In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian speaks with Elisabeth Boston. Elisabeth is the Refugee policy officer at UCLouvain in Belgium. They speak about Access2University (A2U), a programme that aims to prepare refugees (applicants) with little or no knowledge of French to resume university studies, and Education Pathways, which is an initiative to bring displaced people to Belgium to study.
Backway to Europe is a podcast series produced in collaboration with Gambian advocates and activists. It centers their analyses of
The second episode explores the material and symbolic motivations for Gambian youth choosing the backway to Europe, contrasting the modern,
In this episode YAIM members retrace their perilous backway journey towards Europe in 2016/2017, across West African borders into Libya, highlighting the systemic
In this episode, YAIM members recount their experience of detention in Tariq al Sikka, one of Libya’s official detention centers,
In this episode, YAIM members describe how they kept their sanity inside Tariq al Sikka through music, shared prayers, and
In this episode, the conversation turns to the structural conditions that make the backway feel like the only viable option
In this final episode, the conversation turns to advocacy – what it means to do it from within a country shaped
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Svitlana speak with Marie-Christine Ukelo-Mbolo Merga about Perspectives AlterEgauZ* at the University of Fribourg.
In this episode of Displacing Universities Ian and Monica are speaking about the various Initiatives for Refugees at University of Cologne with Ariane Elshof. Ariane works in the Department ‘International Students & Global Responsibility’ where she’s the Team Lead for Academic Refugee Support and Coordinates the Study Preparatory Measures for Refugees.
