BRIDGES: Assessing the production and impact of migration narratives is a project funded by the H2020 EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation and implemented by a consortium of 12 institutions from all over Europe.
The project aims to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation by focusing on six European countries: France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. To do so, BRIDGES adopts an interdisciplinary and co-productive approach and is implemented by a diverse consortium formed by universities, think tanks and research centres, cultural associations, and civil society organisations.
The ISF researchers will study the impact of migration narratives on secondary migration decisions in transit, i.e. for transit migrants residing in Khartoum. In particular, we will evaluate the role of EU government campaigns seeking to influence migratory behavior.
See the project's own web page for more information.
Consortium
- Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)
- Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull’Immigrazione (FIERI)
- University of Edinburgh (UEDIN)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
- Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
- Catholic University of Applied Sciences Mainz (CUAS Mainz)
- Por Causa
- Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po)
- Centre for Social Sciences (TK)
- Institute for Social Research (ISF)
- Zona
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Publications
Brekke, J-P., Thorbjørnsrud, K. (2023), The role of narratives in migratory decisionmaking: The role of narratives in onward migration of Afghan nationals from Istanbul to Europe. March 2023 BRIDGES Working Papers 16. https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-16_The-role-of-narratives-in-migratory-decision-making_the-case-of-Afghans-in-Turkey.pdf
Trauner, F., Brekke, J-P., Adam, I., Cham, O., Sattlecker, H., Thorbjørnsrud, K. (2023). The role of narratives in migratory decisionmaking. A comparative study of Afghan transit migrants in Turkey and potential migrants in the Gambia. March 2023 BRIDGES Working Papers 17.https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/BRIDGES-Working-Papers-17_A-comparative-study-on-the-role-of-narratives-in-migratory-decision-making.pdf
Brekke, J-P., Trauner, F., Adam, I., Cham, O., Sattlecker, H., Thorbjørnsrud, K. (2023).Policy brief on the impact of narratives in potential migrants’ decisions. BRIDGES Policy Briefs #01 April 2023.https://www.bridges-migration.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/POLICY-BRIEFS-BRIDGES-01_OK.pdf
Florian Trauner, Jan-Paul Brekke, Ilke Adam, Omar N. Cham & Kjersti Thorbjørnsrud (2024) ‘It’s not about the information, it’s about the situation’: understanding the misalignment between EU deterrence messaging and migrants’ narratives, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50:14, 3379-3395, https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2333865
