{"id":17740,"date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/najava\/belgrade-security-forum-2016-call-for-papers\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T23:00:00","slug":"belgrade-security-forum-2016-call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"najava","link":"https:\/\/bezbednost.org\/en\/event\/belgrade-security-forum-2016-call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgrade Security Forum 2016: Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<strong>The organizers of the Belgrade Security Forum<\/strong><strong>\u00a0(BSF)<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, European Movement in Serbia\u00a0and\u00a0Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence,\u00a0are inviting scholars and researchers to submit paper proposals for the BSF academic event entitled \u201cMigration, Security and Solidarity within Global Disorder\u201d. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>The deadline for submissions is 20 March\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tIn 2015, over a million migrants and refugees reached Europe\u00a0in what has been estimated to be the worst refugee crisis since the aftermath of the World War II. This humanitarian emergency &#8211; with a pronounced security dimension &#8211; marked last year, and unfortunately is unlikely to be resolved in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe response of European countries to the wave of mass migration was not harmonized, and existing EU asylum legislation has proved inadequate to deal with a crisis of such magnitude. It is yet to be seen how the EU as a whole will cope with the urgency of the crisis. The xenophobic backlash against immigration in a number of European countries represents a serious challenge to the introduction of policies based on solidarity, and the systems of so called \u201cburden sharing\u201d among EU member states.<\/p>\n<p>\tRegardless of whether they are fleeing war or severe economic hardship, the mass influx of migrants and refugees &#8211; especially in times of harsh austerity measures in Europe &#8211; has the potential to increase poverty and marginalization, which would consequently create new security challenges. The current migrant and refugee crisis therefore requires receiving countries to carefully rethink their approaches to combating poverty and tackling inequality.<\/p>\n<p>\tDrawing on insights from Security Studies, Political Science, European Studies, Legal Studies, Migration Studies, Sociology, Anthropology and other disciplines, this academic event will seek to address the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\t\tThe implications of the current migrant and refugee crisis for the perception of the EU as a \u201cNormative Power\u201d and a \u201cCommunity of Values\u201d with high standards of human rights protection;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tConceptual challenges to the Common European Asylum System posed by the current crisis;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tSecuritization of immigration and the rise of right-wing populism and Islamophobia in the EU;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tThe migrant and refugee crisis between international, EU and member states\u2019 asylum laws &#8211; the legal aspects and implications of the crisis;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tMigration, inequality and insecurity &#8211; new forms of marginalization; inequality as a security threat;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tImmigration and integration &#8211; from identity politics to the politics of solidarity;<\/li>\n<li>\t\tProblematizing the nexus between migration, radicalization and violent extremism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\tApplication process<\/h2>\n<p>\tParticipants will be selected based on the quality of their application. All submissions are required to include the applicant\u2019s CV (up to 2 pages) attached to his\/her paper proposal (up to 300 words). Submissions should be made electronically to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jrs@fpn.bg.ac.rs\">jrs@fpn.bg.ac.rs<\/a>\u00a0with the subject line: \u201cCall for paper proposals for BSF 2016\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\t<strong>The deadline for submissions is 20 March<\/strong><strong>2016.<\/strong>\u00a0All successful candidates will be contacted by the end of April 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\tIncomplete applications will be excluded from our review. The organizers will financially support the travel and accommodation expenses of a limited number of participants on a needs basis. <strong>Applicants should clearly state in their application whether they would like to be considered for the accommodation and travel grant.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\tAll accepted papers will be presented during the academic event (12 October 2016) and, following the conference, the presented papers will be peer-reviewed for publication in the\u00a0<em>Journal of Regional Security <\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.regionalsecurityjournal.com\/\">www.regionalsecurityjournal.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>\tAbout the BSF<\/h2>\n<p>\tThe\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.belgradeforum.org\/\">Belgrade Security Forum<\/a> is the largest international security conference in Southeast Europe, bringing together several hundred top level policy and decision makers, think-tankers, academics and journalists each year. The BSF is a combined event divided into two parts, with an academic event on the first day and a policy event taking place over the following two days.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe general topic of this year&#39;s Forum is \u201cWill Democracy Survive the Global Disorder?\u201d, while the theme of the academic event is \u201cMigration, Security and Solidarity within Global Disorder\u201d. The aim of the academic part of the conference is to serve as a platform for theorizing current security and foreign policy issues, and thus feed scholarly insights into the policy part of the BSF.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe first five academic events (2011-2015) have proved this conference to be a relevant platform for scholarly discussion on pressing security issues and, even more importantly, a forum for dialogue between the academic and policy communities. As a part of a larger initiative, the BSF academic event enables interaction and the exchange of ideas between members of academia, policy-makers, civil society representatives and the media.<\/p>\n<p>\tParticipants in the academic event are also a valuable part of discussions during the policy portion of the BSF, in which they take an active part by raising important questions and providing theoretical perspective for the policy debates.<\/p>\n<p>\tFinally, the BSF academic event is followed by the Method Caf\u00e9 (13-14 October) which enables young scholars to become familiar with the latest trends in social sciences research methodology.<\/p>\n<p>\tThe Method Caf\u00e9 is led by senior scholars with expertise in a range of research methods. 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