Job Vacancies

The South-South Migration, Inequality and Development Hub (MIDEQ)  is looking for an experienced and committed Research Fellow to support with the delivery of research and development interventions for our work package on legal remedies and access to justice (A2J) within and between the six migration ‘corridors’ in which the MIDEQ Hub is working. 

About MMC: 

The Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) is a global network consisting of seven regional hubs (Asia, East Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, North Africa, West Africa) and a central unit in Geneva. MMC is a leading source for independent and high-quality data, research, analysis and expertise on mixed migration. MMC aims to increase understanding of mixed migration, to positively impact global and regional migration policies, to inform evidence-based protection responses for people on the move and to stimulate forward thinking in public and policy debates on mixed migration.

POSTING 1 

Samuel Hall are seeking a professional Migration & Displacement (Pillar 1) Research Assistant (RA) with a strong background in climate change and environmental issues to join its team for a full-time position based either in our Nairobi office or remotely. Samuel Hall’s Migration & Displacement Pillar covers a wide range of topics on durable solutions, return and reintegration, migration and development, cross-border mobility, trafficking in persons, smuggling, aspirations and migrant ecosystems, internal displacement and IDPs, refugee protection, and climate-mobility interactions. The Research Assistant will manage between one and three projects simultaneously and be increasingly involved in research aspects. There is a strong potential for domestic, regional, and international travel. 

The Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for migration and mobility studies nccr – on the move brings together research projects from the social sciences, economics and law. Managed from the University of Neuchâtel, the network comprises eight Higher Education Institutions in Switzerland. The nccr – on the move promotes equal opportunities, values diversity and fosters an inclusive research and learning environment. 

The Journal of Refugee Studies (JRS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal featuring original, high-quality research related to diverse aspects of forced migration, as well as Field Reflections and Reviews

The NWA (Dutch Research Agenda) project ‘Dilemmas of doing Diversity’ (DIDI) are looking for 4 PhD candidates and 3 postdocs. The PhD candidates and postdocs will work closely together, but will be based a different institutions (Leiden, EUR, Delft of NIDI). 

Are you interested in the human rights of migrants, and would you like to work in a vibrant team of scholars forming one of the largest migration law research groups in Europe? These PhD positions will study the ambivalent role of the European Court of Human Rights as an actor and forum for the human rights turn in legal discourses on migration. The research will be part of the project entitled “Who is empowered by Strasbourg? Migrants and States before the European Court of Human Rights”. 

As a postdoc researcher you will work on the research project: Educational disadvantages of newcomers: explanatory mechanisms and promising interventions.  You will conduct (quantitative) research into the mechanisms underlying the educational disadvantages of newcomers, and carry out experimental research into promising interventions that can be used by policymakers to reduce these educational disadvantages. This project is funded by the Dutch Inspectorate of Education. 

IOM is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a consultancy involving the development of an internal research training package. Deadline: Monday 12 September 2022 (17:00 CEST). 

The Migration Research and Publications Division is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a consultancy to support the Division in laying the foundations for the development of a new IOM initiative, the Gender and Migration Research Policy Action Lab – GenMig. Deadline: Sunday 25 September 2022 midnight CEST.