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Hillenbrand, T., Martorano, B., & Siegel, M. (2025). Not as innocent as it seems? The effects of “neutral” messaging on refugee attitudes (UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series #2025-011). UNU-MERIT. Retrieved from https://unu-merit.nl/publications/abstract.php?id=9918 

Binational or mixed status families live in the shadow of immigration laws which dictate whether and how they can be together.

Calling potential authors: Forced Migration Review’s call for article proposals for our issue on ‘Climate change: choices for displaced people’ is now live at https://www.fmreview.org/climate-change-cfa/ and we’ve extended the deadline! 

The ACE Project Team is pleased to invite contributions for their upcoming workshop, “Ancestral Citizenship in Motion: Migration and Politics of Extraterritorial Belonging,”

As the focus on returning failed asylum seekers and other migrants to their countries of origin remains high, there is a commensurate need to consider reintegration support that assists returnees in rebuilding their lives.

You are invited to the next RECSM-UPF open webinar happening on Thursday, 15 May 2025, 15:00 CET with Prof. Burak Sonmez from the Centre for Quantitative Social Science at UCL, who will lead a thought-provoking session on public reactions to border enforcement and the conditions under which people justify violence. 

International Conference: 
«Geopolitics, Migrations and Identities in Central Eurasia» 

(Joint Meeting CESS-ESCAS) 

Lisbon, January 8/10, 2025 
In-person only 

Melissa Siegel has two new videos on her YouTube channel

Mori, G., Puigdomènech Vidal, J.  and M. Siegel (2025) Diaspora Engagement Report: Case Studies and Best Practices for Ukraine, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/63969/file/CORE%2520UA%2520Diaspora%2520Engagement%2520Report_EN.pdf 

Fürstenau, S. & L.J. Ogden. (2025) “Migration und Transnationalisierung.” In Handbuch Erziehungswissenschaftliche Migrationsforschung, edited byIsabell Diehm, Merle Hummrich, Wolfgang Meseth, Galina Putjata. 

You are cordially invited to the next UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series with Dr. Jasmin Lilian Diab.

IMISCOE is looking for seven (7) new members for the Training Committee (including 2 members who are currently PhD students and 3-5 members who have completed PhDs – both early-career and more senior researchers among them).