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Professor Maarten Vink has recently been awarded a prestigious Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council for the 5-year project “Migrant Life Course and Legal Status Transitions (MiLifeStatus)”.

The European University Institute, in the context of the programme leading to a School of Transnational Governance, offers 3 to 12 months fellowships for the academic year 2017-18 to policy makers, civic leaders, civil servants, journalists or young scholars with a key interest in policy issues for potential leaders involving in policy issues. 

Project: MEDAM – Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration 

Researcher ( for a 50% position up to 12 months as from 1 September 2017) 

Call for papers and parallel sessions to the International Forum on Migration Statistics to be held in Paris on January 15-16, 2018. The forum is jointly organized by OECD, IOM and UN DESA. The deadline for submission of papers and parallel sessions is on June 30, 2017. 

The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies of the University of Liège (CEDEM-ULg) wishes to invite you to a conference entitled “What Future for Immigrant Social Protection?” to be held on Tuesday 25 April 2017 between 14.00 and 16.30 at the International Press Centre (Residence Palace) in Brussels. 

Exploring the Potential of Academic Research for Policy Making and Policy Advocacy 
A program offered by the International Metropolis Project, the City of The Hague, and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) at the University of Amsterdam, as part of the International Metropolis Conference 2017 

Vacancy for a 18 month part time post (with the hope of offering extension of hours and/or time period) for someone with expertise on irregular migration in Europe in particular, to contribute to two current initiatives and to the further development of Compas’ research and/or learning exchange programme. 

Explorative Workshop, Oslo, 11-12 January 2018 

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2017 

The Role of Heritage during Migration and Displacement 

A Symposium and Workshop to be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Vacancy at International Institute for Social Studies (ISS) for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in Development and Migration. There is also a position available in Governance and Public Policy. 

Research Officer on the project ‘The Global Governed?’: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance