New Publications

Naami, M., Mazzucato, V., & Kuschminder, K. (2024). Alternating temporalities experienced by North African unaccompanied minors in The Netherlands: a story of waiting and hypermobility. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2432445 

The different school forms within Germany’s tracked education system have traditionally led to different diplomas and thus future education and work prospects.

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

On International Day of Human Fraternity, Tobias Hillenbrand and Melissa Siegel explore whether refugee policy can unite rather than divide in Germany. 

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: 

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. 

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 Markets for Third-country Nationals in Greater Copenhagen, OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation, OECD Publishing, Paris, 

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 

Fürstenau, S. & L.J. Ogden. (2025) “Migration und Transnationalisierung.” In Handbuch Erziehungswissenschaftliche Migrationsforschung, edited byIsabell Diehm, Merle Hummrich, Wolfgang Meseth, Galina Putjata. 

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