IMER Bergen successfully celebrates its 25th Anniversary
IMER Bergen successfully celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a lineup of activities that garnered interest from migration and ethnic relations scholars and practitioners from the Nordic region. Participants took part in activities ranging from a roundtable discussion by former IMER Directors, keynote speeches from notable scholars from the region, and panel discussions by IMER-affiliated researchers. IMER Junior Scholars also participated in a PhD relay where various PhD candidates benefitted from critical feedback from IMER-affiliated researchers.
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The anniversary celebration began with a pre-conference (IMER Jr. PhD Relay) where 14 junior scholars presented their ongoing PhD projects and received critical feedback from IMER-affiliated researchers Randi Gressg氓rd,听Mette Andersson, 听Catherine Talleraas,听Astrid听Sundsb酶, and听Marry-Anne Karlsen.听
The main conference started on a high note where IMER Bergen founding member, Yngve Lithman听and former IMER Directors Mette Andersson,听Hakan G. Sicakkan听and听Susanne Bygnes took participants through the research networks' history and achievements over the last 25 years.听The event also benefitted from Keynote speeches from renowned migration and ethnic relations scholars in the region -听听Christine Jacobsen, Mikkel Rytter, Peo Hansen and Lena N盲re. The keynote speakers offered a听critical lens on the different conceptualizations of migration over the years and the dynamic challenges migration, and ethnic relations research currently face.
A panel discussion by IMER Affiliated researchers Synn酶ve Bendixsen,听Heath Cabot,听Marry-Anne Karlsen,听Regine Paul听and听Cathrine Talleraas reflected on the听need to deexceptionalize migration in IMER research. In a separate panel, Astrid Ouahyb Sundsb酶, Marte Knag Fylkesnes and Fungisai Puleng Gwanzura Ottem枚ller听engaged in a timely discussion on the contradictory aims and roles of research on inclusion.
We would like to thank everyone who found time out of their busy schedules to participate in IMERs 25th Anniversary celebration!
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