Migration, Risk and Uncertainty I

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: SJES019 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
TG04 Sociology of Risk and Uncertainty (host committee)

Language: English

In the world risk society migration is a common experience for increasingly more people. This sessions aims to advance understanding of how people navigate the risks and uncertainties of migration in its social contexts, how nation states frame and manage migration as a social problem or opportunity and how institutional practices shape the social reality of migration.
Session Organizer:
Maria Grazia GALANTINO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Chair:
Francesca MESSINEO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Oral Presentations
Navigating Uncertainty: Somali Migrants in Istanbul and the Risks of Transnational Multi-Locality
Ibrahim Emre YANIK, Turkey; Muhammed Yasir BODUR, Sakarya University, Turkey; Mustafa Ammar KILIÇ, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Turkey
Filipino Migrant Fisher’s Negotiations with Risks at Home and in the Deep Seas
Marvin Joseph MONTEFRIO, Yale-NUS College, Singapore
Calculated Journeys: Exploring the Migrants’ Risk Perceptions
Fatima SILPAGAR, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Tuba BIRCAN, University of Leuven, Belgium