21/10/2016 Migration Seminar ‘Well being, transnational practices, and development: The case of sub-saharan highly-skilled migrant women in Europe’ by Dr. Camilla Spadavecchia

Migration Seminar ‘Well being, transnational practices, and development: The case of sub-saharan highly-skilled migrant women in Europe’ by Dr. Camilla Spadavecchia Go to event page.

21/09/2016: Migration Seminar “Varieties of capitalism, variation in immigrant self-employment” by Magda Ulceluse

Varieties of capitalism, variation in immigrant self-employment by  Magda Ulceluse (Central European University) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: Existing theories of immigrant self-employment do not fully account for the variation in levels and types of self-employment…

16/06/2016: Migration seminar “Prejudice and the Securitization of Migration as Global Security Threats” by V. Bello

Prejudice and the Securitization of Migration as Global Security Threats by Dr. Valeria Bello (UNU-GCM) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract International Migration has become a security concern in current times. Changes that have occurred in…

15/06/2016: Migration seminar “Displacement and the Elderly: An Age-Sensitive Approach to Durable Solutions” by A. Mosneaga and M. Vanore

Displacement and the Elderly: An Age-Sensitive Approach to Durable Solutions Dr. Ana Mosneaga (UNU-IAS) and Dr. Michaella Vanore (MGSoG/UNU-MERIT) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract While international frameworks such as the UN Guiding Principles on Internal…

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…

23/05/2016: Migration seminar “What is the relationship between immigrant political participation in receiving societies and transnational political engagement with countries of origin?” by Ali Chaudhary

What is the relationship between immigrant political participation in receiving societies and transnational political engagement with countries of origin?  Dr. Ali R. Chaudhary (University of Oxford, Wolfson College)  MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: Sociological scholarship on…

26/04/2016: Migration seminar “Migrants as Agents of Change: Social Remittances in an Enlarged European Union” by Izabela Grabowska

Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration by Dr. Isabel Ruiz (Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford)  MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: Migration research into sending countries has typically been conducted by scholars interested in development. It…

20/04/2016: Migration seminar “Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration” by Isabel Ruiz (Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford)

Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration by Dr. Isabel Ruiz (Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford)  MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: This Labour Market Impacts of Forced Migration project explores the economic consequences of forced displacement for those…

16/03/2016: Migration seminar “The Dutch and (Future) EU Multilayered Regulation of the Admission of TCN Entrepreneurs” by Tesseltje de Lange

The Dutch and (Future) EU Multilayered Regulation of the Admission of TCN Entrepreneurs by Dr. Tesseltje de Lange (University of Amsterdam) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract: The purpose of this seminar is twofold: its first aim…

16/02/2016: Migration Seminar “Government of the People?: Right-wing Populism and Immigration Policy” by Adrian Shin

Government of the People?: Right-wing Populism and Immigration Policy Adrian J. Shin (University of Michigan/ MACIMIDE Junior Fellow) MGSoG/UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar in collaboration with Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Abstract This paper examines how right-wing populist parties influence immigration policy when they are excluded from coalition governments. I…