Climate (Im-)Mobility: FFVT International Summer School on Forced Migration and Governance
The international, interdisciplinary Summer School is hosted by the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nuremberg (CHREN) as part of the project “Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer” (FFVT) and takes place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 15 to 20 July 2024. You can download the preliminary programme here
The Summer School deals with the topic of climate change and climate (im-)mobility in-depth, providing insights into a plethora of topics:
- the relation between climate change and mobility,
- trends, challenges and patterns concerning climate-induced migration (in different regional contexts),
- different climate mobility regimes,
- global, regional, national and local governance and administrative practices,
- human rights in the field of climate-induced migration
- climate/environmental and mobility justice
- multiple actors’ perspectives, including experiences made by people on the move themselves
- as well as crosscutting issues and research ethics.
The FFVT Summer School places emphasis on interactive learning approaches. In addition to lectures, scholars will
provide interactive workshops in order to discuss and reflect on central subjects with the participants. Such input is complemented by a cultural program, an excursion in Nuremberg, the ‘City of Peace and Human Rights’, and a gathering with practitioners working in the field to promote further debate. Finally, the FFVT Summer School also offers time and space for participants to present their own projects as well as enter into discussion with others and thus network.
Application Modalities:
Advanced Master students, early-stage PhD candidates as well as junior practitioners working in this field can apply for participation in the FFVT Summer School.
In order to apply for participation, please send us the following information:
- Letter of motivation specifying your interest for taking part in the FFVT Summer School. You are welcome to
briefly describe the projects you are currently working on. - Up-to-date CV
Please send your applications via email to Tino Trautmann, Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg:
project-ffvtsummerschool@fau.de
You may also send your questions related to the FFVT Summer School to this email address.
The FFVT project is jointly run by the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC), the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, Bonn) and the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS, University of Osnabrück). The FFVT Summer School 2024 is furthermore co-organised by the KU Eichstätt- Ingolstadt.
For further information click here.
International Summer School on Business and Human Rights Practice
Date: Monday, 16 September – Friday, 20 September 2024
Vanue: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Fee: 350 EUR (including lunches and refreshments)
The summer school is addressed to human rights practitioners and advanced students with prior knowledge on B&HR who pursue / wish to pursue a career in a civil society organization. The draft program can downloaded here.
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International Summer School on Business and Human Rights Practice
Date: 24 to 28 July 2023
Topics the program included: Human Rights in Business; Human Rights Due Diligence; Fair Transition; Corporate Criminal Accountability
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FFVT Summer School 2022 “Displacement, Governance and Human Rights”
Date: 10 to 15 July 2022
How has international refugee law evolved, which gaps remain and how can we address them? How are refugees protected in the different regions of Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East? Which challenges are refugees exposed to locally? These and many additional questions are at the core of the FFVT Summer School 2022 “Displacement, Governance and Human Rights”.
The Summer School deals with the changing configurations of today’s global refugee regimes in different parts of the world and on different levels of governance, providing insights into a plethora of topics: the historical emergence of the global refugee regimes, including postcolonial perspectives, global, regional, national and local governance and administrative practices, social integration, education in refugee accommodations, analyses of refugee-related discourses and media portrayals of asylum, gender and displacement, practices of resistance and solidarity, multiple actors’ perspectives, including experiences made by people on the move themselves, as well as crosscutting issues and research ethics.
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Third International Summer School Human Rights Law in Context: Special Focus: Business and Human Rights
From 13 to 16 September 2021, the Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (CHREN) in cooperation with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) hosted the Third Summer School on Human Rights Law in context. The focus area was business and human rights including topics such as human rights due diligence, corporate liability, supply chain responsibility and practical experiences from litigation and companies.
Speakers include inter alia Miriam Saage-Maaß, Markus Krajewski, Claire Bright, Richard Meeran, Christian Schliemann, Barbara Lamprecht and Markus Löning.
Please find the programme here.
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Second Summer School on Human Rights Law in Context
From 7 to 10 September 2020, CHREN and ECCHR hosted the Second Summer School on human rights law in context with a focus on business and human rights. Topics included human rights due diligence, corporate liability, supply chain responsibility and the negotiations on a binding instrument to regulate human rights obligations of transnational corporations. Speakers include Robert McCorquodale (University of Nottingham), Daniel Crampton (Independent consultant), Faisal Siddiqi (Rasheed Razvi Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights), Linde Bryk (ECCHR), Markus Krajewski (FAU) and Miriam Saage-Maaß (ECCHR) as well as other practitioners with expertise in the field of business and human rights. The Summer School was organised as a digital event. For details please see the Programme.
For details please see the Programme.
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First international Summer School “Human Rights Law in Context”
From 22 – 26 July the CHREN, in cooperation with the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, hosted the First international Summer School “Human Rights Law in Context” in Nuremberg.
It focussed on business and human rights. Michael Windfuhr, deputy director of the German Institute for Human Rights held the keynote lecture on the implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Germany. The full program can be accessed via this link.