There are three individual projects in each of the five research WPs. All ESRs, except those recruited by Prague as their first university, will be seconded to Prague to participate in the Induction Programme (see above).
The individual projects below include general PhD thesis titles, which will be finalized as research on the project is under way. Two of the supervisors (one male [m], one female [f]) are indicated in the Description of research and training work packages.
These allocations will be finalized once candidates have been recruited. A third or fourth supervisor (see above) will then be nominated, ensuring interdisciplinary representation and gender balance on all supervisory teams.
Each individual research project is hosted by two MOVES universities and includes a secondment at a non-academic partner. Staff from the partners indicated in the Description of research and training work packages join the supervisory teams of each ESR in an advisory capacity (if not already acting as supervisors). The preliminary results of each thesis are presented at the Summer School in month 18, the final results at the End-of-Project Conference in month 40 (each generating a research deliverable).
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR1 | Kent, Porto | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package(s) to which it is related: Pre-Migration: Motivations and Individual Dispositions (WP1) | |||||
| Objectives: Uncovering significant patterns of individual decisions to emigrate | |||||
| Expected Results: Typological description of these patterns based on various types of verbal and visual sources | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migration, Brussels, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UNIKENT, UPORTO (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR2 | Kent, Berlin | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package(s) to which it is related: Society and the Cultural Drivers of Migration (WP1) | |||||
| Objectives: Developing an indicative framework for the socio-economic conditions favouring migration | |||||
| Expected Results: New theoretical tools to anticipate future migration flows | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Casa da Música, Porto, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UNIKENT, FUB (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR3 | Kent, Montpellier | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package(s) to which it is related: Historical Migration Flows in an Economic and Political Perspective (WP1) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining the decisive socio-economic and political factors contributing to migratory mobility | |||||
| Expected Results: Comparative data of migration flows across time and space | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Consortium of Migrant Assisting Organizations in the Czech Republic, Prague, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UNIKENT, UPVM3 (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR4 | Berlin, Kent | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Functions of Travel and Types of Migration (WP2) | |||||
| Objectives: Describing relationships between historical and present travel, colonization and globalization, and types of migration | |||||
| Expected Results: A typology of migration compared to specific functions of travel | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. National Maritime Museum, London, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: FUB, UNIKENT (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR5 | Berlin, Porto | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Forms of Displacement in Past and Present (WP2) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining major forms of displacement and dislocation in relation to travel, migration, colonization and globalization | |||||
| Expected Results: Description of different forms of displacement and dislocation caused by modern travel, colonization, globalization | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. The Online Encyclopaedia of Migration, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: FUB, UPORTO (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR6 | Berlin, Prague | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Types of Migration in Their Relation to Forms of Slavery (WP2) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining relationships between different phases and types of slavery and the patterns and events of migration | |||||
| Expected Results: Description of functional relationships between different forms of slavery and types of migration | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Preußische Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: FUB, CUNI (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR7 | Porto, Kent | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Cultural Encounters, Early to Late Modernity: Patterns and Challenges (WP3) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining contact zones and modes of integration in past and present-day cultural encounters | |||||
| Expected Results: Identification of contact zones and modes of integration; revision of theories on intercultural communication | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. The Multicultural Center, Prague, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPORTO, UNIKENT (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR8 | Porto, Prague | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Intermediation, Intercommunication: Go-Betweens and Translators (WP3) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining the roles of intermediaries from go-betweens to current organisations working with migrants | |||||
| Expected Results: Description of specific rituals, intermediaries and instances of cultural translation during encounters | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Portuguese Refugee Council, Lisbon, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPORTO, CUNI (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR9 | Porto, Montpellier | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: ‘Clash of Cultures’? A Case Study and a Critique (WP3) | |||||
| Objectives: Establishing typologies of early cultural encounters to develop structured understanding of more recent encounters | |||||
| Expected Results: Revision of theories and models for the study of cultural encounters with operative value for a more sustained understanding of recent encounters | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Kent Refugee Action Network, Canterbury, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPORTO, UPVM3 (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR10 | Montpellier, Prague | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Methodologies of Historical Transformations in Modern Travel, Globalisation and Migration Processes (WP4) | |||||
| Objectives: Establishing patterns of transformations catalysed by modern travel, globalisation and migration processes | |||||
| Expected Results: Developing and interdisciplinary methodology suitable for assessing historical transformations in diverse cultures catalysed by modern travel, globalisation and migration processes | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. La Boutique d’écriture, Montpellier, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPVM3, CUNI (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR11 | Montpellier, Porto | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Invariant Features of Transformations Caused by Migration (WP4) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining invariant features of past and recent historical changes caused by migration, modern travel, and globalization | |||||
| Expected Results: Understanding present-day migration processes through invariant features of migratory mobility | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Museum of Migrations and Communities, Fafe, Portugal, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPVM3, UPORTO (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR12 | Montpellier, Berlin | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: The Impact of Migration on Historical Change and Its Interpretation (WP4) | |||||
| Objectives: Defining patterns of political and cultural thought emerging from the comparison between past and present migration flows | |||||
| Expected Results: Interpretation of cultural and social changes caused or catalysed by recent migration processes | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): 1. Prague, Month 7, 4 weeks, Induction Programme; 2. Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: UPVM3, FUB (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR13 | Prague, Montpellier | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Myths of Migration and Their Significance in Past and Present (WP5) | |||||
| Objectives: Comparing historical and recent myths of migration to establish their significance in past and present | |||||
| Expected Results: Determining general patterns of migration myths and their functioning in historiography, literature, theatre and film, ideological discourse and records of historical memory | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Avignon, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: CUNI, UPVM3 (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR14 | Prague, Berlin | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Typology of Migration Myths: Theoretical/Methodological Questions (WP5) | |||||
| Objectives: Designing a typology of migration myths and histories in modernity | |||||
| Expected Results: A typological approach facilitating the understanding of historical and artistic narratives of migration | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: CUNI, FUB (joint degree) | |||||
| Fellow | Host institutions | PhD enrolment | Start date | Duration | Deliverables |
| ESR15 | Prague, Kent | Y | Months 7 and 25 | 18+18 months | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 7.6 |
| Project Title and Work Package to which it is related: Representations of Migrants: Discursive Features (WP5) | |||||
| Objectives: Describing the major discursive features of the representations of migration and migrants | |||||
| Expected Results: A systematic analysis of the discursive features of migration and travel narratives in verbal and visual art | |||||
| Planned secondment(s): Teatro Nacional São João, Porto, Months 25-30, 6 weeks. | |||||
| Enrolment in Doctoral Degree: CUNI, UNIKENT (joint degree) | |||||
