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Migration and Mobility

The centre of expertise Migration and mobility unites a wide array of unique competences in Switzerland, thus positioning the University of Neuchâtel as a national and international reference centre in the area of movement of persons, as well as a key interlocutor for political actors. This centre combines the skills of several disciplines.

Our expertise in terms of migration and mobility takes an interdisciplinary approach to all questions related to the understanding of modern society: human mobility, its economic and social grounds, the national and international frameworks that legislate it and its consequences on social and national cohesion. These questions are intrinsically related to the current and future organisation of nation-states and their interconnections with the transnational phenomena of people and economy.

The centre of expertise Migration and mobility has enabled the University of Neuchâtel to coordinate several national and international projects, among which the interuniversity project CUS-PCI “MOVE” for the interdisciplinary study of movement of persons, as well as the CUS-PCI project “Centre for Migration Law” for the legal and social analysis of migrations. The centre also coordinates the project “Support and Opposition to Migration” within the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7), analysing populist movements in Europe, and – last but not least – takes part in the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Human Rights (SCHR), for which the University of Neuchâtel handles questions of migration and racial discrimination. All of these appointments have made it possible to attribute the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) called “On the Move: The Migration-Mobility Nexus” to the University of Neuchâtel – a clear recognition of the excellence of research in the area of migration and mobility.

 

Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies

The Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM) is a research and training institute at the University of Neuchâtel. It participates in the teaching of the Master's Degree in Human and Social Sciences. With its specialization on "Migration and Citizenship" the institute offers an innovative module, unique in Switzerland.

The SFM is affiliated with the Centre for the Understanding of Social Processes (MAPS) at the University of Neuchâtel, contributing to the advancement and strengthening of interdisciplinary research on the circulation of people, capital and knowledge.

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Centre for Understanding of Social Processes

The Centre for Understanding of Social Processes (Maison d'analyse des processus sociaux, MAPS) was created through the converging interests of humanities researchers at the University of Neuchâtel, and through their willingness to reinforce interactions within their discipline. The research that is being done by the centre is based around three main themes: the movement of persons, goods, and knowledge.

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Centre for migration law

The Centre for migration law (CDM) is an interdisciplinary, inter-university (BENEFRI) centre of expertise. It is financed by the Swiss university conference, which coordinates the competences of the faculties of law of the universities of Neuchâtel (where its seat is located), Fribourg and Bern, with the skills of the Faculty of humanities of the University of Neuchâtel via the Centre for the Understanding of Social Processes (MAPS).

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Steering Comitee

Prof. Janine Dahinden

Prof. Gianni d'Amato

Prof. Ellen Hertz

Prof. Antonio Ianacone

Prof. Ola Söderström

Prof. Christian Suter

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