Our guests are arriving at the gorgeous gothic townhall of Middelburg. It's finally time! #CitiesofRefuge2022 @UUCoR Follow the livestream from 10.30 onwards here: https://t.co/yFvIDRtER4

Our book is out! Fully open access here: https://t.co/rnDN3aQPPV @JanneNijman @BarbaraOomen @SaraMiellet Lisa Roodenburg

Congratulations to dr @_Elif_Durmus on her #phd defence today on #internationallaw #cities #humanrights and #migrants at @UniUtrecht w her supervisors @BarbaraOomen and @mogneba

Almost time! I'll be defending my PhD titled "Breaking Free: Local Governments' Boundary-Defying Engagement with #HumanRights and Migration" tomorrow (29 Sept) at 16.15 CEST in Utrecht. There is a livestream: https://t.co/dQd3jkK1Mc All welcome! #cities https://t.co/Qgkm3XRg4z

Four years ago, @SaraMiellet and I published a call for papers for two LSA panels on local migration law and governance... The result is out as of today, OPEN ACCESS! 📖 It's an edited volume titled "Theorizing Local Migration Law and Governance" https://t.co/wncb7kOj7R

Mayors recognize how the #ClimateCrisis disproportionately impacts migrants and displaced people. As new #GlobalCitiesFund grantees, 5 cities in #Africa will help people adapt in place or move from hazardous areas through ecologically sustainable projects: https://t.co/NRcu4egOBw

Day two of the @UUCoR conference brought great discussions with @ColleenThouez, @OctavidelaVarga, Lefteris Papagiannakis, @ThomasL44716301, Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar, Agustí Fernandez de Losada, @petrahueck, Niels Tubbing, @ChristianeHeim1 & many more! Some takeaways ⬇️

A great first conference day of the @UUCoR project by @BarbaraOomen @TihomirSabchev @SaraMiellet @_Elif_Durmus @mogneba! And more to come tomorrow! My main takeaways from today⬇️

It was SUCH a privilege to be able to gather this *incredible* group of people respresenting different stakeholders in the question of the proliferation of city networks, dangers of competition and the need for a more cooperative ecosystem of networks. To be continued!

“Inter-city networks: fruitful marketplace or competitive scramble for resources?” Today, our #GlobalCities Programme director, @AgustiFdeLosada, has participated in the @UUCoR “Beyond Cities of Refuge” conference #CitiesofRefuge2022

Thanks to all #CitiesofRefuge2022 conference participants! We are happy that, next to all the work done, you got to see the #ZeeuwsLicht! @provzeeland

The highlight to finish: our large roundtable on inter-city networks in the field of migration and human rights, moderated by @_Elif_Durmus. So much academic knowledge and practical experience on one stage (and a screen)! #CitiesofRefuge2022

Very happy to be at the "Beyond Cities of Refuge" conference in Middleburg. Ready to start with our roundtable “Inter-city networks: fruitful marketplace or competitive scramble for resources?”. Thank you @BarbaraOomen and @_Elif_Durmus for inviting me. #CitiesofRefuge2022 @UUCoR

"City branding (for example as Human Rights City) is more than 'just talk', just symbolism, just discourse. By repeating a concept we are giving meaning and life to it, and you will never know where that life can go" says @SaraMiellet in Panel V, #CitiesofRefuge2022

In Panel V on "Symbolism, Vity Branding and the Long Afterlives of Refugee Solidarity Models", Karin Geuijen discusses how we can learn from environmental sustainability research in exploring sustainability of local migration governance practices. #CitiesofRefuge2022

Importance of community, city leadership, EU (and other) funding, diasporas and more discussed at Roundtable I of #CitiesofRefuge2022 on community sponsorship for refugees with @petrahueck, Niels Tubbing, Antje Grotheer, @mogneba and @TihomirSabchev

"The leader takes control over the narrative in a crisis and makes sense & meaning to manage the situation. It is important to study leadership in a process-focussed way, and look at the actions of the leaders AND the leadership environment" - @TihomirSabchev #CitiesofRefuge2022

"There is more to "the Local". Rural municipalities focus more on markers of integration rather than foundations of local citizenship. They also have a strong wish to deicde who get to stay." Says Miriam Haselbacher in an excellent presentation in #CitiesofRefuge2022 Panel IV.

And we are on Day 2 of #CitiesofRefuge2022 - the Final Conference of our project! @juancarlos_triv says "city leadership is a combination of (1) personal leadership, (2) city vision, and (3)actions in Panel IV "If Mayors Ruled Migration"

What types of relationships are there between civil society and #localgov? Panel III of #CitiesofRefuge2022 in full swing with @mogneba, @ChristianeHeim1, @gulcozdemir and Maurizio Artero!

What can #localgov do? What are their domestic competences-how does regulation shape their strategies? Thx fellow panelists Martha Davis, Delphine Burriez, Giovanni Boggero, commentator Bahram Ghazi, @BarbaraOomen + the engaged audience for an excellent panel! #CitiesofRefuge2022