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In February 2020, Dr. Katie Kuschminder gave a keynote speech at the Migration Studies Delegation (Delmi) in Stockholm, Sweden, on “Return Migration and Reintegration”. The workshop included an international group of experts on return migration and reintegration from Europe. 

On 9 January 2020, Prof. Melissa Siegel and Nava Hinrichs travelled to Bern, Switzerland to discuss past and future migration work with representatives of the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC). 

On 6 February 2020, Prof. Melissa Siegel gave a lecture on the “Myths and misconceptions around migration” in Brussels as part of the sixth edition of Maastricht University’s Star Lecture Series. This year, 14 lectures took place simultaneously in different cities across five countries

Hooijen, I., Meng, C. & Reinold, J., (2020). Be prepared for the unexpected: The gap between (im)mobility intentions and subsequent behaviour of recent higher education graduates. Population Space and Place, 2313, 

Manby, B. (2020). “Nationality and Statelessness Among Persons of Western Saharan Origin. 

Haagsman, K. & Mazzucato, V. (2020). Chapter 16: The Well-Being of Stay Behind Family Members in Migrant Households. In T. Bastia & R. Skeldon (Eds.), Routlegde Handbook of Migration and Development, 181-190, 

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Health, Migration and Integration Symposium has been postponed to November of 2020. More details on the precise date will be posted closer to the time on our website: https://healthandmigration.org/. 

A postdoc/assistant professor position is open within the FSE / Independent Research Fund of Denmark project Outside Citizenship: The Making and Integration of Denizens at the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University. 

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the EU project Global Asylum Governance and European Union’s Role (ASILE), Oslo University

Five years after the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ reached the European continent, the topic is still widely debated. Media, politics and the public discuss intensive ways to deal with incoming migrants and to prevent migration in the future. However, many misconceptions exist around migration and joint solutions to the topic are lacking. 

The Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR) is an inclusive international network of academic researchers with an interest in contributing to the development of migration research in the Netherlands. DAMR has the objective of increasing the scientific standing of migration research in the Netherlands by emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to migration studies, theory formation and advancement based on empirical research.

Falcke, S., Meng, C., & Nollen, R. (2020). Educational mismatches for second generation migrants. An analysis of applied science graduates in the Netherlands. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies,