CfA: International summer school “Environmental Changes and Migration”
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Environmental Changes and Migration
Liège (Belgium), 7-12 September 2023
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Following the success of the first edition in 2018, we are pleased to announce that the second edition of our Summer School on Environmental Changes and Migration will take place between the 7th and the 12th of September 2023 in Liège, Belgium.
This year’s edition is organized in the framework of the ACRONYM project. ACRONYM – Advancing Cooperation on Migration and Asylum – is a joint project supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe funding programme, which brings together three European partners: the Institute for Central Europe (Slovakia), the University of Liège (Belgium), and the University Paris Cité (France).
Summer School Theme:
Environmental Changes and Migration in the Global Research Agenda
According to the latest IDMC report on internal displacement, 32,6 million new internal displacements associated with disasters were recorded in 2022 across 151 countries and territories, more than half of new internal displacements worldwide. Beyond the issue of accessibility of figures related to environmental changes and migration – both across and within borders – lies another conceptual challenge. Indeed, despite increasing empirical evidence of the environmental nature of many drivers of migration and increasing awareness of the human impacts of climate change, the place of ‘environmental migration’ within the global research agenda remains at a crossroads.
Twelve years after the landmark Foresight report, and as the impacts of climate change intensify, what are the key challenges for academic scholarship and policy-making on this issue? What are the key research questions that should be tackled in the coming years?
This Summer School will seek to provide practical answers to this question through a highly stimulating and interactive programme, featuring many of the key experts and practitioners in the field.
Key features of the programme:
• Keynote addresses by leading experts in the field
• Workshops with practitioners
• Opportunities to present and get feedback on your research
• Mentoring sessions, with career and publications advices
• Social and cultural activities
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