: Decision Making Process of Refugees in Turkey and the EU-Turkey Deal" by Sevda Tunaboylu (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

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June 17, 2019

Time: 11:00-12:30

Room: 24:400

"Mediterranean Migration Cities: Looking at a new research agenda" by Ricard Zapata-Barrero (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstract

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May 16, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Accepting Return: The case of the EU-Turkey statement" by Sevda Tunaboylu (GRITIM-UPF)

"Integration of Syrian Youths in Turkish Higher Education: Turkish policy progress" by Begum Dereli (GRITIM-UPF)

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March 14, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"History and Theory of the Formation of Open Migration Regimes" by Emmanuel Comte (Vienna School of International Studies)

"Family-School Relations and Trust in an Intercultural Context" by Mina Prokic (GRITIM-UPF)

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January 17, 2019

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"'Why don't you bring them to your house?' A qualitative research on refugees' domestic reception" by Mackda Ghebremariam Tesfau (University of Padova)

"From intercultural discourse to de facto representation? The role of the ethnic majority in integration processes" by Zenia Hellgren (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

 

2018

November 22, 2018

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Citizenship and immigrant anti-rumour strategies: a critical outlook from the Barcelona case" by Xavier Casademont Falguera (University of Girona)

"Moroccan Second-Generation Entrepreneurs & Self-Employed in Catalonia: transnational dynamics and diaspora policies" by Zouhair El Hairan (GRITIM-UPF)

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October 18, 2018

Time: 10:00-12:00

Room: 24:400

"Confronting the mass detention of immigrant children in the United States" by John Palmer (GRITIM-UPF)

"Social Inclusion, Interculturalism and Public Space"  by İren Eylül Karaoğlu Tunç (GRITIM-UPF)

"Building Solidarity in Practice" by Gulce Safak Ozdemir (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

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May 24, 2018

Time: 13:00-15:00

Room: 24:200

"Migration & the Transnationalization of Social Protection" by Jean-Michel Lafleur (University of Liège)

"Keeping  Policy  and  Politics  Apart: Integration  Policies  in  Europe  and  the Politics of Citizenship in Spain and Italy" by Francesco Pasetti (GRITIM-UPF)

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January 25, 2018

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Yellow Peril, Model Minority, Honorary White, Perpetual Foreigner, Tiger Nation: Chinese in America, Global China and the United States" by Evelyn Hu-DeHart (Brown University)

 

"Gendered Dimensions of Educational Experience: Case study of young Syrian refugee women in Turkey" by Begüm Dereli (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts.

 

2017

December 14, 2017

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Redundancy and the Great Depression in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona: Philanthropic records as a new source for the study of poverty" by Juan Galeano (Center for Demographic Studies- UAB)

"Decision making in transit: the EU-Turkey deal" by Sevda Tunaboylu (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

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October 19, 2017

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"The 'balloon effect' in the Mediterranean. A proposal for a new analytical framework to understand interactions between migratory flows and the external dimension of European migration policies." by Lorenzo Gabrielli (GRITIM-UPF)

"Immigrants and native citizens in schools: addressing ethnic prejudice and trust formation" by Mina Prokic (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

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May 23, 2017

Time: 12:00-14:00

Room 24.400

"Political mobilization towards home: A cross-movement and cross-context comparison of Catalan and Spanish emigrants" by Evren Yalaz (GRITIM-UPF), Eva Østergaard-Nielsen (UAB), Seda Aydin (UAB), and Joan Coma i Roura (UAB)

"The Politics of Integration of Moroccan Immigrants in Spain, 1985-2014" by Gatha Nautiyal (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

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April 6, 2017

Time: 13:00-14:00

Room: 24:400

"Explaining Sub-State Educational Responses to Immigration: an International Comparison of Catalonia, Quebec and Wales" by Catrin Wyn Edwards – Aberystwyth University

See the abstract

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January 23, 2017

Time: 13.00-14.00

Room 24.400

"Return Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Transnational Migrants as Agents of Development?" by Zenia Hellgren (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstract

 

2016

29th, November

Time: 12.00-14.00

Room: 20.137, Ed. Jaume I

Labour Market Integration of Refugees: What Do We Know (and How to Learn More)? A Presentation of the Study “From Refugees to Workers” by Iván Martín (Migration Policy Centre/ European University Institute, GRITIM-UPF) and Albert F. Arcarons (Migration Policy Centre/European University Institute)

"Research project: Understanding SNRP discourses on immigration" by Nuria Franco-Guillen (GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

18th, October

Time: 12.00-14.00
Room: 24.023, Mercé Rodoreda building, UPF Campus Ciutadella

The interrelationship between collective ownership and collective identification: an unexplored aspect of ethnic conflict

By Anna Kyriazi (GRITIM-UPF Visiting doctoral researcher from the European University Institute, Florence)

 

Philosophy of Integration and the Politics of Citizenship in Spain

By Francesco Pasetti (doctoral candidate at GRITIM-UPF)

See the abstracts

 

March 22nd

Attitudes towards Immigrants by the Native Population and Trust in the Local Welfare State Institutions (Case Study: Barcelona) 

By Mina Prokic (GRITIM-UPF PhD candidate)

 

The impacts of EU external migration policies on democracy development in North Africa: a case-study in Morocco

By Luisa Faustini (GRITIM-UPF PhD candidate)

See the abstracts

2015

10th, February:

 "Old" Natives and "New" Immigrants: Against Territory and History as Kymlicka's Criteria for Granting Group-Rights

By Darian Heim (GRITIM-UPF PhD candidate)

 

Migration Policies in Argentina Two Points of View: Institutions and Immigrants

By Lucila Nejamkis (GRITIM-UPF Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher)

See the abstracts 

 

9th, June:

Immigrants' perceptions on integration in two institutional frameworks, Sweden and Spain

By Zenia Hellgren, (GRITIM-UPF Visiting post-doctoral researcher)

 

The recurrence of the "border crisis" in the Spanish case: strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Canary Islands ... back and forth 

By Lorenzo Gabrielli (GRITIM-UPF Post-doctoral researcher)

See the abstracts 

 

17th, November:

Political parties and immigrant associations: Alliances in the presence of politicized immigration conflicts at the local level

By Juan Carlos Triviño Salazar (GRITIM-UPF PhD Candidate)

 

Minority Nations, Political Parties and Immigration

By Nuria Franco Guillén (GRITIM-UPF PhD Candidate)

See the abstracts

 

2014

20th, April:

How Institutional Contexts Matter. Experiences of Precariousness and Capability among Migrant Domestic Workers in Stockholm and Barcelona

by Zenia Hellgren (Visiting postdoctoral Researcher at GRITIM)

and

Strategic combats in the policy field of inner-European mobility from Spain

by Christiane Heimann (Visiting PhD student, University of Bamberg - BAGSS)

See the abstracts

 

31st October:

Individualization of Muslim Religious Practices: Contextual Creativity of Second-generation Moroccans in Spain

by Mohammed el Bachouti (GRITIM-UPF PhD candidate)

Worker Recruitment under the Spain-Ecuador Bilateral Labor Agreement

by Mariana Minaya (Fulbright visiting researcher)

See the abstracts

 

2013                      

9th,  December:

A citizenship-framework for comparing local immigrant integration policies

by Dirk Gebhardt (Marie Curie Researcher in the Department of Political and Social Science and GRITIM member)

and

Migration, identity change, and justice - is there a right to identity & belonging for settled immigrants?  

by Darian Heim (PhD candidate in the Department of Law and GRITIM member)

See the abstracts