Call for Papers: Migration and Societal Change Conference June 2025

The Utrecht University Focus Area Migration and Societal Change invites you to submit a proposal for a panel or an individual paper for our upcoming conference in June 2025. The Focus Area promotes interdisciplinary collaboration between Utrecht University researchers, students, and societal stakeholders. Thematically, we focus on various topics related to migration to and between European countries in the 20th and 21st century and its societal implications. The theme of migration and societal change is placed into a larger historical framework (to include e.g. (post)colonial constellations) and approaches from a transnational perspective that understand Europe as co-constituted by and entangled with other parts of the world.

The conference, scheduled for June 19 - 20, 2025, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, will offer researchers from around the world the chance to present and discuss their work.

We welcome you to submit a proposal for a panel consisting of 5 papers maximum, and/or an abstract for an individual paper. Abstracts of papers should have a maximum of 300 words and for panel proposals we ask you to submit the entire set of abstracts including short bios of presenters. We will accept contributions that address various topics regarding migration and societal change.

Possible topics are (this list is not exhaustive):

  • Climate change and im/mobility
  • Labour migration
  • Big data and migration
  • Forced migration and displacement
  • Migration, racism and discrimination
  • Populism and opposition against migration
  • Migration, local policies and inclusive cities
  • Migration, belonging and homemaking
  • Migration and postcolonialism
  • Art and migration
  • (Historical) representation of migration
  • Migration and citizenship
  • Migration, transnationalism and networks
  • Migration, identities and intergroup relations

Please submit your abstract no later than 1st of February 2025 by e-mail to migration@uu.nl. By 15th of April 2025 all applicants will be notified on whether their proposal has been accepted.

Registration for the conference is mandatory and free of charge. You will be able to register your participation from 5th of January 2025.

If any questions remain, we are happy to help, and you can email us at migration@uu.nl.