Moving Matters: People, Goods, Power and Ideas
The group explores themes such as illegal but licit flows, the effects of remittances on migrants' regions of origin, and the transnational circulation of racial knowledge. One example is the study of deportation regimes and their impact on state-citizen relations. Another is the investigation of commodity chains and their role in unequal development schemes.
The goal of Moving Matters is to explain the intricate social consequences of mobility and to contribute to a deeper understanding of how mobility and immobility are mediated by changing political power relations, especially focusing on the Global South. The programme emphasizes qualitative methods, particularly ethnography, and aims to broaden social science theorizing beyond European and North American perspectives.
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Exploring Undocumented Entrepreneurship: Brazilian and Indonesian Communities in the Netherlands
Welcome to an exciting research project that delves into the entrepreneurial activities of undocumented immigrants from Brazilian and Indonesian backgrounds living in the Netherlands. This unique project serves two distinct but equally important audiences: master of science students interested in social issues and entrepreneurship who will conduct the research and undocumented entrepreneurs themselves.
Academic opportunities
Are you a master's student passionate about social issues and entrepreneurship? If so, this research project offers you a unique and intellectually stimulating opportunity. Our goal is to provide you with a hands-on experience that combines academic rigor with real-world impact.
Research objectives
Our primary aim is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how undocumented immigrants from Indonesian and Brazilian backgrounds navigate entrepreneurial opportunities while living in the shadows of Dutch society. Here's what you can expect to explore:
- Livelihood Strategies: Dive into the daily lives of these communities, unraveling their employment, migration, and housing strategies. This aspect blends elements of anthropology and geography, offering a holistic view of their resilience.
- Entrepreneurial Climbing: Investigate how these immigrants proactively establish and maintain connections between legal and illegal social networks. This multidisciplinary approach merges business studies and anthropology to reveal the secrets of their success.
- Transnational Networks: Explore the role of transnational social networks and support from home governments. This dimension, incorporating geography and business studies, sheds light on the global nature of undocumented entrepreneurship.
Methodology
As a student researcher, you'll engage in various methods, including interviews, life histories, observation, and surveys with undocumented migrants. Our comparative approach is innovative and experimental, aiming to identify differences in approaches and success factors among the Indonesian and Brazilian communities.
Undocumented entrepreneurs
We understand that your situation is sensitive, and trust is of utmost importance. Here's why you can trust us:
- University Independence: Our research project is conducted independently by the university, ensuring unbiased findings and recommendations.
- Confidentiality: Your privacy is our priority. All aspects of this research project are treated with the utmost confidentiality. Your identities and personal information will be protected.
- Relevance: This research aims to shine a light on the crucial role undocumented entrepreneurship plays in society and the challenges you face. By participating, you contribute to a better understanding of your experiences, ultimately advocating for change and recognition.
Conclusion
This research project is a bridge between academia and the real world, offering master's students an incredible learning experience while providing a voice and understanding to undocumented entrepreneurs. We invite you to embark on this journey with us, making a difference in the lives of those living in the shadows of society.
Join us
Are you a master's student eager to contribute to groundbreaking research and gain valuable insights into undocumented entrepreneurship? Whether you're interested in the Brazilian or Indonesian community or have ideas for a different focus, we welcome your participation. You can send an email to:
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Eur-Asian Border Lab: Advancing Trans-Regional Border Studies
Period: 01/11/2022 to 31/10/2025
The Eur-Asian Border Lab aims to catalyse trans-regional synergies and intellectual conversations among scholars studying borders and bordering across different world regions. We test theoretical ideas in diverse empirical settings and apply insights from academically peripheral regions to the heart of mainstream theorization of border studies. We understand bordering as an increasingly complicated and nuanced conceptual process at the core of many critical developments and practices worldwide.
Funded by the Horizon Europe Twinning programme
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Disrupting Sameness in Dutch Academia
Period: 01/09/2023 to 31/08/2026
When organisations talk about equality, diversity and inclusion, they mainly focus on helping minority groups. But what about the norm group? This project examines what individuals and organisations do to maintain the norm, or ‘sameness’ (uniformity), by perpetuating privilege on the one hand and reproducing marginalisation on the other. The research will take place in different academic and professional settings where ‘professionalism’ is taught: in classrooms, middle management and the medical profession. It will reveal imagined similarities in values, attitudes and approaches to professionalism and develop concrete methods to break through them – to create more equal and inclusive Dutch universities.
Funded by NWO Advancing Equity in Academia through Innovation
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The Impact of Covid-19 on tourism, livelihood and imagined futures of sustainable tourism development on Wakatobi Island, Indonesia
Period: 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2023
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Power, Identity, and Religion: Political Participation of Indonesian-Hadhrami in Indonesian Democracy
Period: 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2024
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Practicing Halmath, resisting Caste: Reshaping the encounters of nomadic communities and the Indian state
Period: 01/10/2021 to 30/09/2025
Funded by the National Overseas Scholarship.
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Pitching Promises, Imagining Futures: The Yogyakarta International Airport and Aerotropolis Development in Indonesia
Period: 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2025
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Cross-border or Borderless Trade? The Delegation of Self-Regulatory System in Transnational Mobility (A Study in Kalimantan Border)
Period: 01/09/2021 to 31/08/2025
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Navigating ‘Evil with Spiked Eyes': an ethnography on how the Orang Rimba contemporary Indonesian hunter-gatherers organise their education to address the pressures of assimilation
Period: 01/02/2022 to 31/01/2026
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Navigating Uncertainty: The Future of Nusantara, Hope and Fear around Indonesia’s New Capital City
Period: 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2026
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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Breaking Barriers: The Emergence of Female Ulama in Politics
Period: 01/12/2022 to 30/11/2026
Funded by the LPDP scholarship
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In Search of Balance: The Effectiveness of Law and Policy for Development in the Anthropocene Era
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REPAIR: Time to pay up? Reparations and global development challenges
- Funding: Funded by the European Union (ERC Grant: REPAIR 101115769)
- Project Website: https://www.reparationsresearch.eu/
- X account: https://twitter.com/reparationsres
- Team members: Felix Stein (PI), Hanna Horváth
- Project duration: 2024-2029
Reparations have become a popular demand around the world. Especially disenfranchised groups and countries in the Global South increasingly call for reparations. They ask for apologies for past harm, symbolic and institutional measures that recognize and prevent such harm, and – sometimes – for monetary payments.
Reparations are part of broader efforts to create a more just economy. They are meant to respond to environmental pollution, mitigate the worst effects of climate change, compensate for infectious disease outbreaks and terrorist attacks, and bring some degree of justice for indigenous peoples and other minorities.
Our research project studies new calls for reparations that address global development challenges. It compares reparations for infectious disease outbreaks, climate change, and toxic environments. The project’s research objectives are:
- Compare how reparations payments are established, implemented and received as part of addressing these global development challenges
- Learn what these payments teach us about reparations in development, from an economic, moral and political perspective
- Identify what these payments can tell us about economic life more generally.