Research project

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areUsafe? is a three-year research project (Principal Investigator: Licia Proserpio) that aims at understanding what happens when people and students forced to migrate (e.g., due to conflicts, political repression, or natural disasters) reach or attempt to reach new higher education (HE) spaces.

areUsafe is funded by the European Union - Next Generation EU, under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) - Mission 4, “Education and Research” – Component 2, “From Research to Business” – Investment line 1.2, “Funding projects presented by young researchers”.

Project title: Are Universities Safe Spaces? A multi-sited ethnographic study on the higher education journeys of displaced people in South and South-East Asia
Project duration: from 20/03/2025 to 19/03/2028
Project ID: SOE2024_0000115 
CUP number: J33C24002500006

The project has been granted ethical clearance by the Bioethical Committee of the University of Bologna (Prot. n. 0174260, 10/06/2025).