Annual OMSS Conference: Spaces of (Im)mobility

This collaborative conference aims to bring together multiple disciplinary perspectives to explore how human mobility is mediated from above and below. It will examine how physical and social infrastructures operating within and across localities permit, facilitate and inhibit human mobility, and ask how individuals respond to these design and plans “from above”. In doing so we hope to reflect upon important social processes and enquire how human mobility fits into these processes. We are doing our best to make this conference as accessible as possible. Our venue is wheelchair accessible and we are happy to provide other accommodation UPON REQUEST, so please make sure to indicate such requirement in the registration! Registration CLOSES Wednesday, May 29th. Secure your tickets before they sell out! Lunch, coffee and refreshments are provided for both days. If you would like to buy a ticket after the closing date, please message [email protected] . ------ DAY 1: May 31st 9:30 AM : Registration 10:00 - 11:45 : Panel 1 - Spaces of Security Chair: Mary Bosworth (Border Criminologies, University of Oxford) - Monish Bhatia (Birkbeck University of London) - Daniel Fisher (University of Exeter) - Ruben Andersson (University of Oxford) 11:45 - 12:45 : Lunch 12:45 - 14:15: Paper Panel Presentation 1 - Social Dimensions of Immobility Chair: Ilka Vari-Lavoisier - Dr. Hyun-Joo Lim (University of Bournemouth) - Elçin Istif Inci and Apak Kerem Altıntop (Istanbul University) - Catherine Briddick (University of Oxford) - Menaal Munshey (University of Cambridge) 14:15 - 14:30: Coffee break 14:30 - 15:45: Paper Panel Presentation 2 - Barriers to Belonging Chair: Will Allen (University of Oxford) - Isra Hussain (University of Vienna) - Elena Valbusa and Marij Swinkels (Incluusion, Utrecht University) - Ayten Alibaba (University of Warwick) 16:00 - 17:00 : Keynote Address - Lorenzo Pezzani from Forensic Oceanography ----- DAY 2: June 1st 9:30 - Welcome 10:00 - 11:15 : Paper Panel Presentation 3 - Spatial and Temporal Liminalities Chair: Biao Xiang (University of Oxford) - Kelly Devenney (University of York) - Francesca Tomasso and Marion Bouchetel - Anna Tsalapatanis (University of Oxford) 11:15 - 11:45 : Coffee break 11:45 - 13:00 : Paper Panel Presentation 4 - Negotiating Citizenship Chair : Shivangi Kaushik (University of Oxford) - Sinmi Akin-aina (University of Bielefeld) - Deirdre Troy (Queen Mary University of London) - Parisa Delshad (University of Oxford) 13:00 - 14:00 : Lunch 14:00 - 15:45 : Panel 2 - Practitioners in Conversation - Working in a 'hostile environment' Chair: Ana Gutierrez Garza (University of Oxford) - Gracie Bradley (Liberty) - Raggi Kotak (One Pump Court) - Shaista Aziz (Oxford Councillor)