As migration to Europe increases amid the intensifying climate crisis, national borders are increasingly becoming exclusionary spaces. These dynamics of inclusion and exclusion unevenly distribute the benefits and burdens of extraction economies among humans, more-than-humans, and environments, making climate migration into an environmental justice issue. Intersections among immigration law, material environments, and cultural production in a diversifying Europe consequently raise questions about globalization, constructions of territorial borders, and national identity that environmental justice theory helps to answer.

In fall 2023, scholars from across Tilburg University gathered to share their research and develop interdisciplinary environmental justice methodologies for understanding migration, place, and indigeneity in Europe. This film showcases the collaborative efforts between the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences (TSHD) and the Tilburg Law School (TLS) to reframe how we think about intersections of race, environment, and justice in European cultural production, immigration policies, and social movements.

Decolonizing Globalization: Reading Migration through Environmental Justice

This research colloquium was organized by Kate Huber, Odile Heynders, Michiel Bot, and Phillip Paiement and funded by the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences. The film was produced by Annabelle Zwarter.