CfP: Migration and Poverty (University of Salzburg)
Dates: 19 and 20 September 2019 Venue: University of Salzburg Submission deadline: 31 January 2019 Conference Website: www.poverty-conference.org Keynote speakers: Ilse Derluyn (Ghent), Cathy McIlwaine (King’s College London), Corinna Mieth (Bochum), Julia O‘Connell-Davidson (Bristol), Annelies Zoomers (Utrecht) The Centre for…
CfP: “The Colloquium Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Migration Research: “Migration, Mobility and Inequalities”, University of Essex, 20 June 201
Call for abstracts: Cross Institutional PhD Research Colloquium Centre for Migration Studies (University of Essex)Migration Research Network (University of East Anglia)Centre for Migration Research (University of Sussex) The Call for Applications is now open. Submissions are due by midnight GMT…
CfP: Highly skilled migration, women and time geography, beyond mere human capital resource (EUGEO Conference 2019)
Session Title: Highly skilled migration, women and time geography, beyond mere human capital resource Session Convenors: Camilla Spadavecchia and Ana María González Ramos, (C.Spadavecchia) Tilburg University and (A.M.G. Ramos) IN3 -Universidad Abierta de Cataluña Abstract: The population decline together with…
CfP: The Universe(s) of Refugees Conference (Lisbon, Portugese National Library, 14-15 October 2019).
To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Daniel Defoe’s famous novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), CETAPS (NOVA-FCSH) and the Portuguese National Library organize, on the 14th and 15th October 2019, a conference to debate past and contemporary experience(s) of…
Internal Kick-off Meeting: H2020 Advancing Alternative Migration Governance
On 14 and 15 February 2019, Dr. Katie Kuschminder andProf. Melissa Siegel will be participating in the internal kick-off meeting of the H2020 project ‘Advancing Alternative Migration Governance’ (ADMIGOV) in Amsterdam. UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance contribute to this project as…
Online courses: “Climate Change and Human Mobility” & “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Development”
The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations-mandated University for Peace is accepting applications for two upcoming six weeks online courses on the topics of Climate Change and Human Mobility (10 January – 20 February, 2018) and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Development (17 January…
GIZ Project: Pakistani Diaspora in Germany
A team of researchers from UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance were recently commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to quantitatively and qualitatively analyse the Pakistani diaspora in Germany. The project recognises that diasporas are heterogeneous and complex, as they…
WUN Project: Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration
Dr. Katie Kuschminder will be a team member in the “Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: a global project” led by Ann Singleton (University of Bristol) and funded by the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Research…
TI Project: Women’s Political Participation and Corruption
A team of researchers at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance has been mandated by Transparency International (TI) to conduct a study on female politicians’ engagement in the fight against corruption. The overarching aim of this project is to generate…
Improving Migration Management in the Silk Routes
On 04-05 December 2018, the Iraqi Government organised the second drafting workshop for a ‘Policy on Engagement with Iraqis Abroad’ in Baghdad. The purpose of the second drafting workshop was to support the Iraqi government in drafting a ‘Policy on…