Episode 7: Migrations à Paris, par Sylla et Abdoulaye (en français)
Episode 7: Migrations à Paris, par Sylla et Abdoulaye The GRABS podcast – Episode 7: Migrations à Paris, par Sylla et Abdoulaye (en français)
Episode 7: Migrations à Paris, par Sylla et Abdoulaye The GRABS podcast – Episode 7: Migrations à Paris, par Sylla et Abdoulaye (en français)
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Episode 1: Presenting the team, by Jane, Glenda, Jessi, Izzy, and Juan Manuel It’s here! Our team’s first podcast is now live. We’re diving into who we are, what we’re working on, and why it matters. Tune in to learn more about GRABS and the questions driving our research. You can listen to it here…
The GRABS team took part in the SOCIN Conference in Macerata, Italy (23–26 September 2025). We presented a paper entitled “Innovative Research with Young People on the Move: Challenging Coloniality and Extractivism in Knowledge Production.”
In late July, Juan Manuel Moreno, one of GRABS PhD candidates, travelled to K’jipuktuk-Halifax, in Eastern Canada for a two-week fieldwork and scoping visit. K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the ancestral land of the Mi’kmaq who lived in these lands for over 11000 years. Today, K’jipuktuk-Halifax is the capital of what is known as the province of Nova…
In July and August 2025 two members of our team, Jane Freedman and Glenda Santana de Andrade travelled to eThekwini (Durban) South Africa. Working in collaboration with colleagues from the HEARD team at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Refugee Social Services (RSS), we organised participatory photography/photovoice and podcasting workshops with five groups of young people.…
On 2nd July, the GRABS team hosted an online panel part of the 22nd IMISCOE Annual Conference Decentering migration studies, organised by the Institute Convergences Migrations, at Paris-Aubervilliers, France. Our panel Growing Up Across Borders: Experience of Young People in Forced Migration was chaired by Jane, and the three papers presented included: Discussing the use…
On 20th of June, Jessi took part in the PhD Conference ‘Reimagining Migration: Decolonisation and Identity Across Time and Space’, organised by the Migration Research Group at the University of Sheffield, UK. Jessi contributed to the panel on Temporalities and Geographies with a presentation entitled ‘Temporality and Geographies’ with a presentation titled Temporality and Borders:…
On 20 May 2025, Izzy and Jane from the GRABS team presented our project to the Asylum and Refugee Research Group at the University of Manchester. The presentation was followed by a discussion and questions. We were delighted to engage with other researchers working on similar topics and exchange about our research in progress. Thanks…
In collaboration with the HEARD team from Kwazulu-Natal University and Refugee Social Services (RSS), the GRABS team conducted focus group discussions with young people.
The GRABS team conducted a scoping research trip to Greece from February 24th to 28th.
We’re launching a survey to see what kinds of activities young people would like to be involved in. If you are concerned (young person on the move/young migrant aged 15-25) please reply. For others feel free to share in your networks Thank you https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgijVGRfQtfH2e-rQMwrcPbNBTOPRXaWLPet0RQnibVjTEJA/viewform?usp=headerhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgijVGRfQtfH2e-rQMwrcPbNBTOPRXaWLPet0RQnibVjTEJA/viewform?usp=header
Maureen Freed, a UPCA and UKCP-accredited counsellor and psychotherapist with a particular focus on trauma, delivered an insightful session on Vicarious Trauma.
On November 7–8, the third joint workshop was held at UVSQ, focusing on ethics in research with forced migrants. The event featured the participation of Professor Nando Sigona and Professor Ilse Van Liempt.
The GRABS team, collaborated with GENDEREDCLIMATEMIG (CGM) team for a series of brainstorming workshop sessions from October to December addressing various topics. The introductory workshop session was held at Campus Condorcet, Université Paris 8. It provided an opportunity for both teams to introduce their research, share experiences, and discuss the integration of intersectional and feminist approaches to…