As part of the UM6P Research Chair on Forced Displacement Webinar Series 2025, we are pleased to announce the first session, titled "Cities and Forced Displacement from the Perspectives of the Global South and Global North," which will take place on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (GMT+1).
This webinar will explore how cities across different regions experience and respond to forced displacement, highlighting perspectives from both the Global South and the Global North.
Moderated by Prof. Myriam Cherti, IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement at Mohammed VI University Polytechnic (UM6P), we are pleased to welcome the following speakers:
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Michael Collyer, Professor of Geography, University of Sussex
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Janina Stürner-Siovitz, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Sofia El Arabi, Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS – Printemps Laboratory, Université Paris-Saclay
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Hicham Hasnaoui, Migration, Development, and Migrant Protection Specialist, IOM Morocco
To provide additional context, a podcast with Prof. Collyer discussing the theme of the webinar is available at the following link:
To participate, please scan the QR code included in the invitation or use the following Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85782840836?pwd=SNrz8N0PqvbCa9GX34bVH5tZ9uKXYa.1
No registration is required.