New Permanent Visiting Professor - Mary Boatemaa Setrana
Mary Boatemaa Setrana joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Professor.
πThrilled that Prof Mary Setrana (University of Ghana) is now a Permanent Visiting Professor at MOBILE!
Her work bridges migration research and policy across Africa and beyond. (You may also recognise her from our recent workshop.)
Welcome, Mary! π
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Postdoctoral position in European Mobility Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in European mobility law from 1 September 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed
πΌ WE'RE HIRING: Postdoc in European Mobility Law
π‘ Law + politics | EU migration | Mixed-methods
π Deadline: 13 April
πFull time, 24 months, starting 1 Sept 2026
π UCPH Faculty of Law @ucph.bsky.social
πApply here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
#PostdocJobs #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs
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MOBILE / iCourts PhD Summer School 2026
Get your application in by 1 March 2026
π£ Law PhD students!
Does your research focus on international courts and/or global mobility law? Want to spend an immersive week learning with like-minded peers from around the world?
π§ββοΈ Apply for the iCourts/MOBILE Summer School!
π Deadline: 1 March
mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
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Workshop on free movement in West Africa brings scholars to Accra
MOBILE and the Centre for Migration Studies convene international workshop
Wonderful to be in Ghana celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Centre for Migration Studies (UG) π + our three-day workshop on what free movement really looks like in West Africa π
Read more π
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reminder [seminar] #ProjetMoebius
year 2025-2026
starring Vincent Chetail, Antoine Pécoud, Elspeth Guild, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, François Crépeau, Sylvie Saroléa, Baptiste Jouzier, Ségolène Barbou des Places
@icmigrations.bsky.social @ediec-4185.bsky.social
25.09.2025 09:08 β
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β° This Friday
Tune in to our Centre Director, @tgammeltoft.bsky.social, speaking at the next MOEBIUS seminar on Schengen as legal infrastructure.
β¬οΈ Free registration below
10.02.2026 10:32 β
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Climate change is transforming mobility worldwide π
Weβre excited to welcome Marianna Hu (@eui-law.bsky.social), a specialist in climate-related mobility, whoβll be joining us from February to April to share insights, research, and ideas π‘
10.02.2026 09:50 β
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Credibility as a fuzzy concept in refugee law: a systematic literature review
Assessment of a claimantβs credibility is decisive for the outcome in most asylum cases. Yet, there are no binding international rules on how such procedures should be undertaken, nor is there cons...
Geek alert!π¨βπwhat role does credibility assessment play in asylum determination and what does research tell us about how it should - or shouldn't(!) - be done? check out our systematic lit. review, featured in JEMS new PA forum series: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @mobileucph.bsky.social
06.02.2026 17:28 β
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NordAId: Trustworthy AI in Public Decision Making
The goal of NordAId is to develop an interdisciplinary meta-framework for trustworthy AI in public decision-making in the Nordic-Baltic context.
π£π°New project alert: We're excited to join NordAId!
16M NOK from #NordForsk will fund research on trustworthy AI in public decision-making, focusing on asylum decisions.
π€Partners: @uio.no, @uu.se, @ucph.bsky.social & Vilnius University
www.nordforsk.org/projects/nor...
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βRegulation protects companies that innovate thoughtfully and responsibly by preventing companies that don't from having an unfair advantage." Daniel Solove, UCPH, 6 October 2025
06.10.2025 12:55 β
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π€"We steer innovation through the law β we don't stop it." @daniel-solove.bsky.social
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β°π½οΈ TODAY: Why not make your Monday lunch break a little more interesting?
Feed your brain this lunchtime with a feast of insight on privacy, AI, and the future of law with Daniel Solove π§
π‘ Join the conversation online or in Copenhagen!
06.10.2025 07:55 β
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@kdorostkar.bsky.social
24.09.2025 11:54 β
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Weβre excited to welcome our new visiting researcher, Keyvan Dorostkar (UNSW Sydney) π
Tomorrow, 25Sept (14:00β15:15), Keyvan will host an Open Lab:
βRe-Conceptualising the Relationship Between Fairness and Efficiency in Asylum Proceduresβ
Join in person or online mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
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MOBILE - Mobility Law Open Lab with Keyvan Dorostkar
Re-Conceptualising the Relationship Between Fairness and Efficiency in Asylum Procedures
ποΈ Tomorrow, 2pm β Open Lab at MOBILE!
Visiting PhD scholar Keyvan Dorostkar (@kaldorcentre.bsky.social) will challenge the long-held idea that restrictive asylum procedures are needed to ensure efficiency.
Interested? Drop by! π
mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
24.09.2025 09:38 β
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@dg.dk
24.09.2025 08:41 β
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Book Launch and Q&A with Daniel Solove
Hear from the worldβs leading expert on privacy law
β‘Tech moves fast. Can the law really keep up?
Privacy law expert @daniel-solove.bsky.social has answers.
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6 October, 13:00 CET β Book talk + live Q&A
π Online or in person
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
β¨Save your spot & join the conversation!
#PrivacyLaw #AIandLaw #FutureOfLaw
23.09.2025 15:14 β
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Such a pleasure hosting and listening to Ettore Recchiβs groundbreaking research on human mobility. @mobileucph.bsky.social
12.09.2025 12:06 β
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New publication! lnkd.in/denzpZTD
βWaves of Securitisation - The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Citizenship Stripping Regulations in Europe, 1960β2022β, by Luuk van der Baaren (MOBILE/UCPH), Maria Gerdes (Goethe University) and Maarten Vink (EUI), is out now in the Statelessness and Citizenship Review
19.09.2025 13:45 β
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MOBILE - Mobility Law Open Lab with Ettore Recchi
The Global Structure of Transnational Human Mobility (1995-2022): Continuity, Change, and Inequality
Join us for a presentation by Prof. Ettore Recchi on The Global Structure of Transnational Human Mobility.
12 Sept, 14:00 at MOBILE or online
Prof. Recchi will share his research on the patterns and dynamics of transnational human mobility.
Event details: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/calendar/202...
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π¨ News flash! Weβre welcoming another MOBILE visitor today: Paula Nimbriotis Manzur (PhD researcher, Universidad de Nebrija, Madrid).
Her work explores free movement regimes in the Global South, especially within the Andean Communities.
Sheβll be with us until Halloween! π
Welcome, Paula!
02.09.2025 12:26 β
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Image of front page of article.
Title: Trans "enough" for protection? Experimenting with credibility in refugee status determination
Authors: Maya Ellen Hertz & Asta Sofie Stage Jarlner
Abstract: Accessible version available open-access via link
Excellent new article involving an experiment in credibility assessments in trans refugee adjudication from folks at @mobileucph.bsky.social
Great job βͺ@astajarlner.bsky.socialβ¬ β¬& Maya Ellen Hertz!
doi.org/10.3389/fhum...
13.08.2025 14:28 β
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We're excited to welcome Dr Chiara Raucea (@tilburg-university.bsky.social) to the MOBILE Centre next week! π
Sheβll be with us through October, continuing her work on how legal status shapes access to rights β like how the right to private life may ground claims to naturalisation.
Stay tuned!
20.08.2025 13:26 β
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Excited to share a new publication by our PhD fellow Leonora Staerfeldt in the special issue of @recieljournal.bsky.social!
It reveals how international lawβs temporal blind spots enable illegal e-waste to flow from high- to low-income countries β often disguised as legitimate reuse.
Link below β¬οΈ
12.08.2025 08:44 β
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The End of an (Unlawful) Era
New article article by @astajarlner.bsky.social and @sarah-scott-ford.bsky.social in Verfassungsblug, where they examine the Danish Supreme CourtΒ΄s judgement concerning the non-penalization of refugees.
Read it here: verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a...
21.07.2025 11:09 β
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@dg.dk
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Call for applications: Scholarships for master students
MOBILE is now accepting project proposals from full time master students who would like to write their thesis in collaboration with the center and work with large datasets of asylum case files.
π Scholarship Opportunity for Masters Students!
Interested in migration, mobility & data? Write your thesis with us!
π§ Real asylum case data from Denmark
π Publish a working paper
πͺ Monthly stipend
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Apply by 14 July 2025
More info: mobilitylaw.ku.dk/news/2024/sc...
Please share!
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A collage of photographs of the summer school participants.
A huge thank you to the organisers and participants of the 2025 iCourts/MOBILE PhD Summer School π§ββοΈβ¨
Itβs been a fantastic week of invaluable methods training, insightful discussions and meaningful international connections.
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