LDE GMD grant awarded to 'Crossing Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches in Research on Migration and Diversity' project
The project 'Crossing Boundaries: Ethnographic Approaches in Research on Migration and Diversity' has been awarded funding through the LDE Governance of Migration and Diversity (GMD) Seed Fund 2025–2026.
Maartje van der Woude and Nicolien de Gier from the Van Vollenhoven Institute are part of the project.
The official announcement of the awarded projects can be found via LDE GMD grant announcement.
Migration and diversity are multifaceted social phenomena that intersect the legal, political, social, economic, and cultural domains. Ethnographic methods have played a vital role in capturing the lived experiences of migration and diversity, offering grounded insights that are otherwise underexplored. Scholars working with ethnography—whether in sociology, anthropology, law, public administration, history, social studies, or management studies—engage with different theoretical frameworks, methodological traditions, and epistemologies. This diversity enriches the field, yet risks perpetuating disciplinary fragmentation. To stimulate inter-disciplinary and cross-faculty collaboration, we recently launched the Ethnography Incubator@EUR. Building on this experience, we aim to organise an event to bring together migration and diversity ethnographers across LDE institutions.