Workshop Program The Human Costs of Border Control in the ...

DAY 3: Tuesday 27 October 2009
Outlining a Research Design, Creating Networks
Venue: VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Route description to VU Campus
09.00-10.30 Session 6
Inventory of approaches
Aim of this session is to identify the different disciplinary approaches which are used to analyse
European border deaths, their uses and limitations, their interrelations.
Moderator:
Paolo Cuttitta
Presenters:
Thanos Maroukis
The CLANDESTINO Project - Major Findings, Applied Methodologies
Lorena Sadlauer
Making the “invisible” visible: A new generation of disappearances at the transnational borders of the
Global North.
9:30-10:30 “Open Floor” – Input from all participants
Coffee Break 10.30-11.00
11:00-12:30 Session 7
New directions for research
Identifying the gaps in both empirical data, as well as geographical and disciplinary approaches,
outlining new directions for research, developing concrete research plans.
Introduction and moderation by Thomas Spijkerboer
12.30-14.30 Lunch-Break
14.30-16:15 Session 8
Establishing a comprehensive European research network
Setting up a research network, discuss and explore opportunities to apply for funding on an
international level, coordinate nationally funded research, and arrange for further meetings, launching
a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research plan on European border deaths.
Moderator: Ernesto Kiza
Departure: 17.00
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