1st Edition
Dynamics of Uncertainty, Unrest and Fragility in Europe In the Shadow of the Ukraine and Migration Crises
Introductory Chapter: Various facets of uncertainty, unrest and fragility
Monika Banaś and Vesa Puuronen
1. Far away so close: Young Italians and the consumption of war images in social networks
Enzo Colombo, Giulia Giorgi, and Paola Rebughini
2. The enhancement of foreign qualifications: Evidence from a case study
Giulia Marroccoli
3. Beyond vulnerabilities: University as new opportunities for refugees
Ignazia Bartholini
4. Dynamics of uncertainty in the context of war in Ukraine: Discourse analysis of the Slovak newspaper SME
Jana Pecnikova, Anita Hutkova, and Paulína Maťašeje
5. Narrating Migration in times of 'Crisis': Perspectives from Poland
Karolina Nikielska-Sekuła
6. Polarizing effect of uncertainty by projecting (Ii)liberalism as an existential threat: A comparison of the crises of the 2010s and 2020s in the EU and the example of Central and Eastern Europe
Marko Lovec and Melika Mahmutović
7. Securitisation of health: The case of the European Health Union
Marta Hoffmann
8. Uncertainty rhetoric, symbolism and political campaigns in Polish parliamentary elections of 2023
Monika Banaś
9. Communication narratives of President Zelenskiy shaping a new image of Ukraine in the world
Nataliya Gabor, Yuliana Lavrysh, and Lyudmyla Pavlyuk
10. One border, but two Polands? Examining polish media discourse on the humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian Border: A qualitative analysis
Natalia Ożegalska-Łukasik
11. Discourses on asylum seekers and immigration in Finland since the 1990s
Vesa Puuronen
12. Perception of the Polish Army and Polish defense policy in the Spanish and German press: A text network and text actional analysis
Raúl Sánchez Prieto
13. Is this our war? Poles and their sense of uncertainty towards the armed conflict in Ukraine
Renata Hołda
14. Civil society organizations in supporting young migrants’ inclusion in uncertain times in Italy
Roberta Ricucci
Biography
Monika Banaś is Professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her research focuses on culture, politics and their mutual dependencies. She has published on migration and integration policies, political culture and political symbolism. Her works include inter alia Protest in Late Modern Societies: Dynamics, Forms, Futures (co-editor R. Saduov) (Routledge, 2023), ‘Integration Policy as a Challenge for European Cohesion’ in Politicke Vedy (2022), ‘Swedish Migrant Integration Policy after 2015: A Revised Approach in the Shadow of the Migration Crisis’ in Fuori Luogo (2021) and ‘The Cultural Potential of Femipolitics in Ireland at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries’ (in Polish) in Kobiety w polityce (2020). She is the Chief Editor of the academic journal Intercultural Relations.
Vesa Puuronen is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at University Oulu, Finland. His research focuses on racism, history of education, youth, right-wing populism and governance. He has published on racism, local politics, youth cultures, political participation and populism. His works include ‘Municipal Politics in Sami Homeland in Finland’ (in The Sami World, Routledge, 2022), Youth Political Participation and Right Wing Populism (edited with Kari Saari 2017), Stigmatized by Society (with Marjo Laitala, 2016), Racist Finland (2011) and Introduction to Youth Research (2007). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Finnish Journal of Cultural Studies (Kulttuurintutkimus).
