Resumo

For over two decades now, new patterns and experiences of mobility have been described in the literature, widening and renewing the field of migration studies. In particular, the \'mobility paradigm\' literature has contributed to the enrichment of migration studies by questioning some of the traditional categories of that field of study. Concepts such as integration, migrant, movement are revisited in order to reflect the diversity of migration experiences in a globalized world.

In view of this, I would like to address the case of high-qualified workers in Brussels. Based on a range of semi-structured interviews with non-Belgians high-qualified \'serial migrants\' (persons who have lived at least in three different countries) working in Brussels, I will explore some of the characteristics of that population who do not identify with categories such as migrant or expat, and for whom integration and national considerations do not make sense. I will suggest that their experience of mobility can only be understood through the dispositive that makes it possible. I will look into three of the elements that are part of this \'mobility dispositive\': easy and accessible circulation within the Schengen Area and easy access to visas for high-qualified workers, early experiences of mobility through educational exchange programs or Erasmus and the infrastructures of global cities. As a conclusion, I will analyze how this \'mobility dispositive\' shapes subjectivities particularly in line with the current conditions of our neoliberal economies, and for whom mobility is part of a way of life.

Nota biográfica

Cécile Giraud is a teaching assistant and a Ph.d. student at the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium). She has a background in philosophy, ethics and development studies. She is currently completing her thesis in political sciences on the mobility of high-qualified serial migrants working.