Sometimes, understanding the challenges we face means looking beyond a single perspective. This is exactly what we aimed to do at our side event, “From Refugee Protection to Social Cohesion: Building Inclusive and Peaceful Communities,” held on 12 October during the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference.

Bringing together academic and civil society perspectives, we discussed human dignity under restrictive asylum policies, sustainable approaches to refugee integration, and lessons learned from civil society’s work in Poland.

A big thank you to our speakers, Dr. Ramazan Özgü, Dr. Dominik Wach, Elmi Abdi, and Natalia Gebert, and our moderator, Hubert Iwanow, for sharing their expertise and contributing to the discussion.

We’re also grateful to everyone who joined us and made this exchange possible!

Join us for a side event at the OSCE Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2026, bringing together practitioners and researchers to discuss how societies can welcome refugees, uphold human rights, and strengthen social cohesion.

📅 Monday, 12 October 2026
🕔 17:00–18:00
📍 Sofitel Victoria, Warsaw, Poland

Speakers:
Ramazan Ozgu — University of Zurich
Natalia Gebert — Dom Otwarty
Elmi Abdi — Dobry Start
Dominik Wach — Jagiellonian University

Moderator: Hubert Iwanow