Mobility Disenfranchisement: Infrastructures of the Global Mobility Divide (MOVIDE)
Name of applicant
Christian Prener
Title
Assistant Professor
Institution
European University Institute
Amount
DKK 2,087,887
Year
2024
Type of grant
Reintegration Fellowships
What?
Whereas human mobility has historically been shaped by geography, rules determine today which borders a person can cross, for what purposes, duration, via what route, and at what cost. This project investigates the unforeseen ways in which legal regimes related to transnational mobility interact, reconfigure in response to one another, and ultimately structure human (im)mobility on a global scale.
Why?
Humanity’s ability to move across vast distances, oceans, and territorial borders has always been essential for cultural and economic development, and ultimately, survival. A clear understanding of mobility laws’ impact on global flows of human movement is crucial for informed policies on issues ranging from refugee flows, and climate change to global inequality.
How?
The project focuses on the ‘global mobility divide’ exploring whether mobility laws, once approached as an infrastructure, exert greater influence on global mobility than previously recognised. Secondly, the project approaches mobility as a form of capital; a resource unevenly distributed by law, which shapes people’s perceptions, strategies, and actions for transnational movement.