October 3-4, 2026 Room 1702, Building 2, Sophia University Organizers: Megha Wadhwa, David H. Slater (Sophia University) and Michiel Baas (Leiden University) Digital technologies have long shaped how migrants sustain family ties, navigate borders, and build belonging. Artificial intelligence now pushes this further—promising to smooth language barriers and settlement, yet raising the question of whether such tools genuinely help or foster dependence that erodes the drive to
