Lecture | Stefan Rother Guest Lecture at the National University of Singapore
On August 7th, Stefan Rother will hold a guest lecture at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. His lecture is titled 'From the Ground Up: The Space for Southeast Asian Migrants’ Rights Activists in the Global Governance of Migration'
For a long time, migration has been largely absent from the global arena. This has changed significantly in recent years. The “migration-development mantra” has entered the discourse and new processes such as the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and the United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development (UN-HLD) have been established. In addition, migrants’ rights organisations have started their own parallel and separate events such as the World Social Forum on Migration and formed global alliances. It is no coincidence that migrants’ rights activists from Asia and particularly Southeast Asia are highly visible and active in all of these processes. This is due to the high level of organizing they have achieved from the ground up and on the regional level. The lecture will highlight the role of activists and “networks of networks” from Asia and the formation of transnational political spaces in which political attitudes, advocacy, organizing strategies, framing of political issues and existing political cleavages can be diffused.
Mr. Rother's lecture will take place in the ARI Seminar Room from 4 to 5:30 PM