13/06/2016: EURA-NET Policy Meeting “Temporary Migration and Workers’ Rights: Comparing EU-Asia Experiences and Perspectives”, side-event during the Human Rights Council, Geneva
Policy Meeting Temporary Migration and Workers’ Rights: Comparing EU-Asia Experiences and Perspectives The meeting will take place as a side-event during the Human Rights Council meeting of 13 June 2016 in the afternoon (15h00 – 17h00). It is jointly organized by CEPS (Centre…
14/06/2016: Movie screening & Discussion “Mail-Order Brides in the European Union”
Movie screening & Discussion “Mail-Order Brides in the European Union” During the event, we will fist watch the documentary “Bride Trafficking Unveiled”. The documentary investigates the global bride trafficking industry, in which women become commodities for profit and sex. Travelling…
23/06/2016: Book launch “International Migration. A Very Short Introduction” by Khalid Koser
Book launch International Migration. A Very Short Introduction by Khalid Koser Contact and registration: info@merit.unu.edu
Successful PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography
The PhD workshop on Urban Ethnography, organised by the Transnational Families research theme of MACIMIDE, was held at FASoS on 30th and 31st May 2016. Against all odds (transport strikes in Belgium and multiple railway works in the Netherlands during those days),…
Recent MACIMIDE publications 06/2016
Cebotari, V., Mazzucato, V., and Siegel, M. (2016). Child Development and Migrant Transnationalism: The Health of Children Who Stay Behind in Ghana and Nigeria, Journal of Development Studies. Meshkovska, B., Mickovski, N., Bos, A., and Siegel, M. (2016). Trafficking of Women…
17/06/2016: ITEM Workshop “Towards a Euregional market of transactions in immovable property and hypothecary financing”
ITEM Workshop Towards a Euregional market of transactions in immovable property and hypothecary financing On 17 June 2016, Maastricht University’s interdisciplinary Institute for Transnational and Euregional cooperation and Mobility / ITEM is organising a workshop on the Euregional market of…
29/06/2016 ITEM Seminar on recognition of qualifications
The Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility / ITEM cordially invites you to its Seminar “The Recognition of Qualifications: Improving Recognition to Enhance Cross-border Labour Mobility” on Wednesday 29 June 2016. The official language of the seminar is…
MACIMIDE Newsletter 27/05/2016
Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) MACIMIDE NEWS 30/05/2016: Migration seminar “Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making” by Jessica Hagen-Zanker Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making by Dr. Jessica Hagen-Zanker (Overseas Development…
30/05/2016: Migration seminar “Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making” by Jessica Hagen-Zanker
Journeys to Europe: the role of policy in migrant decision-making by Dr. Jessica Hagen-Zanker (Overseas Development Institute) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: With more than a million migrants reaching Europe, 2015 has become known as the year of…
30-31/05/2016: MACIMIDE PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography
PhD Workshop on Urban Ethnography Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE), Research theme Transnational Families Organisers: Joan van Geel and Ester Serra Mingot During the two-day workshop, 12 PhD researchers from across The Netherlands will discuss ethical and methodological challenges encountered…