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We invite abstracts for a workshop that seeks to explore the forefront of research on the nature of migration aspirations and related concepts. That is, how can we conceptualize and empirically examine people’s thoughts and feelings about potentially migrating? 

The DePaul Migration Collaborative has opened a new call for applications for our Practitioners in Residence (PIR) program.

We are pleased to share the call for the Annual Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR) Pitch & Mix event with you, taking place on October 30 2025 from 13.00-17.00, at the Ministry of Asylum and Migration in the Hague.

The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège is delighted to announce that it will host the 2026 IMISCOE Spring Conference in Liège between 16-18 March 2026. We would like to extend a friendly reminder to submit your paper proposals. The Call for Papers can be found below. 

Join Professor Daniel Ghezelbash as he presents a step-by-step approach to help individuals engage with misinformation about refugees and migrants effectively. 

Via deze weg willen wij jullie van harte uitnodigen voor onze Open azc dag op zaterdag 27 september van 13.00 tot 16.00 uur. 

Ana Isabel López García, an assistant professor of global migration at Maastricht University, and Vanessa van den Boogaard, a research lead at the International Centre for Tax and Development and a senior research associate at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto present an analysis of the remittance tax proposed by Trump. 

This study investigates the under-explored domains of intra-African return and reintegration of female returnees.

European states fund Migration Information Campaigns (MICs) to curb irregular migration from West Africa. MICs mobilise emotions to influence decision-making and govern people’s mobility.

Are you interested in statelessness?

We are pleased to share the Call for Abstracts for the upcoming interdisciplinary workshop: “Local Jobs, Global Lives? High-skilled migrants navigating transnational mobility and local embeddedness”, taking place 11–12 December 2025 at Radboud University, Nijmegen. 

In this new ITEM Brief, Pim Mertens and Martin Unfried discuss 40 years of Schengen in times of internal border controls, reflecting on the normalisation of border controls as instrument for migration.