Migration, Place/making and Belonging Conference

5 Jun 2025

The ISS21 Migration and Integration Research Cluster hosted a two-day conference on the themes of migration, place/making and belonging on 5-6 June 2025.

Plenary Speakers:

• Professor Adrian Favell, University College Cork
• Professor Parvati Nair, Queen Mary University of London
• Professor Maggie O'Neill, University College Cork
• Professor Susanne Wessendorf, Coventry University

Confence Theme

Migration is an integral part of contemporary global societies and of how we, in our societies and communities, relate to the places in which we live, how we develop a sense of belonging and how place itself is constructed. Reflecting a politics of place and belonging/not-belonging, different forms of migrations and movements across borders can be prioritised, preferred, stigmatized, demonized or even ignored in public and academic discourse. Place can become a focus of anti-immigration sentiment whereby contested notions of belonging are utilized to other and exclude. But through placemaking processes, place can also be an integral part of building community, conviviality, connection and belonging in contexts of migration and mobility.

This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars and practitioners to discuss the intersections of migration, place/making and belonging (in Ireland and beyond). Papers from a wide range of international contexts will address the following themes (not exclusively), to advance theoretical and empirical understandings of these intersections:   

For more details about this conference, please visit Migration conference web page. 

Left picture: Caitriona Ni Laoire, Adrian Favell, both UCC. Right picture: Maggie O'Neill, UCC and Parvati Nair, Queen Mary University of London.

Montage of images from Migration, Place/making and Belonging Conference