Migration Narratives: A Critical Exploration

25 Feb 2021

As part of Refugee Week 2021,  the ISS21 Migration and Integration Research Cluster and the University of Sanctuary Working Group (USWG) co-hosted this webinar on migration narratives, with speaker Kilian Kleinschmidt.   

In the course of the seminar, Kilian shared his experience of working with refugees in a wide range of countries, emergencies and refugee camps as United Nations official, Aid Worker and Diplomat. 

Kilian’s previous senior roles include Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Deputy Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan, Director of Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan, Director for Communities and Minorities in the UN administration in Kosovo, and many field based functions with UNHCR, UNDP and WFP. He is currently CEO of the Innovation and Planning Agency.

The introduction and opening remarks were provided by Dr Claire Dorrity, School of Applied Social Studies and USWG, Dr Caitriona Ni Laoire, Chair of ISS21 Migration and Integration Research Cluster, Dr Dug Cubie, Chair of the University of Sanctuary Working Group, and Professor Nuala Finnegan, UCC Equality Committee Chairperson. 

 A recording of the webinar is available to view here

For more on this story contact:

Dr Claire Dorrity, School of Applied Social Studies & ISS21 (c.dorrity@ucc.ie)

_{Dr Claire Dorrity welcomes speaker Kilian Kleinschmidt to the webinar}