Daniel Mossberg, Lead Outreach and Educational Coordinator at CEMUS, took part in the launch of the ENLIGHT Thematic Network (ETN) “B-MOVE: Beyond Migration: Organisms, Matter, Voices, Ecologies” in Galway February 23-27.
CEMUS is one of the project partners from Uppsala University, and together with the University of Galway, Comenius University Bratislava, and Ghent University, we will over two years explore the project’s themes through a series of workshops, a summer school, blended intensive courses, host an exhibition, and establish new collaborative platforms. The project is coordinated by Dr. Bianca Cataldi, University of Galway.
ENLIGHT is a European university network to promote equality, increased quality of life, sustainability, and global engagement through higher education.
About B-move
The ETN “B-MOVE – Beyond Migration: Organisms, Matter, Voices, Ecologies” guides students and scholars in the ENLIGHT network towards an interdisciplinary exploration of migration and mobility beyond human-centric perspectives. At the intersection of ecology and culture, B-MOVE reframes migration not only as a political challenge but as a multispecies, material and environmental phenomenon. This broader perspective enables students, scholars and creative practitioners to examine how the movement of people, animals, plants and materials shapes societies and ecosystems from a human and more-than-human perspective.
B-MOVE is anchored in transnational and interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars, artists, students and creative practitioners across the Arts and Humanities (languages, literatures, creative practices) and STEM disciplines (ecology, biology, climatology, animal and plant studies). It actively supports the ENLIGHT flagships “Culture and Creativity” and “Climate Change” by investigating the entanglements between ecological transformation and cultural expression. Creative practices – such as storytelling, ecoart, seed bombing and visual methods – serve both as tools of inquiry and modes of engagement, enabling participants to imagine and participate in shared futures.
The network involves staff from four ENLIGHT universities (University of Galway, Comenius University Bratislava, Uppsala University, Ghent University), coordinated by Dr. Bianca Rita Cataldi (Galway), with a core team of lecturers in modern languages, linguistics, literary and cultural studies. The network also involves researchers in the fields of geography, earth science, environmental studies, philosophy, ecoart and Art Science. The team reflects a balanced mix of disciplinary expertise (bridging Arts/Humanities with STEM), supporting the development of joint teaching activities, creative practices and public engagement initiatives.
B-MOVE aims to become a durable community of practice beyond its initial 24-month period. By fostering innovative collaborations across disciplines and institutions, it contributes to ENLIGHT’s mission of integrated, challenge-based learning and research that responds to the pressing challenges of our time.