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Environmental mobility has gained increased interest in academic, policy, and media circles. Speculative discourses of an imminent climate migration crisis have elevated environmental mobility into a global issue, underline the need for multi-level governance, international cooperation, the development of norms and processes, and the recognition of migration as an important adaptation strategy. The focus of most discussions has been centered on the implications of future potential large-scale movements from South to North countries. However, less attention has been given to cities and the implications of environmental mobility for them. This panel will focus on the role of cities within the climate migration nexus. It will explore the challenges and opportunities that arise from the reality of cities being destination areas but equally areas where displacement due to environmental vulnerability occurs.
This panel is part of the Migration, Displacement and Citizenship in an Urban World virtual conference.
Presented by the Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative, an initiative of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School.
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Sarah Rosengaertner is a Visiting Researcher at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School, in New York. Her interest and focus is on advancing collaboration to address global interdependencies and cross-boundary challenges, including migration and climate change. She serves as an advisor to the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) supporting the development of the C40-MMC Global Mayors’ Action Agenda on Climate and Migration and leads Consultations with stakeholders for the Africa Climate Mobility Initiative (ACMI) – a joint effort of the African Union Commission, the United Nations and the World Bank designed to build political momentum, a common policy agenda and resources for action on climate mobility in the continent. Sarah previously served as a senior advisor to the Open Society Foundation’s ‘Welcoming and Inclusive Cities’ Division, supporting strategy development and the establishment of the Mayors Migration Council, the Mayors Mechanism of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and the Africa-Europe Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity. Sarah previously advised the GFMD, shaping the reform proposals of its 10-year review, The Elders, UNICEF and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). As an expert at Columbia University’s Global Policy Initiative, she developed proposals and convened stakeholders to influence the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) negotiations. Prior to that, she spent a decade at the United Nations, where she served as an advisor to the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Peter Sutherland, lead-authoring his blueprint for the governance of international migration (the Sutherland Report), and led a multi-country program on Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning for the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Sarah started her career at the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), educating New York diplomats on key issues on the UN agenda. She is a graduate of the Free University in Berlin and Sciences Po Paris, where she studied political science.
Karen Jacobsen is the Henry J. Leir Professor in Global Migration at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and directs the Refugees in Towns Project at the Feinstein International Center (Tufts). Professor Jacobsen’s current research explores urban displacement and global migration, with a focus on the livelihoods and financial resilience of migrants and refugees, and on climate- and environment-related mobility. In 2013-2014, she was on leave from Tufts, leading the Joint IDP Profiling Service (JIPS) at United Nations in Geneva. From 2000-2005, she directed the Alchemy Project, which explored the use of microfinance to support people in refugee camps and other displacement settings.
Prof. Jacobsen’s Ph.D. in Political Science is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her areas of expertise include refugee and migration issues, humanitarian assistance in developing countries, urban impact, and climate change and migration. She is currently at work on a book that examines the impact of displacement on cities. Her previous books include A View from Below: Conducting Research in Conflict Zones (with Mazurana and Gale, Cambridge UP 2013 ); and The Economic Life of Refugees (Lynne Rienner, 2005), which is widely used in courses on forced migration. She consults and works closely with UNHCR and other UN agencies and international NGOs.Â
Marina Lazetic provides organization to Refugees in Towns (RIT) project; developing the project’s methodology; selecting and managing case studies; developing and maintaining connections with researchers, participants, and experts in the field; and analyzing and disseminating RIT’s findings. Â
Prior to joining Feinstein, Marina worked for nonprofit organizations in the Western Balkans and the U.S., including Belgrade Center for Security Policy, Open Society Foundations, and Doctors Without Borders. Marina managed several research teams studying movement, financial health, and security of refugees and migrants on the move in the Western Balkans, United States, and Mexico. She is committed to improving research methods and approaches to issues of forced displacement and contributing to better connections between academia and practitioners and policymakers. Â
T. Alexander Aleinikoff is University Professor at The New School, and has served as Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility since January 2017. He received a J.D. from the Yale Law School and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.
Alex has written widely in the areas of immigration and refugee law and policy, transnational law, citizenship, race, and constitutional law. He recently co-authored a book titled The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime. His book Semblances of Sovereignty: The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship was published by Harvard University Press in 2002. Alex is a co-author of leading legal casebooks on immigration law and forced migration.
Before coming to The New School, Alex served as United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees (2010-15) and was a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he also served as dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University. He was co-chair of the Immigration Task Force for President Barack Obama’s transition team in 2008. From 1994 to 1997, he served as the general counsel, and then executive associate commissioner for programs, at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
Alex was inducted into the American Academy of Arts of Sciences in 2014.
More than ever, the city is the locus of human mobility. The majority of the world’s migrants and forcibly displaced live in urban areas. Migration continues to be a fundamental process to the development and growth of cities. The role of cities in shaping mobility and that of migrants in shaping cities have been increasingly recognized in policy, academic, and media circles. Understanding this relationship and its implications for political and policy action requires us to gather new evidence from cities the world over and to possibly challenge past assumptions and theoretical concepts.
Key questions that emerge in this context are: What is the role of urban governance in addressing the challenges and in harnessing the opportunities that come with migration? How do cities negotiate contested views surrounding the topic of migration? How do new forms of mobility and technological advances affect membership and belonging? How do shifting narratives on migration and displacement shape political and media discourse? Â
This virtual conference is organized by the Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative, a consortium that aims to advance research on cities, mobility, and citizenship. The event will bring together leading scholars from across disciplines with the purpose of sharing recent research on the following themes: (a) Cities, Human Mobility and Digital Citizenship, (b) Cities and Environmental Mobility, (c) Mobility and Urban Governance, (d) Cities, Migration and Contentious Politics, (e) Refugees and Cities, (f) New Narratives on Cities and Mobility.
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