Dear colleagues, we invite paper contributions on responsibility-sharing in migration governance for a workshop at the University of Geneva in March 2025 and a panel at the ECPR General Conference in Thessaloniki in August 2025. Please find the details below. Kind regards, Philipp Lutz & Maud Bachelet __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Call for papers Workshop on “the politics of responsibility-sharing” 27-28 March 2025, at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) International migration creates complex interdependencies between countries as well as externalities of states’ migration politics for other countries. The effective provision of refugee protection and migration control thus requires collective efforts by states. This workshop seeks to develop a better understanding of how the contrasting pressures stemming from functional interdependence and domestic political contestation shape the politics of responsibility-sharing in migration governance: * When and how do countries contribute to responsibility-sharing in migration governance? * What interests and ideas drive the politics of responsibility-sharing? This workshop is part of the research project ‘Connecting countries and dividing people: The politics of burden-sharing in European migration governance’ (2023-2027, University of Geneva, SNF-funded) and seeks to bring together both junior and senior scholars who work on these questions from a variety of perspectives and methods. The two-day workshop will consist of different paper sessions to allow for in-depth discussion. Interested? To propose a paper, please submit a 200-300 word abstract and fill in this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfA0bhTpH-ZOxGrun7TzL4pDF4EtGSZFOuvi6Z3Nr8nIoKCeA/viewform?usp=sf_link>. Deadline for abstract submission is the 31.December 2024. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact Philipp Lutz (philipp.lutz@unige.ch<mailto:philipp.lutz@unige.ch>) or Maud Bachelet (maud.bachelet@unige.ch<mailto:maud.bachelet@unige.ch>) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Call for papers Between unilateralism and collective action: paradoxes in European migration governance ECPR General Conference 2025, 26 – 29 August, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Section S30: International Migration: Policies and Practices Panel co-chairs: Maud Bachelet (University of Geneva), Philipp Lutz (University of Geneva and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Please submit your abstracts (no more than 250 words) as well as 3-8 keywords to Maud Bachelet (maud.bachelet@unige.ch<mailto:maud.bachelet@unige.ch>) by December 20th, 2024. Please include in your proposal your email address as registered in your My ECPR account. This panel aims to address the growing tension between states’ unilateral measures and attempts of collective action in European migration governance. While recent years have seen a rise in restrictive, state-driven policies aimed at controlling borders and limiting access to asylum, there are also significant moves toward heightened cooperation, as exemplified by the adoption of the New Pact on Migration and Asylum and the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive in response to the Ukrainian crisis. This paradox raises questions about the sustainability and credibility of collective approaches to refugee protection among European countries, as well as the causes and consequences of this duality of national and European policy-making. The panel seeks to explore the complexities underlying the duality in current European migration governance and invites contributions providing answers to the following questions: What factors drive Member States toward unilateral actions, despite frameworks designed for shared responsibility? How does unilateralism influence the effectiveness of collective initiatives? What explains European cooperation despite the deep division between and within member states? What are the implications of (non-)cooperation for the Common European Asylum System and the broader goals of European integration? The panel also invites contributions that analyze the factors influencing both unilateralism and cooperation while examining the impact of these competing trends on the governance of migration and the protection of asylum-seekers. _____________________________ Dr. Philipp Lutz | Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, Netherlands | Department of Political Science and Public Administration Institutional website<https://research.vu.nl/en/persons/philipp-lutz> - Personal website<https://sites.google.com/view/philipplutz> [cid:102e7484-1490-4f27-bbdb-41a7a4b40b2c] Latest publications: UN refugee agencies: vulnerable funding structures and a looming legitimacy crisis<https://www.fmreview.org//financing-displacement-response/rausis-bachelet-lutz/> (2024) Forced Migration Review, 74. (with Frowin Rausis and Maud Bachelet) Refugee Protection as a Public Good: What Benefits Do States Derive?<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/refugee-protection-as-a-public-good-what-benefits-do-states-derive/BDC064872CC8800D62FD445B151513D6> (2024) Perspectives on Politics, FirstView. (with Diego Caballero-Velez) Do immigrants at bay keep the xenophobes away? Post-entry rights and public opposition to immigrant admission<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-political-science-review/article/do-immigrants-at-bay-keep-the-xenophobes-away-postentry-rights-and-public-opposition-to-immigrant-admission/95B86A38C9D0074936CFB073E31A2311>. (2024) European Political Science Review, FirstView. Switzerland Comes to Terms with Being a Country of Immigration<https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/switzerland-immigration-politics-policy>. (2024) Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute. (with Sandra Lavenex) Between common responsibility and national interest: When do Europeans support a common European migration policy?<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14651165241226721> (2024) European Union Politics, 25(2): 313-332. Allowing mobility and preventing migration? The combination of entry and stay in immigration policies<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01402382.2023.2185852> (2024) West European Politics 47(4): 840-866.