07/12/2016 Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium – ‘Decent work for women in horticulture value chains: The case of the flower industry in East Africa’

Go to event. Decent work for women in global horticulture value chains: the case of the flower industry in East Africa By Caroline Wildeman Hivos  Abstract In global horticulture value chains, women mainly perform the unskilled, lowest paid and most flexible…

14/12/2016 Migration Seminar – ‘Why do people (want to) migrate? Seeking new answers to an old question’

Go to event. The migration seminar series, which is offered jointly by MGSoG/UNU-MERIT in collaboration with MACIMIDE, features researchers and practitioners whose work addresses human mobility. In the upcoming seminar, Prof. Jørgen Carling (Peace Research Institute Oslo) will present “Why do…

Research of MACIMIDE Visiting Fellow Heidi Haugen reported in New York Times

New York Times / Associated Press reports about ‘China’s African Population Declines Amid Slowdown, Crackdown’ based on research conducted by MACIMIDE Visitin Fellow Heidi Haugen. Go to article.

Recent publications, 26/11/2016

Hoye, J. M. (2016). Neo-republicanism, Old Imperialism, and Migration Ethics. Constellations. DOI: 10.1111/1467-8675.12259

Call for applications from the Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace

Call for applications from the Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace: ‘The Human Rights Centre of the United Nations mandated University for Peace is pleased to announce the call for applications for our Diploma in Human…

Call for Papers: Exploring Legal Borderlands and Critical Perspectives on Security and Migration

For Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, 5-7 April 2017. Deadline for submission of extracts: 16 January 2017 A Call for papers is now open for two sessions that members of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies are convening at this year’s…

Postdoc position in ERC project ‘Processing Citizenship’

The Department of Science, Technology, and Policy Studies (STePS), Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences at the University of Twente is looking for a Postdoc with a background in Ethnography of borders and/or migration to join the ERC-funded project…

Post-doctoral and Doctoral Research Fellows at Max-Planck Institute

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Department for Socio- Cultural Diversity) wishes to appoint highly qualified candidates for up to five new research positions. For all positions, applicants should have a degree in anthropology,…

Northwestern University Postdoctoral Fellowships in Global, Comparative, or International Affairs

The Buffett Institute for Global Studies at Northwestern University invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the study of global, comparative or international affairs. Up to three Fellows will be selected. Applications are welcome from scholars from any range of…

Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium: Organized in association with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE)

Globalization, Transnationalism & Development Colloquium Organized in association with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) When: Nov 23, 2016, from 15.30 to 17.30 Where: Spiegelzaal Soiron building – Grote Gracht 80-82, Maastricht University The topic of this lecture is: The role of formal and informal information in migrant…