15/11/2023 – Migration Seminar on Competitive preferences among different ethnic groups in the Netherlands

Invitation to November’s migration seminar with Özge Gökdemir (Istanbul University & Maastricht University) & Devrim Dumludag (Marmara University & Maastricht University) “Do All Women Shy Away from Competition? Competitive Preferences Among different ethnic groups in the Netherlands” Wednesday 15 November, 15:00-16:30…

07/06/23 – Migration Seminar: Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in the Global Compact for Migration

Dr. Raphaela Schweiger, Yale & Robert Bosch Stiftung Raphaela Schweiger will speak about her new book ‘Beyond states: The Global Compact for Migration and the role of non-state actors and cities‘, and her take on the evolution and future of global…

30/11/2022 – UNU-MERIT/MACIMIDE Seminar on the Politicisation of migration and its impacts on European integration

On Wednesday, 30 November, we will have the second Migration Seminar for the month November, convened by UNU-MERIT & MACIMIDE (Maastricht University). Our speaker is Dr Sevgi Temizisler, who is an Associate Researcher at the Brussels School of Governance, the…

16/11/2022 – UNU-MERIT/MACIMIDE Seminar on Welcoming Spaces in Peripherised Regions

We would like to invite you to our next UNU-MERIT & MACIMIDE Migration Seminar, taking place on Wednesday, 16 November. Our first speaker for the month of November is Prof. Maggi Leung from the University of Amsterdam. In the presentation,…

18/05/2022 – UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Seminar – The displacement continuum: the relationship between internal displacement and cross-border movement

About the speaker: Chloe Sydney is a Researcher at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Much of her research has focused on the relationship between internal displacement and cross-border movements. She also supports research on internal displacement associated with slow-onset…

06/04/2022 – MGSoG/UNU-MERIT – “Shadowboxing: ‘minority policy’ and marginalization of race in the Dutch metropole”

In the latter decades of the 20th century, the Netherlands was forced to confront evidence of racist violence and discrimination within its European borders. Inspired by UK and US examples, Dutch law professors, advocates, and activists began working together to…

23/03/2022 – MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Seminar “Governance of Remittances and Migration”

The EU has been investing significantly in economic development in West Africa, however, the scope of this economic support often goes beyond the mere improvement of the region’s social and economic well-being, as the EU has been using its assistance…

09/02/2022 – MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Seminar: “Why don’t residence by investment programmes work?”

Investment migration programmes—which offer residence permits or citizenship in return for a financial transaction or passive investment—have become increasingly popular in high-income immigration destinations over the past 15 years. However, a running theme in evaluations of investor programmes has been…

26/01/2021 – MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar on “Reducing Mistreatment of Migrant Domestic Workers”

Dr. Toman Barsbai, University of Bristol Many migrant workers face exploitative working conditions, resulting from the highly asymmetric power relationship with their employers and their inability to enforce contracts. We test whether reframing the initial encounter between migrants and employers…

08/12/2021 – UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Seminar on Migration, Culture, and Identity: The Case of Egypt

Migration and its relationship to culture and identity are among the difficult and intertwined topics on which many are reluctant to write on them for several reasons, the most important of which is that being objective in such research is…