Author name: Louise Mackeprang

The Myanmar–Thailand Team participated in the 5th International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies, held at Chiang Mai University in Thailand from 14–16 August 2026. As part of the conference, the team convened a panel session, “The Confined Lives of Displacement: Agency and Displacement Across the Myanmar–Thailand Border,” featuring three papers examining different dimensions of displacement and […]

In May and June, Steffen Jensen carried out fieldwork in Cape Town in a squatter camp where he has worked many times before. This time, the aim was to understand how Malawian migrants cope with and negotiate very tough conditions in Cape Town. Steffen says, ‘Working with Malawian migrants takes you to the bottom of

We are pleased to announce that one of our team’s panel proposals has been accepted for the International Conference on Burma/Myanmar. The team will participate in the 5th International Conference this August at Chiang Mai University, where they will present their paper. The paper explores the confined lives of displaced individuals and seeks to understand