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SUMMARY:CMES seminar: New MECW-project: Elite mobilities
DESCRIPTION:Contact: lisa.strombom@svet.lu.se\n\nThe Middle East has long b
 een a key source region for elite clients looking for second citizenships 
 and residences elsewhere. Lately\, it has also become an important receivi
 ng region\, with Turkey\, Egypt and Jordan offering citizenship by investm
 ent\, and UAE\, Oman\, Bahrain\, Kuwait\, Qatar\, and Saudi Arabia operate
  residence by investment programs. Yet\, the Middle East is an understudie
 d region in research on investment migration. The purpose of the research 
 project is to contribute to knowledge in this field\, focusing in particul
 ar on how investment citizenship programs affect the role of the state in 
 the Middle East\, from the perspectives of privatization\, communication\,
  and&nbsp\;global hierarchization.&nbsp\;The seminar presents our plans fo
 r the project.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Sara Kalm\, Markus Gunneflo and Leysan Storie 
 (Lund University) will present Elite Mobility: Investment Migration in the
  Middle East.Abstract: This project explores how neoliberal investment mig
 ration programs reconfigures the role of the state in the Middle East from
  the perspectives of privatization\, communication\, and global hierarchiz
 ation. Through citizenship-by-investment and residence-by-investment progr
 ams (together referred to as RCBI)\, states “sell” citizenship and res
 idency to the global elite in return for investments. While these programs
  have expanded globally since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis\,
  research has largely focused on Caribbean and European cases\, leaving th
 e Middle East underexplored despite the region’s growing importance as b
 oth an origin and a destination area for investment migrants.The project i
 s organized around three interrelated work packages. First\, it examines t
 he privatization of authority by analyzing the role and power of private i
 ntermediary firms in the investment migration industry (state-business rel
 ations). Second\, it explores how RCBI programs reconfigure long-standing 
 logics of belonging and citizenship through state communication and societ
 al reception\, with particular attention to the United Arab Emirates (stat
 e-society-relations). Third\, it analyzes how Middle Eastern states deploy
  RCBI programs as strategic tools to influence their standing in a highly 
 unequal global legal economic order (state-global relations).Empirically\,
  the project combines qualitative interviews\, participant observation\, p
 olicy analysis\, and digital ethnography. Theoretically\, it contributes t
 o literature on neoliberal statehood\, citizenship\, and global inequality
 . Beyond its regional focus\, the project advances broader debates on dete
 rritorialized elites\, the “secession of wealth\,” and the transformat
 ion of citizenship in an era of intensifying global inequality.Coffee\, te
 a and pastries will be served after the seminar.Everyone is warmly welcome
 !\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.cmes.lu.se/calendar/cme
 s-seminar-new-mecw-project-elite-mobilities
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LOCATION:CMES seminar room\, Finngatan 16.
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