UNU Newsletter on Migration – April 2015

UNU Newsletter on Migration – a quarterly news update from UNU-MERIT and MGSoG keeping you up-to-date on migration activities, events and publications at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance. Read online Issue 11, April 2015: http://www.merit.unu.edu/migration-news/

CfA: Migration Summer School “Multiple Approaches to Migration: Challenges at Origin and Destination”

  Call for Applications 11th Migration Summer School Multiple Approaches to Migration: Challenges at Origin and Destination Monday 22 June – Friday 3 July 2015 How would migration look from a legal, economic, demographic or sociological perspective?Migration is a critical issue…

Bulletin of the Child Migration Research Network (CMRN) – March 2015

Welcome to the events bulletin for the Child Migration Research Network (CMRN) for March 2015. This bulletin contains information on upcoming events that we hope will be of interest – including an upcoming event this Friday, 6 March, that will…

Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research Berlin, July 19 – August 1, 2015

The 5th Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences aims at promoting young researchers by strengthening their methodological understanding in linking theory and empirical research. The two weeks program creates an excellent basis for the advancement of their current research designs….

Book launch: “The nexus between statelessness and human trafficking. The example of Thailand” – Tilburg University

On Friday 13 February 2015, Tilburg University will present the findings of a two-year research project that explored the nexus between statelessness and human trafficking. The field research focused on the hill tribe communities in Northern Thailand and was aimed…

UNU-MERIT and the Maastricht School of Governance: Two New Projects on Diaspora Engagement

UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance have been commissioned by GIZ to conduct two complementary studies on the engagement of two African diaspora groups in Germany. The studies build on an earlier research report conducted by researchers at UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance…

UNU-MERIT and the Maastricht School of Governance: Two New Projects on Irregular Migration

UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance have been commissioned to conduct two research projects on irregular migration. The first, commissioned by WODC, aims to investigate the routes of irregular migrants to Europe and to the Netherlands in particular. The second, funded…

H-Migration daily digest: 21 new discussion items have been posted

Table of Contents cfp – Transient Migration in the Asia-Pacific; Identities, Social Networks and Media CFP ‘Governing Migrant Transnationalism’ (IMISCOE 2015) CFP – Race, Mobility and Imperial Networks: Charting the Transnational Asia-Pacific World, 1800-2015 Massachusetts Historical Society Jan 15 Fellowship…

MSc European Studies at Maastricht University: Global Scholarship Opportunities

The Research Master European Studies at Maastricht University is a two-year interdisciplinary programme, offered in English, leading to a Master of Science (MSc.) degree. The programme’s focus is on doing research into the politics and policies of the European Union and…