Call for Papers: Workshop on Governance & Migration Poland – 6 octobre 2026

Contexte

Researchers working on migration, displacement, governance, humanitarianism, conflict, peace and contested places are invited to submit abstracts for an international workshop taking place at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, in March 2027.

The international workshop, titled “Lived Experiences in Contested Places: Governance and Humanitarianism,” is being convened by the Taube Centre for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences at Jagiellonian University, the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, and the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict at Queen’s University Belfast. The event will bring together researchers examining how people experience and navigate everyday governance in environments where authority, territory, identity, mobility, legal status and belonging are contested.

The workshop will take place on 11–12 March 2027 at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.

Its central focus is the relationship between lived experiences and systems of governance in places affected by political, territorial, social or humanitarian contestation.

The organisers are particularly interested in research that moves beyond formal institutions to examine how governance is experienced in everyday life. This includes the ways migrants, displaced people, returnees and other communities interact with authorities, institutions, informal networks and service providers.

The workshop will connect scholarship on contested places—including divided cities, borderlands, disputed regions and segregated territories—with research on migration and displacement across cities, neighbourhoods, camps, shelters and reception centres.

Missions et responsabilités

• Present research work to an interdisciplinary audience interested in how governance operates in complex and contested environments.
• Examine how people experience and navigate everyday governance in environments where authority, territory, identity, mobility, legal status and belonging are contested.
• Address one or more of the workshop themes, connecting empirical research with broader debates about authority and everyday life.

Profil recherché

• Researchers whose work engages with governance, migration, displacement, humanitarianism, conflict, peace, identity or social exclusion.
• Scholars approaching the workshop from different disciplinary perspectives, including migration studies, political science, sociology, anthropology, peace and conflict studies, humanitarian studies and related social sciences.
• Early-career scholars and established researchers examining lived experiences in contested places.

Conditions et avantages

• Participation in an international academic workshop at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.
• A limited number of travel grants available to support early-career scholars with travel and/or accommodation costs to help overcome financial barriers.
• Keynote contributions from prominent academics including Ivan Gusic (Uppsala University) and Tom Scott-Smith (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford).

Dossier de candidature

• Abstract: approximately 300 words, clearly communicating the proposed paper’s central argument, research focus and relevance to the workshop theme.
• Short biography: approximately 100 words.

Comment postuler

Submissions should be sent to both workshop contacts:

• Aleksandra Zdeb: [email protected] (or contact provided in the call)
• Fabricio Carrijo: [email protected] (or contact provided in the call)

Date limite de soumission des résumés : 11 décembre 2026.

Calendrier des dates clés :

• 11 décembre 2026 : Abstract submission deadline
• 21 décembre 2027 : Acceptance notification date listed in the call (Note: there appears to be an inconsistency in the published call regarding this date since the workshop takes place in March 2027; applicants may wish to contact organisers to confirm)
• 5 mars 2027 : Draft article deadline
• 11–12 mars 2027 : International workshop in Kraków