Have you ever experienced a moment at which your research became deeply personal? Or when a place you had studied from a distance suddenly confronted you with emotions you had not anticipated? When I first set foot in Cyprus for my fieldwork, I thought I was well prepared. Months of reading, writing, and thinking about Cyprus and its buffer zone had given me what I thought was a reasonable understanding of the country and its many complexities. But once there, I realized that no amount of reading could prepare me for the emotions and contradictions I encountered.
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The cabinet plans on naturalisation and integration
Reposted and translated from Verblijfblog (November 12, 2024)
As previously announced in the outline agreement , the government program of the Schoof cabinet contains several plans that relate to naturalization and nationality that, taken together, will complicate access to Dutch citizenship and make the loss of Dutch citizenship easier. Verblijfblog provides an overview of these plans, the legal bottlenecks and expected effects.
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Digital networks and serendipitous encounters
Repost from Voice4Thought (November 24, 2023)
In September 2023, I participated in MIASA’s (Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa) midterm conference on Sustainable Governance in a Time of Global Flux at the University of Accra in Ghana….