Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (GMT+1)
Zoom link (no registration required): https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85782840836?pwd=SNrz8N0PqvbCa9GX34bVH5tZ9uKXYa.1
The IDRC Research Chair on Forced Displacement at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) is pleased to launch its 2025 Webinar Series with a first session titled “Cities and Forced Displacement from the Perspectives of the Global South and Global North.”
This webinar will explore how cities in different regional and policy contexts experience and respond to forced displacement. It will highlight critical insights and comparative perspectives from both the Global South and the Global North.
The event will be moderated by Prof. Myriam Cherti, UM6P Research Chair on Forced Displacement, and will feature 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 help set the scene, a two-page brief contextualizing the webinar series and this first session is available. Additionally, a podcast conversation with Prof. Collyer has been recorded (https://soundcloud.com/fgses-um6p/cities-and-forced-displacement-from-the-perspectives-of-the-global-south-and-global-north), offering insights into the themes and framing of the session.
Contact: For any questions regarding the event, please contact Ms. Leen De Nutte (leen.denutte@um6p.ma).