Workshop on the emotional aspects of border control and migration
On 7 and 8 October, a two-day workshop will be hosted by the Van Vollenhoven Institute in collaboration with the University of Oxford’s Border Criminologies network and the Social Citizenship & Migration assisted area. The theme of the workshop will be ‘Border policing, boundary creation and emotions’.
The workshop aligns with a research project led by Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law and Society, which is funded by an NWO SSH-Medium investment grant. Professor Van der Woude's research highlights the emotional aspects of working on the border and, more broadly, within the migration domain. Whereas her own project explores emotions on the side of the state in response to The Hague Court of Appeal's ruling on ethnic profiling by the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee in their border policing, this workshop has a broader focus. For example, there will be panel discussions on the emotions of border crossers who may travel through an area for any number of reasons.
Emotional impact
The workshop will also examine the emotional impact of migration and border control on the communities affected. There will be a focus on methodological and theoretical considerations when it comes to researching emotions within the context of migration. These additional perspectives tie in with the knowledge and expertise of the three co-organisers: Dr Amalia Campos-Delgado (Van Vollenhoven Institute), Dr Irene Vega (UC Irvine) and Dr Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais).
Publications
Over two days, 27 participants from Australia, North America, South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East will exchange ideas on these themes in a hybrid setting. The aim of the workshop is to work towards a peer-reviewed thematic publication, following the release of a series of posts on the internationally acclaimed Border Criminologies Blog.