Imagining Futures-Routes Scholar in Residence Programme 2024

Imagining Futures-Routes Scholar in Residence Programme 2024 Theme: Interrelationship of Law and Mobility The Imagining Futures-Routes Scholar in Residence Programme is open for applications until 30th September 2023. The programme is run jointly by Imagining Futures (IF – AHRC/UKRI funded)…

Call for MITRA PhD Representatives

Call for MITRA PhD Representatives IMISCOE’S Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) is looking for two PhD representatives. The candidates are expected to participate in the activities of the committee and to contribute to the coordination of MITRA. This includes:…

Melissa Siegel posted 3 new videos on migration

Three new videos by Melissa Siegel are now available through her YouTube channel: ‘What is the Feminization of Migration?’ ‘Refugees’ Exposure to Extreme Weather’.  This video is based on the recently published paper (2023): “Refugee settlements are highly exposed to…

MACIMIDE conference 2023: provisional programme and registration

Invitation to register: This year, the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) celebrates its 10th Anniversary on the occasion of its Annual Work Conference, 22 September 2023. The provisional programme is available here. Registration for the conference is…

Melissa Siegel’s latest video explores whether cash transfers deter migrants

In this YouTube video, Melissa Siegel shares her reflections on the 2022 policy paper “Do Cash Transfers Deter Migration?” by Michael Clements.

New video by Melissa Siegel on why people do not migrate

There are huge potential gains in moving, both internally, and especially internationally. This is especially true for developing countries. But why, then, are people not moving? This is exactly what we will be discussing in Melissa Siegel’s latest YouTube video,…

Call for Abstracts: Migration Policy Practice

The editorial team of IOM’s Migration Policy Practice (MPP) is pleased to share a new call for abstracts. Submissions are welcome on a range of topics including evolving/new migration patterns and processes, as well as particular migrant groups such as migrant workers,…

Call for PhD representatives within IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism

The IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism is looking for PhD representatives. The objective of IMISCOE’s Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) is to provide an arena within IMISCOE for academic exchange on migrant transnationalism. MITRA is currently looking for…

24/05/2023 – GTD Colloquium: Strange(r) Families – Contesting the ‘Family’ and the ‘Nation’ in Migration Law

The next GTD colloquium will take place on Wednesday 24 May, organized by the Globalization, Transnationalism and Development research program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In this colloquium, Dr. Saskia Bonjour from the University of Amsterdam will…

New videos on migration and transnationalism by Melissa Siegel

Several new videos on various aspects of migration and transnationalism are available on Melissa Siegel’s YouTube channel. Climate Refugees: Should You Use the Term? ‘Climate Refugees’ is probably a term you have heard before and maybe you have even used…