27-28 March 2025, at the University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Organizers and hosts: Philipp Lutz & Maud Bachelet

International migration creates complex interdependencies between countries as well as externalities of states’ migration politics for other countries. The effective provision of refugee protection and migration control thus requires collective efforts by states. This workshop seeks to develop a better understanding of how the contrasting pressures stemming from functional interdependence and domestic political contestation shape the politics of responsibility-sharing in migration governance: 

When and how do countries contribute to responsibility-sharing in migration governance? What interests and ideas drive the politics of responsibility-sharing?

This workshop is part of the research project ‘Connecting countries and dividing people: The politics of burden-sharing in European migration governance’ (2023-2027, University of Geneva, SNF-funded) and seeks to bring together both junior and senior scholars who work on these questions from a variety of perspectives and methods. The two-day workshop will consist of different paper sessions to allow for in-depth discussion. Interested? To propose a paper, please fill out the following form.

Deadline for abstract submission is the 31.December 2024.