EUniWell Summer and Winter Schools

The 2023 EUniWell Summer School on Migration and Diversity in European Cities (MADEINEUROPE) will bring together postgraduate students (Masters and PhD level), practitioners and internationally renowned academics in the field to explore the frontiers of migration and diversity research. 

Location: Online and Nantes (France)
Date: 29 May to 30 June 2023
Deadline to apply: 17 February 2023

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Human mobility across local, regional, national, European, and international borders is a central feature in the history of Europe and of European cities in particular. Migrants have formed a substantial part of many European societies for centuries. Yet, over recent decades, following the end of the Cold War and the process of expansion of the European Union, patterns and magnitude of human mobility have changed, leading to rapid socio-demographic changes in European societies. Cities are the primary destination of migrants and where migration-driven diversity is occurring at a faster pace. They are also strategic sites for the formation of new types of identities and communities that stretch across national borders and new political subjects and possibilities of social transformation.

Drawing from a range of methodological approaches and disciplinary perspectives including law, anthropology, history, social policy, international relations, human geography, social work, and sociology, the Summer School will critically examine the politics of migration and diversity in Europe, focussing on how European cities are shaped by migration and respond, adjust, and accommodate newcomers also in connection with the Mediterranean region.

Over four weeks, 25 selected participants will meet for online lectures and seminars and work closely with a mentor, individually and in groups, throughout the course. In addition, participants will be able to meet in person at a blended closing workshop and academic conference hosted by the University of Nantes in France.

MADEINEUROPE is coordinated by Professor Nando Sigona, director of the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) and is organised in collaboration with the University of Nantes (France), the University of Cologne (Germany), the University of Florence (Italy), University of Murcia (Spain) and Linnaeus University (Sweden).

The 2nd EUniWell Summer School is funded by EUniWell programme. Participation to the Winter School is free and bursaries for travel to the final event in Nantes are available to all selected participants. 

For further information, please contact MADEINEUROPE Programme Manager Dr Stefano Piemontese.

Location: Leiden, The Netherlands
Date: 10 to 13 July 2022

Bachelor's and master's students, as well as PhD candidates from across the EUniWell network, came together from 10 to 13 July 2022 at Leiden University's The Hague campus for the EUniWell Summer School “COVID-19: Impact on European health & well-being”. Participants attended lectures and workshops on the public health impact of the pandemic. They also discussed post-pandemic health and healthcare.

Watch the aftermovie with the reactions of participating students and lecturers from all over Europe.

Location: Online and Florence (Italy)
Date: 10 January - 4 February 2022

The EUniWell Winter School brought together EUniWell postgraduate students (Masters and PhD level), practitioners and internationally renowned academics in the field to explore the frontiers of migration and diversity research. 

Over the course of four weeks, 25 selected participants mett for online lectures, seminars and one-to-one tutorials, and collaborated in group work. Participants then travelled to a workshop and academic symposium at the University of Florence in Italy on 3-4 February.

Drawing from a range of disciplinary perspectives including law, anthropology, history, social policy, social work, and sociology, the winter school critically examined the politics of migration and diversity in Europe and how European cities are shaped by migration and respond, adjust and accommodate newcomers.

Participants were introduced to a range of methodological approaches and worked closely with a mentor over the duration of the course.

The MADEINEUROPE is directed by Professor Nando Sigona, Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity at the University of Birmingham, and organised in collaborations with migration scholars at the universities of Florence, Leiden, Linnaeus and Cologne.