Concerning research activities, the researcher conducted thematic analysis of the data collected to prepare the research outputs and engaged in collaborative work to achieve the impact-related objectives of the MSCA.
Collaboration with staff at TC and home institution, training and transfer of knowledge have been particularly rewarding during the period covered by this final report. Among other things, the researcher attended / participated in 2 professional development modules offered at QUB and Harvard University and 1 intensive subject-related training at the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (recognised with the Spanish acronym CLACSO); at QUB, he was co-coordinator of the PhD training module and teamed up with a colleague to submit a proposal for a social lawyering research module as an intermediate step towards a legal clinic. With his mentor at QUB, he delivered a MSCA informational session at Lund University, during an invited visit to present his book’s findings. Having secured a visiting scientist position at FXB Center for Health and Human Rights (Harvard’s School of Public Health), he delivered 1 guest lecture and several workshops for students of law, public health and governance at Harvard University.
Dissemination, communication, exploitation activities included publication of: 1) a piece on the blog of the International Commission of Jurists (Opinio Juris); 2) a 100-page open access book/research report with the most influential human rights NGO in Colombia (Dejusticia); 3) a podcast in Lawpod, the podcast series of the beneficiary university Queen’s University Belfast; 4) a 1-minute video for the European Researchers’ Night at Trinity College Dublin. A journal article "A Primary Health Care-based Approach to Migrant Health Rights: A Qualitative Study from Colombia" (JA3) was submitted to a international open access Journal and a viewpoint on Community Health Workers and Migrant health Rights (extra) is underway. HEAVEN’s findings were presented at 2 university-based seminars, 2 national and 3 international conferences and workshops. Research-related activities grounded a) an international call for papers on ‘distress migration and the right to health’ for the Harvard-based Health and Human Rights Journal; b) the design, preparation & realization of 1 interdisciplinary workshop on human rights-based approaches to health and migration in Ireland and Northern Ireland; b) planning and execution of 7 training courses (12 hours each) for community health leaders (in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration IOM), an activity which was widely promoted via social media); c) design, planning and execution of 1 course for medical, policy and humanitarian staff (in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization -PAHO); study for strategic litigation and pedagogic activities with two legal clinics at the TC university (Universidad del Rosario).
Besides, during the period covered by the final report, the researcher published 1 chapter in book and co-edited a volume on the European Social Charter, organised book launches for the latter and his monograph.
