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What? Workshop on Immigration, Integration and Attitudes 

When? 5-6 June 2020 

Where? Mannheim (Germany) 

The IUAES 2020 Congress invites contributions to the panel “European Makings of “Good” and “Bad” Refugees: Contestations of the Right to Have Rights”. 

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• Position title: Project Research Support Officer (DTM REMAP) 
• Where: Bangkok, Thailand 
• Type of appointment: Special short-term ungraded, six months with possibility of extensive 
• Application deadline: 1 March 2020 

On 3 March 2020, Prof. Khalid Koser will give a lecture on the topic of “Resolving the Global Refugee Crisis”. The lecture will take place in the conference room of UNU-Meriit, Boschstraat 24, from 19.00 to 20.30. 

On 11 March 2020, Dr. Ortrun Merkle will give  a lecture on the topic of “Gender perspectives around Migration”. The lecture will be held from 19.00 to 20.30 in the conference room of UNU-Merit, Boschstraat 24.   

WELCOMING SPACES is a research project funded through a Horizon 2020 grant. The consortium aims to look into the possibilities to revitalise shrinking areas by hosting non-EU migrants. They will focus on local, bottom-up initiatives that stimulate integration of migrants, while revitalizing rural regions that currently face severe population and economic decline. 

Job description 

The department of Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, is looking for a full-time doctoral researcher (paid PhD candidate) starting in September 2020. The PhD will focus on social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems in a European or global context. Candidates are expected to enter the doctoral program of the Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE) at Maastricht University and to deliver a doctoral dissertation within four years. The PhD candidate will be supervised by Professor Martin Carree and Dr Jarrod Ormiston. 

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) seeks a junior researcher (PhD student) in Economics of Migration for a three-year term in its research center “Poverty Reduction, Equity and Development” (PRED). 

The Centre for Population Change (CPC) of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development of the University of St. Andrews seeks to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on the understanding of migration and mobility themes.

The Faculty of Education & Health Sciences, and more specifically the Graduate Entry Medical School, is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher in primary healthcare – Migrant health. The researcher would work on the WHO Collaborating Centre meeting about Migrants’ involvement in health research. 

In short: The University of Amsterdam has two vacancies for assistant professors of sociology. 

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