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Research stream 2

RS2: Regional context: Regional migration governance regimes, flows, and processes in non-Western settings focus on (emerging) regional migration patterns, tendencies, and dynamics in the context of non-Western migration locales. The focus on regional migration is driven by the understanding that international migration is regionalized, meaning that migration and mobility take place predominantly

https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams/research-stream-2 - 2026-06-07

Research stream 3

RS3: National context: Migration governance in non-Western, non-democratic migration locales examines the interplay between (a) immigration laws and policies and (b) migrants’ experiences in non-Western, non-democratic migration locales. The analysis of these processes requires us to adopt to a context-sensitive approach due to the fact that many non-Western migrant-receiving countries are nondemo

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Consortium

The MARS project is implemented through a broad international network of academic institutions, policy organisations, and civil society actors.Project partners are organised into two categories, reflecting their formal role in the Horizon Europe project structure:BeneficiariesInstitutions that are signatories to the Horizon Europe Grant Agreement and are formally responsible for the implementation

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Beneficiaries

Lund University Coordinator Marmara University University of Helsinki İstanbul Medipol University Vilnius University Leiden University Ozbek Kadin Haklari Dernegi (Türkiye) University of Eastern Finland The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

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Associated Partners

University of Zurich University of Tsukuba University of the West of England, Bristol Kurultai PE General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan The American University in Cairo (AUC) Tashkent State University of Law University of the Western Cape The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Universitas Gadjah Mada Public Foundation "Vatandoshlar” Nazarbayev University University of Ghana U

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Book Chapters

Heusala, Anna-Liisa, Kaarina Aitamurto, and Sherzod Eraliev. (2024). ‘Introduction: The Mutual Impact of Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe’. In Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe, edited by Anna-Liisa Heusala, Kaarina Aitamurto, and Sherzod Eraliev, 1–34. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-2

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Project Rationale

Why POLCA—and why now?The wave of democratic optimism that accompanied the end of the Cold War has been tempered by a global expansion of authoritarian rule and hybrid governance forms. In many post‑socialist societies, formal legal transplants and institution‑building have coexisted with persistent informal orders and low trust in state institutions. Mainstream reform strategies, often designed a

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Books

Edited Volumes, Monographs and Research Reports Heusala, A.-L., Aitamurto, K. and Eraliev, S., 2024. Global Migration and Illiberalismin Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-26Eraliev, Sh. (Ed.). (2025). Migration Governance Beyond the West: Historical Legacies, Contemporary Trends, and Future Trajectories. Media-Tryck, Lund U

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Working Papers

Genc, H. D., & Kahraman, F. B. (2026). Methodology and Semi-Structured Interview Questions of the Study: Migration Direction within the Social Determinants of Health Framework: International Students in Türkiye and South–South Mobility [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18712169

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Journal Articles

Sherzod Eraliev, Rustamjon Urinboyev, Daniyar Kaldiyarov, Azamat Mukhtarov, Daniya Nurmukhankyzy (2024). Legal, illegal, digital Usbekische Migranten in Russland und der Türkei in ”Fließbild Politik und Gesellschaft in Zentralasien”. Osteuropa 8-10/2024. Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (Hg.). ISBN: 3-8305-5630-5 Eraliev, S., & Urinboyev, R. (2024). Social Media, Anti-Corruption Activism and Democr

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Home

SOCIAL Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia POLCA The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies. Insights from Central Asia MARS Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective (link to another website) MOCCA Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (link to another website) CENTRAL ASIAN LAW Legal Cultures and Business Environment

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Research Stream 1

International and Regional Norms, Initiatives, Discourses, Institutions Reading contested norm entrepreneurship in EurasiaResearch Stream 1 investigates how international and regional norm entrepreneurs shape, contest, and transform Central Asia’s governance landscape. Western actors—EU member states, international organizations, and development agencies—diffuse rule‑of‑law, human rights, and good

https://www.norca.lu.se/polca/streams/stream-1 - 2026-06-07

Research Stream 2

National/Central‑Level Processes, Initiatives, Policies, Laws Inside hybrid legality: executive by‑laws, parallel sectors, and reform trajectoriesResearch Stream 2 explores the inner workings of national legal design and governance in Central Asia. It focuses on alternative, non‑Western, and traditional structures; executive decrees and by‑laws that create parallel governance sectors; administrati

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Research Stream 3

Local Meso‑/Micro‑Level Institutions, Actors, Social Norms, Practices Everyday orders: morality, trust, and compliance beyond formal venuesResearch Stream 3 turns to the everyday arenas where citizens, entrepreneurs, civil society actors, and low‑level officials navigate ethics, legality, respectability, solidarity, and stigma. It studies societal watchdogs, informal mobilization, legal pluralism,

https://www.norca.lu.se/polca/streams/stream-3 - 2026-06-07

Soilwatching: Windows to the underground

A unique set of short videos invite you to the wonders of the world below our feet. Dive into the wonders of the world below your feet with Soilwatching. Through this initiative—partly funded by BECC—the SoilChip research group unveils the vibrant life thriving in soils. Using an innovative approach with so-called “Cyborg soils”, where transparent soil micromodels are unified with wild soil, their

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Final report of BECC-financed project

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Final report of BECC Action

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