New Publications by MOVE Members
Posted 25 October 2011
The members of the MOVE network are dedicated to research, and we have the pleasure to announce a range of new publications:
- Geddie, K. (2012) 'Constructing transnational higher education spaces: branch campus developments in the United Arab Emirates' in Changing Spaces of Education: New Perspectives on the Nature of Learning, R. Brooks, A. Fuller, J.L. Waters (eds), London: Routledge.
- Gertler, M.S., Geddie, K., Hatch, C., and Rekers, J. (2012) 'Attracting and retaining talent: The evidence from Canada’s city-regions', in Seeking Talent for Creative Cities: The Social Dynamics of Economic Innovation, Grant, J.L. (ed.), Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
- Nedelcu M. (2011) 'Netizenship and migrants’ online mobilisation: new forms of transnational participation and collective action in the digital era' in Rigoni, I. and E. Saitta, Mediating Cultural Diversity in a Globalised Public Space, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Nedelcu, M. (forthcoming) ' Migrants’ new transnational habitus: Rethinking migration through a cosmopolitan lens in the digital age', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
- Towghi, F. (2012) 'Cutting In-operable Bodies: Particularizing rural sociality to normalize hysterectomies in Balochistan, Pakistan', Medical Anthropology.
- Towghi, F. (2010) 'Globalizing HPV vaccines: Mobile therapeutic norms against cervical cancer', ROSA- Zeitschrift für Geschlechterforschung, 41:32-35.
Full Programme for the 2011 Conference
Posted 16 June 2011
The full programme of the 2011 MOVE Conference in Lausanne is now available. You can register by sending an e-mail to didier.ruedin@unine.ch. Attendance will be free.
Free Registration for the 2011 Conference
Posted 7 June 2011
Please register now for the 2011 MOVE Conference in Lausanne. You can register by sending an e-mail to didier.ruedin@unine.ch. Attendance will be free.
New Publication: ReThinking the City
Posted 3 June 2011
MOVE member Vincent Kaufmann has just published "ReThinking the City." Available as paperback from Routledge, the book assesses the urban implications of the mobility turn.
Programme Preview for 2011 Conference
Posted 21 April 2011
The programme preview for the 2011 MOVE Conference is now available. The conference New Spaces of Scientific Knowledge will take place on 30 June and 1 July 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
International Workshop on Model Cities in Neuchâtel
Posted 28
February 2011
There will be an international workshop on model cities in Neuchâtel on 20 May 2011 . The workshop Model Cities: the Construction of Urban Exemplarity discusses how city governments, planners and policy-makers are increasingly modeling their urban policies on successful ‘best practices’ borrowed from elsewhere. Guest speakers include: Shane Ewen (Leeds), Jennifer Robinson (UCL; MOVE), Kevin Ward (Manchester), Andy Thornley (LSE), and Emeline Bailly (Paris). The workshop is organized by Ola Söderström (MOVE), Francisco Klauser, and Laurence Crot (MOVE). A full programme will be available on the website of the Institute of Geography from 1 May.
Jennifer Robinson New Swiss Chair of Mobility Studies
Posted 15
February 2011
Jennifer Robinson (UCL) holds the
Swiss Chair for Mobility Studies in Spring 2011.
She is based at the Institute of Geography in
Neuchâtel.
Kapil Raj Keynote Now Available
Posted 8 February 2011
Date for 2011 Conference
Posted 19 January 2011
The 2011 MOVE Conference will take place on 30 June and 1 July 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Further details will follow.
New Publication: (Re)penser le transnationalisme
Posted 14 November 2010
Mihaela Nedelcu, member of the MOVE network, has just published a new article on transationalism and citizenship. The article « (Re)penser le transnationalisme et l’intégration à l’ère du numérique. Vers un tournant cosmopolitique dans l’étude des migrations internationales ? » appeared in Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales (REMI).
Interview with Vincent Kaufmann
Posted 23 September 2010
Vincent Kaufmann, member of
the MOVE network, has recently been interviewed by Migros Magazine (in French), talking about commuting and mobility in Switzerland. The interview is available here:
Et si on limitait le nombre de pendulaires?.
New Publication: Transnational urban policies
Posted 10 June 2010
Laurence Crot, member of the MOVE network, just published a new journal article:
International Seminar: Pictures
Posted 10 June 2010
There are now a few pictures of international seminar
Mobile
Constitutions of Society in Neuchâtel available: Impressions from
Monday and
Tuesday.
International Seminar: Free Registration Open
Updated 25
May 2010
We invite interested individuals to register for the international seminar
Mobile
Constitutions of Society in Neuchâtel. We ask to
send us a short e-mail by 2 June 2010 to indicate your interest, and which days (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) you plan to attend, so that we can anticipate demand. Registration and participation is free.
The complete programme including abstracts is now available on the
page of the seminar.
International Seminar: Programme Out
Posted 11
May 2010
The programme for the international seminar
Mobile Constitutions of Society is available now. We have added an extra day on
methods of mobility studies to complement the international seminar.
New Publication: The Deportation Regime
Posted 10 May 2010
Nicholas de Genova, Swiss Chair for Mobility Studies in 2009, just published a new book:
The Deportation Regime: Sovereignty, Space, and the Freedom of Movement, Duke University Press.
Call for Papers
Updated 30 April 2010
We now invite submissions for the
Qualitative Research Methods for Mobilities Studies on 6th June 2010.
Deadline extended to 5 May 2010.
Qualitative Research Methods for Mobilities Studies
Updated 23 April 2010
Organized as part of the EUROQUAL programme, we are happy to announce a one-day workshop on
Qualitative Research Methods for Mobilities Studies on 6th June 2010 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. The workshop aims to complement the international seminar on
Mobile Constitutions of Society, which takes place in Neuchâtel on 7-8 June 2020. Organized by MOVE, this methods workshop focuses on methodological innovations in mobility studies and discusses the challenges of using qualitative methods in this emerging interdisciplinary field of studies.
Gallya Lahav New Swiss Chair of Mobility Studies
Posted 15 February 2010
Gallya Lahav (Stony Brook) holds the
Swiss Chair for Mobility Studies in Spring 2010. She is based at the Swiss Forum of Migration and Population Studies in Neuchâtel.
MOVE in the Swiss Newspaper Le Temps
Posted 9 February 2010
MOVE is featured in Laurence Crot's
article in Le Temps "Aux Etats-Unis, une ville durable va naître grâce au secteur privé"
describes how a Californian region rethinks its planning despite lack of interest by the municipal authorities.
Call for Papers
Posted 8 January 2010
The 2010 MOVE international seminar is intended for scholars with a strong scientific interest in diverse forms of
mobilities and their implications for the study of contemporary society. The seminar will be held 7th and 8th June 2010 at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland.
We now invite
paper submissions for six panels.
Deadline: Monday, 1
st March 2010.
New Publication
Posted 4 January 2010
A chapter by Laurence Crot called “Green communities and neighbourhood planning” will appear in the edited
volume Green Cities by N. Cohen (Sage,
2010). 
