On 22 June 2017 Professor Nick Vaughan-Williams presented the initial findings of the Leverhulme 'Border Narratives' project as an invited speaker at the launch of the new Interdisciplinary Centre for Integration and Migration (InZentIM) at the University of Duisburg-Essen. The paper was entitled 'The Everyday Politics of Migration and Border Control in Europe: Citizens' Narratives of Hostility, Hospitality, and (In)Security' and presented as part of a panel focused on 'Security and safety'.