This is the first event of BRIDGES, a project funded by the EU H2020 Framework Programme for Research & Innovation and implemented by a consortium of 12 universities, research centres, civil society organisations and cultural associations under the coordination of the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). 

BRIDGES aims to analyse the causes and consequences of migration narratives in Europe from an inter-disciplinary and co-productive approach, seeking to involve researchers, policymakers, journalist, civil society organisations, cultural associations, and the migrant communities themselves in the activities of the project and in the creation of alternative narratives on migration. The project will do so by producing research outputs and policy recommendations, but also by reaching out to the broader public through a series of dissemination activities, including a hip-hop contest and a photojournalism exhibition. 

During the Kick-off Meeting, the participants will discuss the overall goals, methodology and activities of the project, as well as the different work packages and other communication- and management-related aspects. The goal is to get an overview of the project and to build synergies between its partners. 

The Kick-off Meeting will be complemented with the first BRIDGES interdisciplinary seminar on April 29, when the researchers involved in the project will discuss the theoretical and methodological basis for a truly interdisciplinary work (across disciplines and between research and practice) throughout the three-years project.