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  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 […]

  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 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 […]

  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 […]

  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, […]

                                      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 […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  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 […]

  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, […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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   

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 […]