New publication: Job preferences of international Science & Engineering students: A discrete-choice experiment
Merve Nezihe Özer and Andries de Grip (2025). Job preferences of international Science & Engineering students: A discrete-choice experiment. International Journal of Manpower. Available on Emerald Insight at: Job preferences of international science and engineering students: a discrete-choice experiment | Emerald…
New publication: Not as innocent as it seems? The effects of “neutral” messaging on refugee attitudes
Hillenbrand, T., Martorano, B., & Siegel, M. (2025). Not as innocent as it seems? The effects of “neutral” messaging on refugee attitudes (UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series #2025-011). UNU-MERIT. Retrieved from https://unu-merit.nl/publications/abstract.php?id=9918 Abstract: Immigration has become one of the most divisive political issues in Europe and around…
New publication: Migration und Transnationalisierung
Fürstenau, S. & L.J. Ogden. (2025) “Migration und Transnationalisierung.” In Handbuch Erziehungswissenschaftliche Migrationsforschung, edited byIsabell Diehm, Merle Hummrich, Wolfgang Meseth, Galina Putjata. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-658-40621-9_49-1
New publication: Diaspora Engagement Report: Case Studies and Best Practices for Ukraine
Mori, G., Puigdomènech Vidal, J. and M. Siegel (2025) Diaspora Engagement Report: Case Studies and Best Practices for Ukraine, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/63969/file/CORE%2520UA%2520Diaspora%2520Engagement%2520Report_EN.pdf This report provides insights and lessons learned from countries with successful diaspora engagement…
New publication: Mobility and Integrated Labour Markets for Third-country Nationals in Greater Copenhagen
ITEM researchers Susanne Sivonen, Martin Unfried and Pim Mertens have contributed to a new OECD publication on Mobility and Integrated Labour Markets for Third-country Nationals in Greater Copenhagen. Details and link to the publication: OECD (2025), Mobility and Integrated Labour…
New publication: ‘Doing Siblingship’ Transnationally: Intra-Generational Kinship Among Mobile Migrant Youth Between Ghana and Germany
Ogden, L.J. (2025), ‘Doing Siblingship’ Transnationally: Intra-Generational Kinship Among Mobile Migrant Youth Between Ghana and Germany. Global Networks, 25: e70002. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/glob.70002. Abstract: This article explores how migrant-background youth ‘do siblingship’ transnationally. Transnational migration and anthropological kinship research have both emphasised…
New publications: JEMS Special Issue on Transnational Youth Mobility through Trajectories and Temporalities
Several MACIMIDE researchers have published articles in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) as part of a Special Issue on Transnational Youth Mobility through Trajectories and Temporalities: Mazzucato, V., & Ogden, L. J. (2025). Transnational youth mobility through…
New blog: Reforms welcome?! This is where Germans agree on refugee and asylum migration
On International Day of Human Fraternity, Tobias Hillenbrand and Melissa Siegel explore whether refugee policy can unite rather than divide in Germany. The International Day of Human Fraternity offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on what unites, rather than divides,…
New publication: The Italy–Albania Protocol: A new model of border-shifting within the EU and its compatibility with Union law
This article critically examines the extraterritorial asylum processing model established by the Italy–Albania deal, arguing that it departs from traditional EU externalization strategies and presents new legal challenges. By analysing the criteria used by the EU Court of Justice to…
New publication: ‘It’s the same path, just another direction’: Ghanaian newcomers’ strategic navigations of a German two-pillar model for secondary schooling
The different school forms within Germany’s tracked education system have traditionally led to different diplomas and thus future education and work prospects. Tracking has persistently disadvantaged migrant youth, who are over-represented in lower tracks. Since a 2010 reform introduced a…