Regime entanglements: mobility, citizenship, and the law

• Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
• GGP: Global Governance Programme
• GlobalCit: Global Citzenship Observatory

Join this workshop to explore the dynamic interplay between law, citizenship, and mobility, and understand the forces shaping global human (im)mobility.

Law has created a close interdependence between citizenship and human mobility. Do states provide equal mobility for all citizens? How do different legal statuses limit or enhance mobility? What is the role of international law? How are citizenship and mobility influenced by a state’s situation, such as crises or economic, political, and social changes? And how can a person’s changing circumstances (dis)enable their mobility? These questions underscore the urgent need for cross-disciplinary research aimed at enhancing our understanding of how citizenship, mobility, and law are structurally intertwined and, ultimately, influence human (im)mobility.

This workshop will delve into various aspects of the relationship between law, citizenship, and mobility. What is the role of technology? Who has the privilege to move and under what circumstances, and who is compelled to? What personal and legal resources become available to individuals and families when mobility is facilitated? Bringing together scholars from the Center for Global Mobility Law (University of Copenhagen), the Global Citizenship Observatory (EUI), and the Migration Policy Centre (EUI), this workshop offers a platform for scholars from both domains to share their insights on the interplay between citizenship, global mobility, and law.