Free Global Cities and the Mobility Divide: Private Innovation for Public Resilience
This short contribution, written by MACIMIDE researcher Prof. Dr. Khalid Koser, is situated at the intersection of three global contradictions. First, despite growing awareness and assistance, the global refugee crisis is accelerating. Second, asylum seekers and refugees represent one end…
Special Issue on Multilingual Challenges: Empirical Social Research in Migration Societies, Transnational Spaces, and International Contexts
Multilingual Challenges: Empirical Social Research in Migration Societies, Transnational Spaces, and International Contexts (2026, Volume 14) Edited by Clara Holzinger and Anna-Katharina Draxl (University of Vienna) Complete issue: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.i535 Table of Contents: Researching in Multilingual Spaces: Addressing Methodological, Ethical, and…
(Im)mobility aspirations in the context of remote work
Transformations in the world of work have been supported by technological advances and, most recently, changing socio-cultural norms accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Expanded acceptance of – and desires for – remote working have underpinned the growth of ‘location-independent’ work,…
The Pull Factors of High-Skilled Immigration and the Role of Policies
This book chapter provides an overview of trends in high-skilled migration policy in 31 European countries, elucidating how these policies, along with other drivers of migration, shape high-skilled migration using a multi-disciplinary approach. Our analysis reveals a general trend towards…
Two new issues of the Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung /Journal of Migration Studies out now
We would like to inform you that the two 2025 issues of the Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung / Journal of Migration Studies (ZMF) were published at the end of 2025. Vol 2025 (1) is a special issue dealing with Jochen Oltmer’s…
Digging into data: learning together from analysis experiences
At a long overdue lunch the other day, my friend Gili and I got to talking about coding and analysis. We are both on the same page: frustrated with the lack of guidance, in textbooks and the like, for how…
Colonialism and Contemporary Commemoration in Rabat
In the history of urban planning in Rabat, Morocco, the force most often referred to is the French Protectorate period, effectively driven by a single person: Hubert Lyautey. His vision and will to produce a particular form of city has…
The revised Schengen Borders Code – an ex-post evaluation in times of border controls (ITEM-TEIN joint study)
The core of the European Union is its internal market, built on the open borders and the free movement of people: the area of Schengen. In 2025, Schengen has existed for 40 years. “In an area where persons may move…
Link4Skills Migrant Survey Handbook
This Handbook provides key information about the design, implementation and analysis of the Link4Skills Migrant Survey. Offering insights for researchers working with the survey dataset (when published after 31 December 2026), it reflects new approaches, best practices and lessons learned…
New thematic paper on protecting vulnerable persons in migration and asylum contexts
Commissioned by the Council of Europe (Division on Migration and Refugees), Prof. Lilian Tsourdi and Dr. Catherine Warin (University of Lille) co-authored a mapping study on identifying and effectively responding to needs linked with vulnerability in the context of asylum…