The conference seeks to examine the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes as a response to mass displacement in the post-Cold War era. It will focus on key cases, in the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, the displacement of Syrians in Turkey, and, most recently, the mass flight of Ukrainians to the European Union following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
While these TP regimes differ in their specific implementation, they exhibit common regulatory patterns that impose conditions of temporariness and uncertainty, contributing to the vulnerability and discontent of displaced populations.
By bringing together a range of TP cases, the conference aims to critically explore these regimes in relation to evolving practices of international protection, national and regional governance, and the lived experiences of those affected. We seek to situate TP regimes within the broader context of the legal frameworks, political legacies, and institutional structures that shape both policy approaches and the realities of displacement.
Tuesday, 8 July
9:30 - 9:45 Opening remarks
9:45 - 11:45 Session 1
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Irem Şengül, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University
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Diego Acosta Arcarazo, University of Bristol
Logistical borderlands: the case of temporary protection
Manuela Bojadžijev, Humboldt-University Berlin/IWM visiting fellow
13:15 - 15:55 Session 2
Social Effects of Temporary Protection: Economic conditions
and employment of Ukrainian Beneficiaries in Europe
Leila Hadj Abdou & Esra Kayi, International Organization for
Migration (IOM)
Temporary Protection and Intersectional Identities: The Case
of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Czechia
Lucie Macková, Palacký University Olomouc
A Country of Asylum or Transit? Austrian refugee policy
during the Cold War
Sarah Knoll, University of Vienna
Beyond exception: the Ukrainian displaced in Vienna and the
mazes of temporary protection in the EU and global contexts
Volha Biziukova, Brown University, Ayşe Çağlar, IWM/ University
of Vienna, Ruslana Koziienko, Central European University
16:30–17:30 Concluding discussion
17:30–18:30 Closing reception
