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Rethink the role and responsibility of academia in contributing to the societal inclusion of refugees

The aim of this project is to gather transformative narratives that help us to identify normalized sources of exclusion, as well as to discover turning points, or conditions, which enable inclusion and support a shift from silence towards action.

Transformative narratives serve as catalysts for sustained and critical reflections among stakeholders regarding normalized images and exclusionary practices affecting refugees in organizations, in policy, and in society.

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podcast 25.03.2020

The story of Busisiwe Ntsele

Today we listen to the story of Busisiwe Ntsele. She shares her experience of doing a PhD in South Africa. And she tells the story of how her engagement with a local community touched her heart and changed her perspective on engaged scholarship.

A research-creation story

In September 2015, Alan Kurdi, a three-year old Syrian Kurd, drowned during his family’s attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea. His photo – and his story – made international headlines. Although the Syrian civil war had begun in 2011, Alan’s story – his family’s flight from Syria, their attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece in an inflatable raft, and Alan’s death by drowning – forced much of the world to start paying attention to the conflict.

Intriguing promises of inclusion…

In the Netherlands, there are numerous well-intended societal and academic initiatives aimed at building a just society in which everyone can participate equally. In this blog, I reflect on such intriguing promises of inclusion, based on my own journey as a Swiss academic trying to be included and promote inclusion in the Netherlands.