Keynote I - Borja Martinović

Territorial ownership beliefs as a novel angle for understanding exclusionary attitudes toward newcomers

Borja Martinović is an Associate Professor at the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science and researcher at the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research lies at the intersection of social psychology and sociology, and it revolves around group identities and intergroup relations in multi-ethnic societies. As a principal investigator in the OWNERS project, funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, she is currently examining the role of territorial ownership beliefs in shaping intergroup relations in Western Europe, settler societies, and conflict regions.

Keynote II - Hill Kulu

Family and Employment Trajectories among Immigrants and Their Descendants in Europe

Hill Kulu is Professor of Human Geography and Demography at the University of St Andrews (UK). He was trained in economic geography and demography and received a PhD from the University of Helsinki (Finland) in 1997. He also is president of the European Association for Population Studies, a Co-Director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change & Connecting Generations and a Co-Editor of Population Studies. 

As a member of the Expert Advisory Group on Population and Migration at the Scottish Government, he has advised the Scottish Government on the effect of Brexit on Scotland’s economy and population.

Keynote III - Dominik Hangartner

The intergenerational effects of forced migration on human capital

Dominik Hangartner is Professor of Public Policy and Faculty Co-​Director of the Immigration Policy Lab. He received his Ph.D. in social science from the University of Bern in 2011. Dominik uses field work and statistics to study the effects of migration policies and political institutions. His work has been published in leading disciplinary journals such as the American Journal of Political Science and the American Political Science Review, as well as leading as general-​interest journals such as Nature, Science, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has received several awards and grants including the Philip Leverhulme Prize, the National Latsis Prize, and an ERC Starting Grant.