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BRIDGES - To assess the production and impact of migration narratives
The project is funded under the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme for Research and Innovation and is coordinated by CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (Spain).
Project objectives
BRIDGES aims to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives in a context of increasing politicisation and polarisation. By focusing on six current/former EU countries (FR, GE, HU, IT, SP, and UK), it has a three-fold objective.
First, at the academic level, it aims to understand the processes of narrative production and impact and their mutual interaction. This entails analysing: a) why some narratives have become dominant over others in public and political debates from a historical perspective; b) how narratives shape individual attitudes in Europe and potential migrants’ decisions in countries of origin and transit; c) how narratives impact policy decisions and outputs both at the national and EU levels; and d) how individuals and policymakers become in turn narrative producers (‘shaped shapers’) and influence each other.
Second, at the policy level, it aims to foster evidence-based policies. By developing a typology of government strategies for responding to populist narratives, we will provide policymakers with recommendations on how to redress a tendency towards increasingly symbolic policies in the field of migration and integration. Third, at the societal level, our objective is to create spaces for dialogue between actors involved in narrative production.
The project objectives can only be achieved if we bridge – hence the name BRIDGES – several critical gaps between disciplines and between research and practice. A key added value of the project is its interdisciplinarity and co-production approaches, including three interactive workshops with policy, media and civil society actors, an itinerant photojournalism exhibition and two hip hop contests to reflect on the challenges of multicultural and increasingly diverse societies.
French research team
- Virginie Guiraudon, CNRS Research Director, Sciences Po, CEE
- Hélène Thiollet, CNRS Research Fellow, Sciences Po, CERI
- Marie Moncada, Post-doctoral Fellow, Sciences Po, CEE
- Mélodie Beaujeu, Research Officer in charge of dissemination, Sciences Po, CEE
Publications
- Migration narratives in media and social media: the case of France. BRIDGES Working Paper, Marie Moncada, March 2023.
- The impact of narratives on policymaking at the national level: the case of France. BRIDGES Working Paper, Marie Moncada, December 2023.
- UK-France Channel Crossing Forum: Migration & Crime: Summary of Policy Relevant Outputs, BRIDGES Policy Brief, Hélène Thiollet and Sarah Wolff, March 2024
Browse all publications on the project's website.
Multimedias
More videos on the project's YouTube channel
To know more
Conférence finale en France : enregistrements audios et interviews vidéos
A few articles in French:
- Comprendre nos politiques migratoires grâce aux récits médiatiques : le projet BRIDGES. Marie Moncada in : Barbara Joannon, Audrey Lenoël, Hélène Thiollet & Perin Emel Yavuz (dir.), Dossier « Les migrations dans l’œil des médias : infox, influence et opinion », De facto [En ligne], 30 | Janvier 2022
- Le traitement médiatique des migrants en France : Traversées du tunnel sous la Manche, polémique du burkini et attentat terroriste à Nice. Marie Moncada, carnet de recherche de l'INAthèque, 24 août 2022.
- Dissuader les candidats à la migration : pourquoi les campagnes de l’UE sont un échec, Antoine Pécoud et Mélodie Beaujeu, The Conversation, 18 mars 2024.
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