Solidarity in Diversity

Promoting solidarities across ethnic-cultural boundaries

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Innovation Training Network (MSCA ITN)

SOLiDi is an innovative training network consisting of 10 Academic Beneficiaries and 23 Partner Organisations in 8 European countries, envisioned to provide a specialised training to 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) in a range of different approaches to generate solidarity in diversity and be able to apply these in different geographical, policy and organisational contexts.

Activities, news & events

Past events

SOLiDi Events
SOLiDi-conference: ‘Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches’
Aug 20
SOLiDi-conference: ‘Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches’
Workshop 2.3. Translation and comparison
Jun 19
Workshop 2.3. Translation and comparison
Progress meeting on drawing analytical and methodological conclusions
Jun 17
Progress meeting on drawing analytical and methodological conclusions
Call For Papers – Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches
Jun 10
Call For Papers – Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches
Call For Artistic Contributions– Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches
Jun 10
Call For Artistic Contributions– Solidarity in diversity: place and practice-based approaches
Workshop 3.2. Joint reflection on cases: articulating public pedagogies and policy and organizational strategies for solidarity in diversity
Mar 11
Workshop 3.2. Joint reflection on cases: articulating public pedagogies and policy and organizational strategies for solidarity in diversity
Workshop 3.3. Hybrid institution building
Dec 6
Workshop 3.3. Hybrid institution building
Workshop 3.1. Paradigms for making a difference
Sep 5
Workshop 3.1. Paradigms for making a difference
Workshop 2.2. Researching in place
Sep 21
Workshop 2.2. Researching in place
Annual progress meeting
Jul 7
Annual progress meeting
Workshop 2.1. Participatory research methods, research ethics and research engagement with (vulnerable) communities
Jul 5
Workshop 2.1. Participatory research methods, research ethics and research engagement with (vulnerable) communities
Workshop 1.3. Place and practice-based approach
May 9
Workshop 1.3. Place and practice-based approach
Mid-term check
Feb 17
Mid-term check
Workshop 1.2. Interculturalism
Jan 12
Workshop 1.2. Interculturalism
Workshop 1.1. Solidarity in diversity: an intersectional perspective
Sep 7
Workshop 1.1. Solidarity in diversity: an intersectional perspective
Meet our ESR fellows
Sep 1
Meet our ESR fellows
Application period is now closed
Apr 7
Application period is now closed
Application period open
Mar 1
Application period open

News!

The final event of SOLiDi took place in Antwerp on August 20, 21 and 22.

During this three day event, the focus was on the individual project of our 15 early stage research fellows (ESRs) and their trajectory. However, we also invited societal actors, researchers and artistic contributors to join us in in what was an inspiring exchange. All information about this event and presentations can be found here.

Thank you to all people and organizations who joined us during SOLiDi for their continuous work and engagement.

External events

**ESR’s Lee Eisold, Eline de Jong and Bridget Shaffrey are organising a panel on “Solidarities (un)settled: unpacking the affective dimensions of solidary relations and practices” @ ASA (Association of Social Anthropologists) conference in April in London.

**ESR’s Lea Baro, Zinaïda Sluijs, Hannah Sommer and Eline de Jong have submitted a panel proposal to the conference of IMISCOE, July 2023 in Warsaw, IMISCOE is the international migration research network. The panel is titled “Never fully in, never really out? Contesting and legitimizing boundaries of in- and exclusion in the context of migration and asylum”.

Some reflections from ESR Solinda Morgillo (@__colorsol) on a summer school she was a part of earlier this summer: “This June I joined a summer school at SOAS that was both about research methods and a safe_r space for PoC. Aim of the multipl
Hi everyone, this is @lee.eisold. Today, I am giving you some insights into what 'fieldwork’ has meant for me and my project so far. From January to July, I travelled from Leuven to Antwerp at least twice a week to work with an anti-racist
Earlier this summer, Zinaïda Sluijs (@zinnnaa) participated in a summer school on "International Migration in Remote Places" organised by @matildemigration 🇮🇹 The Matilde project aims to bring a different perspective on rural, mount
Time for another recap of one of our ESR’s summer experiences! The research project of Eline de Jong (@elinedejong26) is concerned with solidarity in social enterprises. Last June, Eline participated in the training school of the EMES researc
Understanding children’s views and experiences of solidarity is a vital focus of ESR Joelle Badran’s (@joellebedran) research project. Earlier this month, Joelle attended the Children and Childhoods 2022 Conference organized by the @uniof
This summer, we are looking back on some of the events and activities our ESRs took part in over the past few months 📚☀️ First up, Bernardette @mizzinmaynooth and Marloes @marloesannevrolijk attended ‘The Second Doctoral Conference on Public
One week ago yesterday we wrapped our Newcastle workshops/annual progress meeting. We reflected on questions regarding research ethics, thinking about the pros and cons of participatory methods and dilemmas of entering voluntary spaces. We engaged
"On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life" was the next book we read as part of the ESR book club on Sara Ahmed organised by @alegrejul and @zinnnaa 📚 Starting from Ahmed's discussion on the experiences of diversity
Learning, reflecting, discussing doesn't always happen inside. As an afternoon activity the SOLiDi team visited the exhibition "A day is as long as a year". The exhibition by Mounira Al Solh present a range of drawings and embroidered wor
Hello from Newcastle! This week we’re diving into questions of participatory methods, research ethics, and engaging with different communities and publics. We started our day with an ESR board reflecting on last year’s experiences. Af
Bonġu, it's Julia! Thank you for joining my exploratory fieldwork with me during these last days. As a PhD student on political activism as public pedagogy, I ask: 'How do we learn, how do our bodies learn to resist?' By doing (exploratory) fieldwor
Hallo everyone, this is ESR9, Xin. Last week, I participated in an event organized by non-profit organization @thelovetankcic based in London to talk about my experience of being a Chinese queer migrant and accessing sexual health services in the U
And that’s a wrap on an inspiring and enriching week of workshops and teambuilding on beautiful Gozo, Malta 🇲🇹 A big thanks to our organisers as well as our partner organisations @movimentgraffitti and @anthropologyfieldschool for their con
Our Tuesday in a nutshell: working and cooking together while enjoying the incredible Xlendi views! In the morning, we split up into three groups, each one concerned with a different set of questions around the concepts of space and place. How do p
"Books make communities" writes Sara Ahmed in Living a Feminist Life. With that idea in mind, @alegrejul and @zinnnaa started a book club which was kicked off with this interesting read! 📚 Our debates focused on topics such as intersect
Workshop 1: graphic anthropology ✏ Today we explored the use of drawing in research. How can we visualise our environment? How can we capture movement in a drawing? How can it be used as a collaborative method? While walking through Gozo, we disco

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