February 17 2022
Moving Forward When Life is on Hold: Personal Development in Asylum Seeker Centers in Dutch Shrinking Areas
Moving Forward When Life is on Hold: Personal Development in Asylum Seeker Centers in Dutch Shrinking Areas
How do you develop personally, when you are living in a rural, shrinking area in the Netherlands? In the research, I conducted for my Master Thesis, I focused on the personal development of asylum-seekers in…
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January 21 2022
PhD School in Soria: Reflections from a nurturing exchange
PhD School in Soria: Reflections from a nurturing exchange
The on-site meeting in Soria offered us not only the opportunity to create and consolidate interpersonal relationships and to gain an in-depth understanding of each other's work. It also provided an opportunity to visit a…
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December 14 2021
The battles of Riace: A town torn between immigration and emigration
The battles of Riace: A town torn between immigration and emigration
What can we learn from Riace, a ‘ghost town’ that revived socio-economically by hosting refugees, despite being located in a poor region mainly known for the ‘nDrangetha mafia? Is it possible to revitalize shrinking European…
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December 06 2021
Learning in and from a marginalized-but-welcoming Europe
Learning in and from a marginalized-but-welcoming Europe
How to contribute to just and sustainable futures in depopulating and socioeconomically marginalised European localities, while at the same time offering a ´welcoming space´ for non-EU migrants to pursue their life projects? It was with…
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December 02 2021
The Riace model and the Domenico Lucano case. Is another world possible?
The Riace model and the Domenico Lucano case. Is another world possible?
By Alice Lomonaco (Bologna University) On 30 September 2021, the Court of Locri sentenced former Mayor of Riace Domenica Lucano to 13 years and two months in prison. The judges accused him of criminal association…
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October 16 2021
Digitalisation of services and measures for migrant integration: Are the inner areas losers or winners?
Digitalisation of services and measures for migrant integration: Are the inner areas losers or winners?
How can digitalisation help inner areas to improve integration services and initiatives? This was one of the key questions addressed during the three-day training (22-23 September 2021) co-organised in Turin (Italy) by Welcoming Spaces and…
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