GRITIM-UPF Research Lab sessions
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.
2026
May 7th, 2026
Time: 09:30-11:30
Place: UPF
"Policy Learning in Local Migration Governance: A Comparative Study of Fuenlabrada (Spain) and Ghent (Belgium)" by Juliana Fornasier, PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
"Travelling policies: the “good practice” of the One-Stop-Shops for migrants" by Dirk Gebhardt, associated lecturer at UPF and a member of GRITIM-UPF
"Young refugees and the field of education in Germany: A multi-level analysis" by Zeynep Aydar, PhD candidate at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany and visiting researcher in GRITIM-UPF
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March 5th, 2026
Time: 13:30-15:30
Place: UPF
"Bordering from the Margins: Bureaucratic and Discursive Migration Governance in Small and Medium-Sized Towns in Catalonia” by Louise Hantson, PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
“Urban Intercultural Governance as a Lens for Exploring Intercultural Participation in Cultural Festivals. Case studies from Barcelona and Amsterdam” by Diletta Marcucci, PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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January 15th, 2026
Time: 13:30-13:50
Place: UPF
"Complex Interplay of Migration Patterns at the Edge of the EU: transformations from local to global dynamics" by Simona Zavratnik, associate professor of sociology and researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences - University of Ljubljana
“The European Pact on Migration and Asylum and the Subjective ‘Right to Asylum'" by Maeva Déspaux, PhD graduate in public law and researcher at GRITIM – University Pompeu Fabra
2025
November 13th, 2025
Time: 09:30-11:30
Place: UPF
“Protecting the Family? Queer Family Reunification in the EU Asylum Process” by Jacqueline Michelle Schwellensattel, PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
“Informing migrants, governing mobility: the politics of knowledge in public information campaigns on irregular migration” by Gaetano Giancaspro, PhD Candidate at University of Bologna
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May 23rd, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:00
Place: UPF
“An immigrant neighborhood formation in Le Grand Tunis: Bhar Lazreg as a case study” by Rim Triki, Associate professor at the Institut Supérieur des Sciences Humaines de Tunis (Université de Tunis El Manar)
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January 29th, 2025
Time: 11:00-13:00
Place: UPF
"Migration Governance under the Right-Wing Populism: The Case of Istanbul Municipality" by Gülşen Doğan, PhD candidate, Political Science and International Relations, Koç University, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc)
"Participatory Concept Calibration: How Quantitative Framing Can Help Elucidate Richer Data in Qualitative Interviews" by Eva Fortes, PhD candidate, Project Arc; GRITIM-UPF
This Research Lab session is co-organised by GRITIM-UPF and BROAD-ER
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January 15th, 2025
Time: 11:00-13:00
Place: UPF
"Narrating Crises of Europe’s Southernmost Borderscapes: the Case of Melilla and Lampedusa" by Anna Marino, PhD candidate at Université de Neuchâtel
"From the border spectacle to the pornography of border violence (necropolitics at borders): the representation of a contemporary State ritual?" by Lorenzo Gabrielli, Senior Researcher at GRITIM-UPF
2024
November 12th, 2024
Time: 9:00-11:00
Place: UPF
"Navigating Urban Migration Governance: Local Actors and International Networks in Istanbul" by Pelin Kılınçarslan, PhD, MiReKoc (Migration Research Center at Koç University) & Birce Altıok, PhD, MiReKoc (Migration Research Center at Koç University)
"Urban Resilience and the Governance of Syrian Refugees in Turkish Cities: ideal-type construction and theoretical development" by Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Full Professor, University of Pompeu-Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), GRITIM-UPF Director
This Research Lab session is co-organised by GRITIM-UPF and BROAD-ER
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May 22nd, 2024
Time: 11:00-13:00
Place: UPF
"Exploring Migrant Integration through Social Entrepreneurship: a Case Study from Italy" by Anna Facchetti, PhD candidate at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Fondazione Ismu ETS
"Rethinking Integration: The Capabilities Approach in Migration Studies" by Eva Fortes, PhD candidate at GRITIM-UPF and IBEI
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March 15th, 2024
Time: 10:00-12:00
Place: UPF
"Moving, Belonging, and Participating: Psycho-Social Geography of Village Metamorphoses and the Right to the Village. The Case of the Global Village of Lagrasse (Aude, France)" by Josepha Milazzo, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geography at LISA, University of Corsica
"Oportunitat500: A decentralized model for hosting migrants and refugees in rural Catalonia" by Josep Oriol, Lopez-Plana, Project manager at the Associació de Micropobles de Catalunya
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)
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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).
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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)
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)
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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)
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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)
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)
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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)
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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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Strategic combats in the policy field of inner-European mobility from Spain
by Christiane Heimann (Visiting PhD student, University of Bamberg - BAGSS)
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)
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)