Invitation: 18/03/2026 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Second generation’s family-driven ‘return’ migration and educational (dis-)integrations in the ancestral homeland
In this webinar, Dr Nilay Kılınç draws on her decade-long research on second-generation Turkish-Germans who have ‘returned’ to their ancestral homeland, Turkey. She specifically focuses on what happens when the second generation are required to ‘return’ as a result of…
Invitation: 26/02/2026 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Who counts and who’s counted: the complicated relationship between migrants and population data
This seminar, featuring Georgina Sturge, traces how migrants were counted in UK censuses, showing how population data can mean recognition, risk, and evolving democratic power. Abstract: Counting the population is one of the basic ambitions of governments, for the sake…
Invitation: 26/11/2025 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: War, Trauma, and Survival: A Child Survivor’s Journey Through Genocide and Displacement
You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar featuring Senija Mehmedovic, a survivor of the Srebrenica Genocide, who will share her journey from war and displacement to resilience, exploring trauma, identity, and the power of healing through storytelling….
Invitation: 28/10/2025 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Social protection responses to forced displacement: recent approaches and field practices
You are cordially invited to attend the upcoming UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar featuring Mattia Polvanesi who will present a paper titled “Social protection responses to forced displacement: recent approaches and field practices.” For details and to register for the event, please…
28/05/2025: UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar – Bridging Promises and Reality: The Challenges of EU-Africa Migration Cooperation
Abstract: This session aims to critically reflect and take stock of major policy achievements and failures in developing cooperative migration policies between European and African countries over the past two decades. Unless unresolved issues are clearly identified and openly discussed,…
23/04/2025 – Migration Seminar Series: Missiles and Misfits: Reimagining Home and Security for Queer Internally Displaced Persons From South Lebanon
You are cordially invited to the next UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series with Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab. Her paper sheds light on the often-overlooked intersectionality of armed conflict, displacement, and sexual and gender identity, with a focus on the experiences of LGBTIQ+…
12/03/2025: UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series – Safeguarding (Digital) Cultural Heritage in Crises: Connecting Palestinians Beyond Borders and Forced Separation
In early 2024, a team of UNU-EGOV researchers set out to co-design and develop a collaborative initiative, Safeguarding (Digital) Cultural Heritage in Crises, with partners to mobilize knowledge, resources, and relevant stakeholders across generations, geographies, and sectors to: deepen our…
12/02/2025: UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series – Trust Beyond Borders: The Role of Non-State Actors in Shaping Immigration Preferences
You are cordially invited to join the next UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Trust in international organizations reduces support for closed-door immigration in weak-governance regions, highlighting non-state actors’ influence. This will be on Wednesday, 12 Feb. 2025 from 15:30 to 16:30….
04/12/2024 – Migration Seminar Series: Atlas of Uncertainty: Journeys Transforming African Cityscapes
You are cordially invited to join the next UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Atlas of Uncertainty: Journeys Transforming African Cityscapes with speaker Professor Loren Landau- University of Oxford. This will be on Wednesday, 04 December 2024 at 16:00-17:00. To join, and…
27/11/2024 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Where to next: the evolving situation of Eritreans on the move
You are cordially invited to the next UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Where to next: the evolving situation of Eritreans on the move. Ethiopia and Sudan have been the major first countries of refuge for Eritreans for decades. Likewise, Saudi Arabia, Israel…