* Apologies for cross-posting * Dear colleagues, Please find below a call for papers for the IMISCOE Migration conference in Luxembourg, on Transnational migrant entrepreneurs bridging urban, regional, national, and global spaces: A multi-scalar global perspective that might be of interest to some of you. Please be so kind and distribute it among your networks and possibly interested colleagues and students. Kindest regards Yvonne Riaño _______________________________________ Prof. Dr. Yvonne Riaño Chair Switzerland's National Committee for the International Geographical Union (IGU) Project leader Swiss National Center of Research Competence 'On the Move' Institute of Geography University of Neuchâtel Espace Tilo-Frey 1 CH-2000 Neuchâtel Switzerland Webpage: http://www2.unine.ch/geographie/yvonne_riano Publications: https://unine.academia.edu/YvonneRiaño<https://unine.academia.edu/Yvonne… Project page: https://nccr-onthemove.ch/projects/migrant-entrepreneurship-mapping-cross-b… IGU: https://igu-online.org/organization/national-committees/ Transnational migrant entrepreneurs bridging urban, regional, national, and global spaces: A multi-scalar global perspective Yvonne Riaño (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland); Ricard Zapata-Barrero (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain), Christina Mittmasser (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland); Laure Sandoz (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) _______________________________________________________________________________In a globalised world, the actions of groups and individuals span across multiple geographical scales. In recent years, migration researchers have called for taking multi-scalar processes more seriously (see references below). In a multi-scalar global perspective, local, regional, national, and global are not separate levels of analysis; they are mutually constituted spheres of action in which people – both migrants and non-migrants – live. This perspective allows researchers to investigate not only the different opportunities and constraints created by nation states, but also the conditions produced by urban and regional contexts within specific nation states, as well as the transnational settings in which migrants act. Some research on transnational migrant entrepreneurship does exist but studies seriously addressing the global multi-scalar perspective by examining how entrepreneurs bridge urban, regional, national, and global spaces are scant. This session contributes to filling this research gap by examining the local, regional, national, and global contexts in which transnational migrant entrepreneurs (TME) are embedded, and how they bridge these different spaces through entrepreneurial activities and creative mobility strategies. We are interested in comprehending the diverse contexts of opportunity, or lack thereof, against the backdrop of entrepreneurship policies and mobility regimes in which cities, regions, states, and global spaces are imbricated. Understanding how transnational entrepreneurs creatively connect and transform such settings through the multi-scalar mobilities of people, goods, capital, and ideas is central. Furthermore, we are aware that these multi-scalar processes may (re)produce social, economic, and spatial power dependencies as well as social inequalities. This needs to be examined. We welcome empirical, methodological and/or theoretical contributions that focus on transnational business or transnational social entrepreneurs, from a qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods perspective. We are especially interested in how the practices of transnational migrant entrepreneurs bridge cross-border localities, and how Covid-19 restrictions impact these practices. Finally, the potential positive impulses of TME for multi-level governance, socio-economic development and power relations. Submissions Please submit your abstract no later than 16 November 2020 specifying the research question, data, methods and main findings (250 words maximum) as well as title, name, email, and institutional affiliation. Please submit abstracts in Word format to Yvonne Riaño (yvonne.riano at unine.ch<mailto:yvonne.riano at unine.ch>), Ricard Zapata-Barrero (ricard.zapata at upf.edu<mailto:ricard.zapata at upf.edu>), Christina Mittmasser (christina.mittmasser at unine.ch<mailto:christina.mittmasser at unine.ch>) and Laure Sandoz (laure.sandoz at unine.ch<mailto:laure.sandoz at unine.ch>). The notification of what abstracts will be accepted for the panel will be made by 30 November 2020 (innovative, scientifically solid, fit call for papers). We expect IMISCOE's answer by 1. February 2021. References Glick Schiller N., and A. Caglar (2011). Locating Migration: Rescaling Cities and Migrants, Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Glick Schiller N. (2015) "Explanatory frameworks in transnational migration studies: the missing multi-scalar global perspective", Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38:13, 2275-2282. Zapata-Barrero, R. and Rezai, S. (Eds) (2019) "Diaspora governance and transnational entrepreneurship: the rise of an emerging social global pattern in migration studies", Special Issue of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), 46 (10).