NEW FRONTIERS Conference 2025
Inter-disciplinary Research on Refugee Children and Youth
Reykjavík, Iceland | 31.10. - 1.11.2025
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am - 4:00pm |
Registration Location: Saga - Open area - ground floor You can pick up your nametag and lanyard at the registration table. |
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| 9:00am - 9:15am |
Opening session Location: Saga S-114 Welcome to the New Frontiers Conference 2025!
Kolbrún Þorbjörg Pálsdóttir, Dean, School of Education, University of Iceland will deliver the opening address. |
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| 9:15am - 10:15am |
Keynote - Laura Robson - Youthful peril, youthful promise: Rhetoric versus reality around refugee children and young people Location: Saga S-114 Laura Robson is Professor in the Department of History and the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University. She is a scholar of international and Middle Eastern history, with a special interest in questions of refugeedom, forced migration, and statelessness. |
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| 10:15am - 10:45am |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Saga - Open area - ground floor |
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| 10:45am - 12:15pm |
Migrant youth integration and Educational Inclusion: Exploring the process of migration, inclusive relational practices and school climate Location: Saga S-312 Chair: Hermína Gunnþórsdóttir Click on the session subtitle to view more information about the presentations in this session. |
Critical and Intersectional Approaches in Migration Research Location: Saga S-346 Chair: Lara Hoffmann Click on the session subtitle to view more information about the presentations in this session. |
| 12:15pm - 1:15pm |
Lunch break Lunch is not included in the conference ticket. Participants can purchase lunch in the nearby canteens and restaurants. |
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| 1:15pm - 2:45pm |
Children and Youth at the Margins: Disability, Visibility, and Empowerment Location: Saga S-346 Chair: Hrafnhildur Kvaran Click on the session subtitle to view more information about the presentations in this session. |
Artistic Expressions: Creative Outlets and the Refugee Experience Location: Saga S-312 Chair: Magnús Bernhardsson Click on the session subtitle to view more information about the presentations in this session. |
| 2:45pm - 3:15pm |
Coffee/Tea Break Location: Saga - Open area - ground floor |
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| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
ESRCI refugee children project – presentation Location: Saga S-114 Apart and a Part: New Frontiers in Researching Resettlement Refugees in Iceland
In this panel and roundtable, the inter-disciplinary group of eleven scholars associated with the multi-year research program that hosts this conference, will highlight some of the initial results of their ongoing work. After an overview of the scope and ambition of the project, they will describe the methodology, the process, the challenges, the implications and some of the initial insights that they have gained in the last three years. This research and data collection has taken place all of over Iceland including in small, remote villages to the metropolitan region of Reykjavik. The topics that the team has explored includes well-being, inclusion, language acquisition, education, trust, community building, communication, policies, expectation management, the role of volunteers and translators, and the various stages of resettlement. As they reflect on their efforts, success and findings and consider... |
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| 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
Welcome Reception Location: Saga - Open area - ground floor This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet fellow participants, speakers, and organizers in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Light refreshments will be served, and everyone is warmly encouraged to attend. |
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