Migration and Racism: Interculturality in a Changing Europe
Course Type: Flavour School
How does racialisation shape migrant experiences in today’s Europe — and what tools do students need to engage critically and ethically with these realities? This Flavour School brings together undergraduate and graduate students from across the ACE²-EU alliance to examine migration, racism and interculturality as intertwined dimensions of contemporary European societies. Through an online launch session (28 Oct 2026) and an intensive on-site week at IPSantarém (2–6 Nov 2026), participants engage with academics, public institutions and migrant-led civil society organisations — including AIMA (Migration Observatory) and Renovar a Mouraria Association — using active and challenge-based learning, field visits and intercultural teamwork. Co-delivered by IPS (Portugal), MUG (Poland), CUAS (Austria) and UCB (Romania).
Duration and Timeline:
- Presential component: 2–6 November 2026
- Online: 28 October 2026
Organized by:
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (Portugal ) Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
Lia Pappámikail (lead) · Tatiana Ferreira (lead)
Medical University of Gdańsk
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Austria
University Constantin Brâncusi Târgu-Jiu
External stakeholders that will be involved in the course:
| Stakeholder | Sector / Role |
| AIMA — Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo · Migration Observatory | Portuguese public agency for integration, migration and asylum · Policy framing and institutional perspectives |
| Renovar a Mouraria Association(Lisbon) | Migrant-led community association in one of Lisbon’s most diverse neighbourhoods · Field visit, community-based perspectives, dialogue with migrants |
Course Description and Learning Objectives
This Flavour School addresses one of the most urgent challenges facing contemporary European societies: how to live together in increasingly diverse contexts where migration, identity and racism intersect with public policy, civic life and everyday experience. Drawing on sociology, anthropology, law, public policy and intercultural studies, the course invites students to examine how racialisation shapes migrant trajectories, how institutions respond, and how civil society and migrant-led organisations build alternatives. Through field visits, dialogue with practitioners and structured intercultural teamwork, participants develop the analytical, ethical and practical competences needed to act as agents of inclusion in their own academic and community contexts.
Course Description:
🖥️ Online launch — 28 October 2026
- Course kick-off and group formation across IPS, MUG, CUAS and UCB
- Foundational frameworks: migration, racialisation, interculturality
- Briefing on the on-site week and field visits
- Synchronous online activities (hours TBC)
🏫 On-site sessions — 2–6 November 2026 · IPSantarém · 5 days
- Workshops on migration policy, anti-racism and intercultural mediation
- Field visits and interactions with migrant communities, NGOs and government agencies
- Collaborative work with stakeholders (AIMA Migration Observatory, Renovar a Mouraria)
- Challenge-based teamwork in interdisciplinary, intercultural student groups
- Final group presentations and reflective synthesis
🪞 Follow-up & reflection
- Reflective essay on critical understanding and personal reflections about migration and racism
- Group deliverable from the on-site challenge
- Individual reflection on intercultural learning and competences acquired
Specific learning objectives include:
- Analyse how racialisation shapes migrant experiences and contributes to discrimination and social exclusion in Europe
- Develop skills for effective intercultural communication and promote respect for cultural diversity in academic and social settings
- Examine public policies and institutional practices related to migration, integration, human rights and anti-racism efforts, analysing their impacts and limitations
- Cultivate critical and ethical perspectives towards social exclusion processes, fostering inclusive citizenship and human rights advocacy
- Gain practical competencies in intercultural mediation and anti-racist actions applicable in higher education and community environments
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Critically analyse migration, racialisation and interculturality through interdisciplinary lenses
- Communicate effectively across cultures in academic and social settings
- Evaluate the impacts and limitations of migration, integration and anti-racism policies
- Engage ethically with civil society organisations, public institutions and migrant communities
- Apply intercultural mediation and anti-racist tools in their own academic and community contexts
- Work effectively in international, interdisciplinary and intercultural teams
Which students would find this course useful for them?
👥 Who Should Apply?
🎓 Level: Undergraduate and graduate students from any ACE²-EU partner university
🌍 Fields: Social Sciences · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Education · Public Policy · Public Health · Social Work · Communication · Humanities · International Relations · Human Rights
🤝 Suitable for those interested in: Migration · Anti-racism · Interculturality · Civil society engagement · Public policy · Field-based learning · Working in international and intercultural teams
🗣️ Language: English B1–B2 (to confirm)
Application Process:
Interested applicants should
🔗 Apply here: https://forms.gle/Ds85gjaX1t57NRcY8
Deadline for receipt of applications: 20 July 2026
Further Information
For any further information or queries related to the course, please contact:
Email: ace2eu@ufv.es
