Project description
Towards a bearable life in cross-border mobilities
For many people crossing borders in search of a better life, harsh realities often force a rethink of hopes and goals. Aspirations give way to day-to-day survival, shifting the focus from thriving to coping. The ERC-funded BEARLIV project explores this adjustment through the concept of a ‘bearable life’. In Ecuador, researchers work with migrants, returnees and asylum seekers, using participatory methods (focus groups, participatory video and digital storytelling) to identify needs and tensions on the ground. The project creates space for dialogue, develops policy recommendations and produces collaborative multimedia tools, involving grassroots associations, NGOs, state agencies and International Organisations. BEARLIV seeks to generate concrete insights and innovative strategies to inform advocacy and policymaking on cross-border mobilities in Ecuador and beyond.
Objective
Despite their high hopes and aspirations, people crossing borders in search of a ‘better life’ are frequently led to reassess and pare down their ambitions and expectations, and to realign them towards what this project conceptualises as a ‘bearable life’. This is a key finding of the ERC StG on which the present PoC builds. To put the notion of ‘bearable life’ to the test, explore its value, and operationalize its social innovation potential, the PoC develops a ground-breaking applied anthropology framework involving different stakeholders and protagonists of cross-border migratory flows in Ecuador. Participatory action research will proceed in close collaboration with local associations working with different mobile populations –characterised as ‘returnees’, ‘migrants’, and ‘asylum seekers’– and rely on a unique and experimental combination of research techniques, among which focus groups, participatory video, walking interviews, and digital storytelling.
Our first ambition is to identify concrete problems, lines of conflict, and needs related to different cross-border mobilities, exploring how they converge, diverge, and relate to one another by putting them into effective dialogue. Secondly, based on the participatory analysis of such needs, we aim to collaborate with NGOs, governmental organisations, and IOs to convene public debates and fora (on- and offline) and produce complementary outputs. The latter include recommendations, academic publications, and multimedia content (such as podcasts, videos, and articles) elaborated collaboratively with the project’s stakeholders both for their own benefit and to the attention of local, regional, national, and international institutions. The ultimate goal of BEARLIV is to propel societal innovation by co-producing, informing, and influencing advocacy efforts and policymaking on cross-border mobilities, and to generate transferrable insights and strategies for applied research in other world contexts
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences political sciences political policies civil society civil society organisations nongovernmental organizations
- social sciences sociology anthropology
- social sciences sociology demography human migrations
You need to log in or register to use this function
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
-
HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
MAIN PROGRAMME
See all projects funded under this programme
Topic(s)
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.
Funding Scheme
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
HORIZON-ERC-POC - HORIZON ERC Proof of Concept Grants
See all projects funded under this funding scheme
Call for proposal
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
(opens in new window) ERC-2024-POC
See all projects funded under this callHost institution
Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
30123 VENEZIA
Italy
The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.