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How can universities engage more inclusively with migration and cultural diversity?

16 February 2026

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Type of event
Webinar
Format
Online
Open to
CIVIS academics, researchers and administrative staff
Date
16 February 2026

How can universities engage more inclusively with migration and cultural diversity?

Our February webinar will explore how collaborate with migrant communities and what this means for collaborative, community-engaged initiatives. Working with populations that may face vulnerability or marginalisation raises essential questions about trust-building, accessibility, and ethical responsibility. It also requires adapting methods to ensure that voices often unheard can genuinely influence the process.

These collaborations highlight both challenges — such as navigating power dynamics or addressing linguistic and cultural barriers — and opportunities, as cultural diversity enriches collective reflection and leads to more grounded, socially relevant outcomes.

By sharing experiences from across the alliance, the webinar will open a space for deeper reflection on how such projects can foster respectful, equitable, and culturally sensitive co-creation.

3x10 min talk + 30 min discussion

  • Léa Moreau Shmatenko (Unil) - Coordinator of the Open Lab project "Supporting access and participation to lifelong learning for disadvantaged migrants"
  • Alessandra Vitullo (SUR) - Coordinator of the Open Lab Project "Stories of Migrants. Learning memories, Building peace"
  • Patrick Michel (Unil) - Coordinator of the Open Lab Project  "VERIS -Voices of Palmyra: Engaging (in-)tangible memorial heritage in social innovation for refugee inclusion"
     

between 13:00 - 14:00 CET. No previous application is required. 

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