Abstract
DIMEast - DIVERSITY AND IMPACTS OF MIGRATION AT THE EU’S EASTERN BORDERS. Territorial Cohesion, Solidarity and Security as Global Challenges in the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership and the Russian Federation At the core of this research project lies the interdisciplinary investigation of global triggers and challenges of migration, through the lenses of recent developments in the EU and the regions at the EU’s Eastern borders (i.e., Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership, and the Russian Federation). This proposal aims to examine and disentangle the impacts of internal, external, and transit migration flows on the diverse political, ethnic, and cultural, gender, class, and religious communities in Europe, creating the ground for global strategies that could foster solidarity and dialogue among them in the face of recent and new challenges. By framing migration both as a contested site where borders and boundaries are constantly renegotiated and as a testing ground for national, international, and transnational solidarities within and beyond the EU, this project critically examines discourses, practices and policies of migration created by relevant institutional, political, and social actors in the wider Europe. Accordingly, this project will implement an analysis of various phenomena of migration, including e- and im-migration, migrants on the move, IDPs, and other forms of forced migration. The peculiar diversity of approaches and intrinsic dynamics of territorial development within the EU may be best explained by looking at its ‘shifting borders’. The Eastern dimension of the “European Neighborhood Policy” revealed the fluid nature of the EU’s territory and geographical imaginary. As testified by the waves of enlargement in the 2000s, the EU’s Eastern borders are not fixed. Still, they are often subject to conflicting symbolic interpretations and complex regulatory regimes. By looking comparatively at the changes occurring on both internal and external sides of the contested EU’s Eastern borders, on the one hand, we will frame the EU’s Eastern neighbouring regions as territories anticipating what could be further challenges and opportunities for the EU in the near future. On the other hand, by investigating the new challenges for solidarity and security brought by recent migration dynamics, we will better understand the novelty of social and political dynamics occurring at the EU’s Eastern borders from a global perspective. The expertise of the project team in area studies, and in particular the researchers’ knowledge of national languages and historical background of the countries within the project's scope, will guarantee access to primary sources and consideration of long-term perspectives. Here, the added value of adopting tools from both political science and ethnographic research will allow us to capture the complexity of global and local interpretations of concepts such as mobility, borders, and solidarity, and at the same time to observe the concrete practices through which people relate to these issues in their daily life.
Dettagli del progetto
Responsabile scientifico: Francesco Privitera
Strutture Unibo coinvolte:
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Coordinatore:
Università Cà Foscari di VENEZIA(Italy)
Contributo totale di progetto: Euro (EUR) 212.415,00
Contributo totale Unibo: Euro (EUR) 109.705,00
Durata del progetto in mesi: 24
Data di inizio
28/09/2023
Data di fine:
15/01/2026
