How can universities engage more inclusively with migration and cultural diversity?
16 febrero 2026
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- CIVIS academics, researchers and administrative staff
- Fecha
- 16 febrero 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"
Contact: fanny.sbaraglia@ulb.be