Thursday, 5 June 

09:15-09:45 Coffee 

09:45-10:15 Welcome 

Welcome by COST Action Core Group 

10:15-12:15 Open Panels I 

WG1: Open Feedback Round Keyword Book Project (WG1 participants and Book Project authors) Organized by: Annalisa Meloni (University of East London), Philipp Seuferling (The London School of Economics and Political Science), Zuzana Uhde (Czech Academy of Science) 

WG2: Toolkit Workshop 

Organized by: Arely Cruz-Santiago (University of Exeter) 

WG3: Roundtable: Data Troubles of the EU’s New Pact of Migration and Asylum Speakers: 

Caterina Rodelli (EU Policy Analyst, Access Now) 

Jonathan P. Aus (Ph.D, Office of the FORUM MENSCHENRECHTE, network of German human rights organizations)

Chairs: Kinan Alajak (Utrecht University and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences), Nina Amelung Universidade de Lisboa) 

12:15-13:45 Lunch 

13:45-17:00 Open Panels II 

WG1: WG-Internal Writing Session Editorial and Revision Keyword Book Project Organized by: Silvan Pollozek (European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Koen Leurs (Utrecht University) 

WG2: Big Data and Society Special Issue discussion 

Organized and led by: Vanessa Ugolini (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) with participation from Karolina Follis (Lancaster University) and the editorial team. 

WG3: Cases of Critical and Creative Engagements with Datafied Migration and Border Control Chairs: Nina Amelung (Universidade de Lisboa) and Kinan Alajak (Utrecht University and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) 

Margins of Hospitality: Border Violence, Migrant Commons, and Urban Exclusion on the Croatia-Bosnia Corridor 

Tomislav Pušić (Aalborg University) 

Counter-Mapping Migration Narratives: Critical Engagements with Datafication, Media, and the (Mis)Representation of African Mobility 

Noemi Mena Montes (Radboud University and RUNOMI Migration Network) 

Chains of suspicion: search and rescue (SAR), criminalisation, and ‘knowledge over’ Channel migrants through technological surveillance 

Travis Van Isacker (University of Bristol) 

Mobile homes and caravans in the Algarve (Portugal): analysis of an irregular immigrant camp to create a digital roadmap 

Sílvia Leiria Viegas (University of Algarve) 

Border Externalisation and Turkey as a ‘Safe Third Country’: Reflections on Law, Greek Asylum Policy, and the EU–Turkey Statement 

Costas Gousis (University of Crete) (online) 

Freedom of Information sub-group 

Kelly Bescherer (University of Lüneburg) 

Spiability of the ‘I’ (and what is identical to it) – Gaze, tactics and attitude in the ongoing film work Body Bona Fide 

Niels Christensen (visual artist, filmmaker) 

17:00-18:00 Break

18:00-20:00 Seminar: “From Corridor to Tampon Zone: The Rebordering of the Balkans” 

Speakers: 

Neža Kogovšek Šalamon (The Peace Institute) 

Aigul Hakimova (Kulturno Društvo Gmajna & Infokolpa) 

Žiga Divjak (Theater director) 

Uršula Lipovec Čebron, (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana) 

Moderated by: Mojca Pajnik and Barbara Beznec 

Location: Gosposka Hall, Anton Melik Geographical Institute 

Ten years after the ‘long summer of migration’, the European border regime in South-Eastern Europe has gradually been restored, while migratory movements continue in clandestinity and deep marginalization. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkans has been progressively integrated into the European border regime at varying speeds and intensities across different countries. After March 2016, the region’s role as a ‘tampon zone’ between the ‘core Europe’ and the ‘outside’ has intensified. Pushbacks have become normalized, walls, fences, and other ‘technical barriers’ proliferate. Humanitarian approaches are subordinated to security priorities, while solidarity is increasingly criminalised. Thousands along the Route are left without basic services or legal protection. Even upon reaching the EU, people on the move face difficulties and persistent insecurity. At the same time, solidarity initiatives continue to challenge the militarisation of borders and rising right-wing populism. In collaboration with people on the move, they form an alternative current of resistance and care. This seminar explores these dynamics through the lens of critical, decolonial epistemologies and practices, viewing the border as a contested and shifting space shaped by both violence and resistance. 

20:00 Joint Dinner 

Location: Gostilna Po vrbo, Ziherlova ulica 36 

Friday, 6 June 2024 

09:30-11:30 Cross cutting Working Groups 

PART 1: Presentation of Work in Progress of the WGs (60 min) (hybrid) 

WG1: Public Presentation of the WG1 publication project “Migration Data Matters. A Keyword Approach to the Datafication of Migration and Border Control” 

Book presentation editors: Silvan Pollozek (European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)), Koen Leurs (Utrecht University), Sarah Perret (Catholic University of Lille), Philipp Seuferling (The London School of Economics and Political Science), Alice Fill (École Normale Supérieure – PSL, University of Roma Tre), Annalisa Meloni (University of East London), Veronika Nagy (Utrecht University), Zuzana Uhde (Czech Academy of Sciences) 

Keyword presentations: Kelly Bescherer (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Sara Bellezza (Freie Universität Berlin) & Andrés Pereira (Ciudad Universitaria de Córdoba)

WG2: The Observatory Logs: Dispatches from Our First Watch 

Short Interventions from: Christopher Lawless (Durham University), Genti Kruja (Beder University), and Arely Cruz-Santiago (University of Exeter) 

Special Issue for Big Data and Society: Vanessa Ugolini (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Preliminary insights from the Training School ‘Mapping mobility’: Ernesto Schwartz-Marin (University of Exeter) and Javier Toscano (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). 

WG3: Presenting Work in Progress 

Book initiative “Resisting datafied migration and border control regimes: creative and critical interventions and collaborations”: Nina Amelung (Universidade de Lisboa) and Kinan Alajak (Utrecht University and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) 

Freedom of Information (FOI) support group: Kelly Bescherer (University of Lüneburg) and Travis Van Isacker (University of Bristol), Kinan Alajak (Utrecht University and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences) 

Film project Body Bona Fide: Niels Christensen (visual artist, filmmaker) 

PART 2: World Cafe: Connecting and discussing across WGs (60 min) (on site only!) 

11:30-11:45 Farewell 

11:45-13:00 Lunch Break 

13:00-15:00 Management Committee Meeting 

Moderation and preparation: Aristotle Tympas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Cost Action Chair) and the COST Action Core Group 

Organizational team 

Ljubljana team: 

The Peace Institute and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana 

Prof. Dr. Mojca Pajnik ([email protected]; +386 41 515 682) 

Dr. Barbara Beznec ([email protected]; +386 31 867 156) 

Lori Šramel Čebular ([email protected]; +386 40 813 998) WG 1: Alice Fill, Koen Leurs, Analisa Meloni, Veronika Nagy, Silvan Pollozek, Philipp Seuferling, Zuzana Uhde 

WG 2: Arely Cruz-Santiago, Vanessa Ugolini 

WG 3: Nina Amelung, Kinan Alajak, Mojca Pajnik, Barbara Beznec, Katharina Wuropulos, Martin Bak Jørgensen, Brigitta Kuster