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This OER project examines Ukraine as a central hub in global migration and mobility, offering critical perspectives on both historical and contemporary population movements. The volume brings together case studies focused on the migration dynamics within Ukraine and its surrounding territories, integrating these with broader global migration processes. The authors critically engage with migration studies methodologies, offering fresh, empirical insights into issues like displacement, migration governance, and identity formation in the context of Ukraine's socio-political landscape. By combining historical narratives with modern theoretical approaches, the book explores how migration has shaped and continues to shape, the region’s cultural, political, and social fabric. It provides an innovative contribution to migration research, highlighting the intersection of mobility, belonging, and political contexts, particularly within East Central Europe. This collection challenges traditional migration frameworks and invites a reevaluation of established migration paradigms through the lens of Ukrainian lands.

Oleksii Chebotarov is a Researcher of the Department of Conservation, Archaeology, and History at the University of Oslo and the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe at the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he worked as a research fellow and lecturer at the Central European University, the University of Vienna, the University of St. Gallen, New Europe College in Bucharest, the Center for Urban History in Lviv, and the Ukrainian Catholic University. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Studies from the University of St. Gallen in 2021. His primary research interests include migration and borderland studies, Jewish history, digital humanities and environmental history.Viktoriya Sereda serves as Head Coordinator of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS) at the.Wissenschaftskolleg zu.Berlin and is a Professor of Sociology at the Kyiv School of Economics. She is also a Senior Advisor to the "War, Migration, and Memory" project at Forum Transregionale Studien and an Associate with the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. Previously, Dr. Sereda was a visiting lecturer at the University of Basel and taught at Central European University's Invisible University for Ukraine program. Her research centers on migration, memory, and identity in Ukraine. She has held faculty positions at the Ukrainian Catholic University and Ivan Franko Lviv National University, where she taught sociology.

Eastern, Immigration & Emigration, Historical, Europe, Social Science, History

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