This track offers an interdisciplinary space to critically examine human mobility as a phenomenon that strains traditional governance, generates responses of conflict and cooperation, and poses urgent challenges regarding rights, social justice, and coexistence in increasingly diverse societies. States, civil society, organizations, and migrants converge within this space.
Governance structures are under strain due to populism, digital authoritarianism, the erosion of social rights and public services, the increase in migration flows, and the growth of multiethnic societies.
We invite the global political science community to discuss: (1) Global Mobility governance under pressure (digital surveillance, populism, and welfare state retrenchment); (2) borders as dynamic spaces (securitization, humanitarianism, externalization, and grassroots resistance); (3) multiethnic coexistence (integration, social cohesion, and the politics of diversity); and (4) mobility challenges in the face of the "AI revolution".
We seek research that includes non-state and transnational actors and addresses policy-relevant questions on rights, justice, (im)mobility and cooperation, including perspectives addressing different regional contexts from both Global North and Global South. We particularly welcome studies on digital authoritarianism and mobility, illiberal trends in migration and mobility policies, civil society strategies for inclusion, and innovative governance models that transcend nationalist responses. This track aims to generate just and sustainable solutions for human mobility governance in an era of global strain.
