30/03/2021 – “If you don’t let me, I’ll stick with my friends!” How immigrants utilize their social capital to circumvent discrimination in the German labor market?
Benjamin Schulz (WZB) shall give a presentation titled “If you don’t let me, I’ll stick with my friends!” How immigrants utilize their social capital to circumvent discrimination in the German labor market? Abstract: Being embedded in ethnic communities and corresponding networks…
21/04/2021 – Gender Perspectives around Migration
Migration experiences are diverse and complex. This lecture will take a look at how sex, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation shape every stage of the migration experience. I will in particular discuss some of less researched phenomena, such as…
21/04/2021 – DAMR workshop on “PhD-ing from Home”
How do you stay motivated? How do you try to work effectively during your day at home? How do you keep a healthy work-life balance, when you feel you’re always behind schedule? Join your fellow PhDs in an inspirational workshop…
25/03/2021 – State of the Art Annual Meeting on “Moving across borders”
The Directorate-General for Migration (Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security), in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is organising the 2021 State of the Art conference on Thursday 25 March. During the online event, they will address questions…
30/03/2021 – Migration Studies specialisation webinar for those interested in the Master’s in Public Policy (UNU-Merit)
Is the Master’s specialisation in Migration Studies the right specialisation for you? Join this live presentation and Q&A session to find out all you need to know about this specialisation! During this webinar, Specialisation Coordinator Melissa Siegel will deep-dive into the…
16/03/2021 – The Migration Working Group event on ‘Intricacies in the Regulation of Emigration and Immigration’
The Migration Working Group will host presentations on the theme of ‘Intricacies in the Regulation of Emigration and Immigration.’ The event will be held at 11.00 CET on 16th March, to register click here. The presentations will include: ‘Intentional Ambiguity in…
29/04/2021 – Making Middle-Class Multiculturalism: Immigration Bureaucrats and Policymaking in Postwar Canada.
In the 1950s and 1960s, immigration bureaucrats in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration played an important yet unacknowledged role in transforming Canada’s explicitly racist immigration policy into a formally universal one. In response to external economic and political pressures…
24/03/2021 – Lecture on ‘Populations at Risk: Implications of COVID-19 for Hunger, Migration and Displacement’
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit at a time when hunger has been on the rise over four consecutive years, mainly due to conflict, climate-related shocks and economic crises. At the same time, forced displacement has reached record highs. The COVID-19…
15/02/2021 – Report Launch on Internal Displacement in the MENA Region
The Qatar Charity, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) are hosting the launch of a new report on internal displacement in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which will take place…
27/01/21 – Webinar: Migration Governance and Politics in the Face of the Pandemic
27 January 15:00 – 16.15 CET The link to the Webinar will be provided following registration. Migration governance and politics have rarely been analysed in relation to each other. Research on migration politics has emphasised the contentious side of the…