DIASCON PROJECT MEMBER BRUNO LEFORT’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ETHNOPOLITICS SPECIAL ISSUE ON “Conflicted Identities: Negotiating Belonging among Young People from the Lebanese Diasporas in Montreal”

May 25, 2023

  In this article by DIASCON Project Member Bruno Lefort, the reproduction of antagonist relationships between diasporic populations is envisioned through an inverted lens. Contrary to conflict transportation theories, which tend to focus on societal and transnational contexts, the study reintroduces the complexity of people’s daily experiences to propose a more nuanced understanding of what […]

DIASCON PROJECT MEMBER ANNA QUATTRONE’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ETHNOPOLITICS SPECIAL ISSUE ON “SRI LANKAN DIASPORAS BETWEEN PARTICIPATION AND CONFLICT: INTERGROUP DYNAMICS IN ITALY”

May 19, 2023

  In the contribution to the Ethnopolitics special issue on “Sri Lankan Diasporas between Participation and Conflict: Intergroup Dynamics in Italy”, Anna Quattrone investigates how Sinhalese and Tamil diasporas in Italy perceive themselves and forge their relationship with the homeland conflict. Building on interviews and an extensive analysis of secondary sources, the paper aims to explore what […]

The first article in the Ethnopolitics special issue by DIASCON project members Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser

May 09, 2023

The first article in the Ethnopolitics special issue is called “Pathways to Conflict Transportation and Autonomisation: The Armenian Diaspora and the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh”. In this article, DIASCON project members Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser explore the Armenian diaspora mobilisation in the USA, France and Russia with regards to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.   The case of Nagorno-Karabakh demonstrates […]

Introduction to the Ethnopolitics special issue by DIASCON Project Members Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser

May 03, 2023

  In the introduction to the Ethnopolitics special issue on “Diasporas and Transportation of Homeland Conflicts: Inter-group Dynamics and Host Country Responses”, Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser present and discuss the existing literature on diasporas and conflict transportation. They explain why this has become an extremely important issue at the academic and policy levels during […]

New article by project member Cæcilie Svop Jensen which is part of our forthcoming special issue in Ethnopolitics

Apr 17, 2023

  The article, “Autonomising conflict: Conflict transportation in online activity among Kurdish and Turkish diasporas in Denmark” investigates how conflict transportation can play out in online spaces. Through looking at diasporic associations on Facebook, the study finds that while conflict transportation occurs in online spaces, it is shaped and influenced by the country of residence, […]

ARTICLE BY ÉLISE FÉRON AND SOFIYA VOYTIV HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST DOWNLOADED IN STUDIES IN ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM (SEN)

Apr 04, 2023

                                      We are happy to share with you that the article Towards a theory of diaspora formation through conflict deterritorialization by our project members Élise Féron and Sofiya Voytiv has been recognized as one of the most downloaded […]

Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser presented their latest research at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association

Mar 31, 2023

  Earlier this month, Dr. Élise Féron and Dr. Bahar Baser presented their latest research at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association that was held in Montréal on 15-18 March. The paper, called “Diasporas and Conflict Transformation”, aims at conceptualizing diaspora engagements in conflict transformation in their homelands as well as in their […]

DIASCON PROJECT MEMBER VADIM ROMASHOV CONTINUES RESEARCH ON WAR-INDUCED MIGRATION FROM RUSSIA

Mar 29, 2023

  Vadim Romashov continues his research on war-induced migration from Russia with scholars from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Georgia, and Russia. Together with Sergey Rumyantsev (CISR Berlin) and Ekaterina Korablyova (CISR St. Petersburg), Vadim presented an analysis of historical context of migration from Russia to the South Caucasus and critical observations of decolonial discourses among recent […]

Article by Bahar Baser and Élise Féron Published in Global Networks is among Top Cited Papers

Feb 22, 2023

  We are excited to share that the article co-authored by DIASCON members Bahar Baser and Élise Féron published in Global Networks has become a top cited paper and generated immediate impact in our wider community.  The article examines Turkey’s diaspora engagement initiatives in European countries and focuses on host states’ reactions to these extraterritorial […]

DIASCON project researcher Vadim Romashov conducts research on war-induced migration from Russia

Feb 14, 2023

  Thousands of Russian citizens resettled in different cities in the South Caucasus region after the military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state on 24 February 2022. DIASCON project researcher Vadim Romashov conducts research on war-induced migration. In collaboration with colleagues from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Georgia, and Russia he has collected extensive research material, […]

PROJECT MEMBER VADIM ROMASHOV GIVES A PUBLIC ONLINE LECTURE ON ETHNOGRAPHIC PEACE RESEARCH AT THE CARTER SCHOOL

Feb 03, 2023

  On November 14, 2022, DIASCON project member Vadim Romashov gave a public online-lecture on ethnographic peace research at the Carter School Methods Mondays. The lecture presented methodological insights from his ethnographic research on everyday practices and narratives of living together in Armenian-Azerbaijani villages in the southern borderland of Georgia You can access the online […]

PROJECT MEMBERS VADIM ROMASHOV AND ANUSH PETROSYAN PARTICIPATE IN THE 19TH ETMU DAYS

Jan 24, 2023

On November 24-25, 2022, project members of DIASCON Vadim Romashov and Anush Petrosyan participated in the Conference “Mobile Lives, Glocal Complexities” organized by the Society of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU). Partaking in the workshop on Activist research in practice: Methodological and ethical conversations, Romashov and Petrosyan presented the abstract of an upcoming paper […]

I hold her hands: Solidarity for life and freedom

Nov 21, 2022

Written by Zahra Edalati and Majid Imani    The death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini sparked mass protests in Iran that have persisted for about two months in different cities in Iran, as well as far from Iran’s borders. Mahsa was detained, beaten, and killed by Iran’s morality police for what they deemed an inappropriate […]

Project member Vadim Romashov defends his PhD

Oct 05, 2022

Our very own Vadim Romashov defended his PhD in Peace and Conflict Research at Tampere University this fall! Vadim’s dissertation is an ethnographic story-based interpretation of everyday practices and narratives of living together in Armenian-Azerbaijani rural communities in Georgia. At the center of his research, is a concern with how members of communities live together […]

New blog by Élise Féron and Mari Toivanen

Jun 29, 2022

In a new blog titled “(Ukrainian) diasporas can play an important role during and after the conflict” on the site “Liikkeessä yli rajonen” (Moving across borders), Élise Féron and Mari Toivanen discuss the ways diasporas can contribute to reconstruction, solidarity-building and mobilization both during and after war. Read the full text here.

New forms of solidarity with Ukraine across diasporas in Sweden

Jun 27, 2022

Project researcher Sofiya Voytiv has written a blog on “Liikkeessä yli rajonen” (Moving across borders), in which she reflects on patterns of solidarity for Ukraine in diasporic spaces in Sweden in 2014 and now, based on her own experiences as a Ukrainian living in Sweden. Read the full post here

DIASCON participation in the 2022 European Peace Research Association conference this June

Apr 22, 2022

Great news! The DIASCON team will be hosting two panel sessions on “Diasporas and peace” at the 2022 European Peace Research Association (EuPRA) conference in Tampere from 1-4 June! The title of the conference is “Empowering Peace: The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation” and we look forward to presenting our ongoing […]

DIASCON Handbook now available online!

Feb 02, 2022

We are happy to share with you that the DIASCON handbook is now fully available online and can be found here: DIASCON HANDBOOK The  handbook is a result of interviews, workshops and additional research conducted in the frame of the DIASCON project and is intended for practitioners working with diasporas and migrants, civil society organizations […]

New publication by project members: “Toward a theory of diaspora formation through conflict deterritorialization”

Dec 20, 2021

DIASCON project members Élise Féron and Sofiya Voytiv published their article “Toward a Theory of Diaspora Formation through Conflict Deterritorialization” in Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. You can find the article here: http://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12354   

DIASCON Handbook now available in print

Oct 30, 2021

Our handbook ‘Diasporas and conflict transportation: Challenges and creative practices’ is now ready in print and we are very excited! The handbook is a guide for practitioners working with migrant and diaspora communities and it focuses on inter- and intra-diaspora relations in countries of settlement, as well as on relationships between diaspora organizations, policy makers […]