Human Rights and Migration Course Demographics
An interactive map shows the different countries where the 750 Human Rights and Migration course registrants live.
Announcements
Searching for Cosmopolis: Living Together, Apart
Joseph Heathcott, Professor of Urban Studies, Parsons School of Design
Entry Denied – Video
Watch the video from the 9/2/2020 Think & Drink @ Home: Entry Denied with Alex Aleinikoff, Professor and Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School and Deborah Amos, Correspondent for NPR.
Zolberg Institute Research Grants
Research Grants Available for Faculty and PhD Students The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility is pleased to announce the availability of research grants for New School faculty and PhD students on topics relating to the intersections of mobility and race. Joint proposals between faculty and PhD students will also be considered. Research projects could …
Summer Research Grants
Summer Research grants now open for New School Faculty and Students The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility is pleased to announce the availability of summer research grants for Faculty and Graduate Students at The New School. Grants will provide support for faculty and graduate students pursuing work and scholarship related to themes of migration and mobility during Summer 2020. …
Abolish ICE? The meanings of a movement
#AbolishIce has helped define the immigration debate in the U.S. It is a rallying cry by those opposed to Trump Administration policies and heavy-handed tactics of immigration officers. It has also been used as a cudgel against immigration advocates, who some of the Rights have claimed want “open borders.” Hiroshi Motomura and Azadeh Shashahani help …
Fast fashion, production targets, and gender-based violence in Asian garment supply chains
Research Fellow Shikha Silliman Bhattacharjee was recently published in Labor, Global Supply Chains, and the Garment Industry in South Asia (2020). Read the abstract for her paper below. Abstract: How do fast fashion production cycles impact labor conditions for women garment workers in Asia? What forms of gender based violence and harassment do women garment …
Reimagine the Canals: Public Engagement Report
Zolberg Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow Samantha Fox co-authored a community engagement report on the Erie Canal. “On May 17, 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Reimagine the Canals Initiative, which seeks to strengthen the Erie Canal for the 21st century. Engagement with the public and community stakeholders is a critical component of this initiative. As such, …
Change in Motion: Environment, Migration, and Mobilities
Call for Papers: Workshop at the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute in Berkeley Academics, journalists, NGOs, and institutions of global governance increasingly speak of ‘environmental migrants’ and ‘climate refugees.’ But what separates an environmental migrant or climate refugee from another migrant, refugee, or asylum-seeker? In international security discourse, anthropogenic climate change has …
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Tempest Tossed: Catch up on the latest in 2020!
What better way to start the New Year than to listen to your missed and favorite episodes of Tempest Tossed? To prepare for the new season, tune in today to hear from some of the leading experts in U.S. migration. Download on your favorite podcast platform! In Case You Missed It: The Doubly Displaced in …