Seminar

This roundtable will discuss building a transnational and interdisciplinary network on the Food-Climate-Migration nexus 

From May 20 to June 24 there will be 4 online lectures on research on transnational families organized by the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) and the Interdisciplinary Center for Integration and Migration Research (InZentIM).

This workshop is a collaboration between Maastricht University (the Netherlands), Wolaita Sodo University (Ethiopia) and Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR). 

IOM Research is pleased to invite you to the launch of a new research publication on “The impacts of COVID-19 on migration and migrants from a gender perspective”, produced with the support of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

On World Refugee Day, Lumière is collaborating with Refugee Project Maastricht to cast some light on today’s most pressing refugee issues. 

Background 

Floods are a common environmental hazard, often causing loss of lives, economic losses and livelihood impacts around the globe. At the same time, the recently published 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that such extreme events will further increase in both frequency and severity in the coming decades. Recent flood events (incl. those in Europe in 2021) have revealed significant gaps in (i) our understanding of the multiple risks and impacts of such extreme events, (ii) the awareness and risk perception of the population, (iii) early warning, preparedness and emergency response, (iv) risk insurance and ways how insurance and finance instruments can support building back better, (v) adaptation and transformation needs, as well as (vi) cross-border and multi-level governance. In order to meet these challenges and build societal resilience towards climate extremes, increased collaboration and exchange of experiences as well as innovative solutions are urgently needed. 

On 20 September 2022, UNU will host “Comprehensive Innovation for Sustainable Development“, a BIG IDEAS Dialogue with Dr Bartel Van de Walle, Director of the UNU Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT). This event will be held via Zoom webinar at 18:00 JST (UTC+9). 

Abstract: 

A novel European policy concerning irregular migration is the implementation of information campaigns in popular sending countries. Recent literature suggests a certain effectiveness of these campaigns, revealing that triggering anxiety in the target audience enhances the impact of the information provided. This presentation challenges these findings by focusing on the role of a more moral mediator: the perceived credibility of the information’s sender. Building on dual-process theories of information processing, I expect that the mediator’s anxiety and credibility enhance the impact of information provision on awareness raising and attitude formation but through different mechanisms, so they may strategically replace one another. Disentangling the independent and interdependent effects, I implemented an experimental implicit mediation design with two randomized treatments in a real political information campaign targeting 2,500 Nigerian students. The results support the expectations. The absence of an additional effect for joint implementation of both mediators suggests a tactical replaceability. This causal field evidence contributes to understanding the different mechanisms of information processing in campaign settings. 

You are cordially invited to a UNU Migration Network research dissemination event on Return Processes and Return Governance. The event will offer an opportunity to discuss the policy findings and implications of two recently completed doctoral projects that focus on return decision-making, return policies, post-return experiences and the role of familial and formal support therein. 

Hosted by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development (AIGHD) and the 
Joep Lange Institute (JLI), the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium brings together leading experts around a specific topic showcasing cutting-edge research. This year’s symposium will provide a platform to address the timely topic of Migration and Health.