Dynamics of Uncertainty, Unrest and Fragility in Europe

Monika Banaś is Professor at the Faculty of International and Political Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her research focuses on culture, politics and their mutual dependencies. She has published on migration and integration policies, political culture and political symbolism. Her works include inter alia Protest in Late Modern Societies: Dynamics, Forms, Futures (co-editor R. Saduov) (Routledge, 2023), ‘Integration Policy as a Challenge for European Cohesion’ in Politicke Vedy (2022), ‘Swedish Migrant Integration Policy after 2015: A Revised Approach in the Shadow of the Migration Crisis’ in Fuori Luogo (2021) and ‘The Cultural Potential of Femipolitics in Ireland at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries’ (in Polish) in Kobiety w polityce (2020). She is the Chief Editor of the academic journal Intercultural Relations.Vesa Puuronen is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education and Psychology at University Oulu, Finland. His research focuses on racism, history of education, youth, right-wing populism and governance. He has published on racism, local politics, youth cultures, political participation and populism. His works include ‘Municipal Politics in Sami Homeland in Finland’ (in The Sami World, Routledge, 2022), Youth Political Participation and Right Wing Populism (edited with Kari Saari 2017), Stigmatized by Society (with Marjo Laitala, 2016), Racist Finland (2011) and Introduction to Youth Research (2007). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Finnish Journal of Cultural Studies (Kulttuurintutkimus).

• Introductory Chapter: Various facets of uncertainty, unrest and fragility1. Far away so close: Young Italians and the consumption of war images in social networks2. The Enhancement of Foreign Qualifications: Evidence from a Case Study3. Beyond vulnerabilities: University as new opportunities for refugees4. Dynamics of Uncertainty in the Context of War in Ukraine: Discourse Analysis of the Slovak Newspaper SME5. Narrating Migration in Times of “Crisis”: Perspectives from Poland6. Polarizing Effect of Uncertainty by Projecting (Il)Liberalism as an Existential Threat: A Comparison of the Crises of the 2010s and 2020s in the EU and the Example of Central and Eastern Europe7. Securitisation of Health: The Case of the European Health Union8. Uncertainty rhetoric, symbolism and political campaigns in Polish parliamentary elections of 20239. Communication Narratives of President Zelenskiy Shaping a New Image of Ukraine in the World10. One Border, But Two Polands? Examining Polish Media Discourse on the Humanitarian Crisis at the Polish-Belarusian Border: A Qualitative Analysis11. Discourses on Asylum Seekers and Immigration in Finland since the 1990s12. Perception of the Polish Army and Polish Defense Policy in the Spanish and German Press: A Text Network and Text Actional Analysis13. Is This Our War? Poles and Their Sense of Uncertainty Towards the Armed Conflict in Ukraine14. Civil Society Organizations in Supporting Young Migrants’ Inclusion in Uncertain Times in Italy