Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict

Benjamin Etzold is a social geographer and migration scholar with 19 years of experience in studying people’s vulnerability, livelihoods and experiences of violence, trajectories of migration and displacement, as well as informal labour relations and patterns of food security. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Bonn (2012). Benjamin works at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) in Germany. He is affiliated member of the Bonn Center of Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) at the University of Bonn, where he leads a research group at the BCDSS on the entanglements of violence and livelihood precarity in translocal settings of conflict and displacement. Since he joined bicc in 2016, he worked in and led several research projects in the field of forced migration and refugees, including the interdisciplinary EU-funded Horizon 2020 research project ‘Transnational Figurations of Displacement’ (TRAFIG), which looked into the role of mobility and translocal connectivity for people in protracted displacement. Benjamin has published three books and multiple articles in Population, Space and Place, Geographica Helvetica, Erdkunde, Die Erde, Geographische Rundschau, Climate and Development, Migration and Development, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration, Comparative Population Studies, International Quarterly for Asian Studies, as well as several chapters in edited volumes. He is member in IMISCOE’s board of directors, board member of IMISCOE's Standing Committee on "Migration and Transnationalism" (MITRA), and member of the editors board of the book series "IMISCOE research series”. Marie Godin is an Assistant Professor in Human Geography at the University of Leicester, UK, in the School of Geography, Geology, and the Environment. Additionally, she serves as a research affiliate at the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford. Her primary research focuses on examining the multifaceted impact of digital technologies on displaced populations across diverse displacement settings. Marie has published extensively on the Congolese diaspora, the politics of “‘home’” and belonging in the digital world. She is actively engaged in academic networks, serving as a board member of the Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) within IMISCOE, facilitating academic exchange on diaspora studies and transnational migration scholarship. She has co-edited a special issue for Forced Migration Review (FMR) on Digital Disruption and Displacement (May 2024) and a special issue for the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) entitled “Digital Technologies and Migration: Behind and Beyond the Black Box (July 2024). Finally, she is an associate editor for the Journal of Migration Studies and has been awarded a research fellowship by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung for her project on refugees’ socio-digital futures in protracted displacement settings in Kenya (2025–2027).

• Chapter 1. Living and Moving Through Conflict: A Translocal Research Perspective (Benjamin Etzold and Marie Godin).- Part 1. Fragmented Displacement Trajectories in Conflict Constellations.- Chapter 2. Translocal Violence in Transit: Forced Migrants in Mexico and Turkey (Ludger Pries).- Chapter 3. Translocal Dynamics and (Im)Mobilities in Conflict: South Su-danese Refugees in Uganda (Marta Bivand Erdal and Cathrine Talleraas).- Chapter 4. Afghan Globalism and Afghanistan's Insulation Before and After 2021 (Katja Mielke and Conrad Schetter).- Chapter 5. Rohingya Onward Migration and Precarity in India and Ma-laysia (Rohini Mitra and Anas Ansar).- Chapter 6. Trajectories of Violence and Family-Making: Experiences of Venezuelan Migrants during COVID-19 (Julia Kieslinger).- Part 2. Enacted Translocality and (Im)Mobilities in Times of War.- Chapter 7. Seeking Security in a Translocal Arena: IDPs in Eastern DR Congo (Carolien Jacobs, Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa, Joachim Ruhamya, Innocent Assumani).- Chapter 8. Eritrean Refugees’ (Im)Mobilities and Connectivity during the Tigray War in Ethiopia (Mulu G. Abebe, Fekadu A. Tufa, Markus Rudolf).- Chapter 9. Translocalism in Displacement: Informal Aid on the Thai–Myanmar Border (Anne-Meike Fechter and Eilen May).- Chapter 10. Networked Humanitarianism and the Syrian Diaspora (Mohamad AlAshmar).- Part 3. Disruptions and Reconfigurations of Transnational Families Amidst Violent Conflict.- Chapter 11. Straddling Lives: Protection Holders between Germany and Ukraine (Katarina Mozetič and Larissa Kokonowskyj).- Chapter 12. Displaced Persons´ Migration Aspirations in a Transnational Setting: Ukrainian Women in Czechia and Poland and their Ties to their Husbands (Luděk Jirka, Mateusz Kamionka, Lucie Macková).- Chapter 13. Halfway Home: Ukrainian Mothers in Poland on Staying, Leaving and Lives In Between (Alina Penkala and Ine Lietaert).- Chapter 14. Aspiring for the Children: Parenthood in Turkey amid Forced Displacement (Ayşen Üstübici).- Chapter 15. Strained Family Ties among Syrian Teenage Refugees in Ger-many (Shaden Sabouni).- Part 4. Place-Makings and Traces of Violence in Translocal spaces.- Chapter 16. Transnational Chains of Violence and Impacts of Libya’s Con-flict in Nigeria (Leah de Haan).- Chapter 17. Mobilities and Translocal Lives amid Violence in the Lake Chad Basin (Milena Berks, Claudia Breitung, Oyewole Oginni, Boubacar Haidara).- Chapter 18. The Making of Somalis' Translocal Futures between Bolton (UK), Somalia and Kenya (Phoebe Shambaugh).- Chapter 19. Without Rhythm: Violence and Displaced Person's Temporal Experiences in Greece (Alexandra Siotou, Filyra Vlastou Dimopoulou, Eva Papatzani, Panos Hatziprokopiou).- Part 5. Methodological Reflections and Future Directions.- Chapter 20. Translocal-by-necessity: Ethnographic Film-Making during Conflict and Displacement (Josepha Wessels and Brigitte Suter).- Chapter 21. Doing Translocal Research amid Violent Conflicts: Methodological Reflections" (Özge Bilgili, Karljin Haagsman, Benjamin Etzold, Marie Godin).- Chapter 22. Rethinking Migration and Conflict Through a Translocal and Temporal Lens: Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Policy Implications (Marie Godin and Benjamin Etzold).