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Narratives are increasingly recognised as central to migration politics and policymaking. The next MPC seminar will feature a presentation by James Dennison, offering an overview of the latest research advances on migration narratives. 

Below are some research methods seminars at Instats (https://instats.org) which may be of interest to you: 

We are pleased to inform you that we have extended the call for proposals for the ARC-UNHCR Conference on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement until 31 March 2025. 

ITEM researchers Susanne Sivonen, Martin Unfried and Pim Mertens have contributed to a new OECD publication on Mobility and Integrated Labour Markets for Third-country Nationals in Greater Copenhagen. Details and link to the publication: 

OECD (2025), Mobility and Integrated Labour Markets for Third-country Nationals in Greater Copenhagen, OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation, OECD Publishing, Paris, 

In this hybrid research seminar on Wednesday 26th March 2025 at 12:00-13:00 CET, Giulia Briselli —a Postdoctoral Scholar at ESCP Business School, Paris Campus. — will present her research titled “One Bed, Two Dreams: Female Migration, Conservative Norms and Foreign Brides in South Korea”. 

Every year, the Migration Studies Society at the University of Oxford organise a two-day international conference on migration, bringing together scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds.

In early 2024, a team of UNU-EGOV researchers set out to co-design and develop a collaborative initiative, Safeguarding (Digital) Cultural Heritage in Crises, with partners to mobilize knowledge, resources, and relevant stakeholders across generations, geographies, and sectors to: 

In her latest video, Melissa Siegel discusses the most recent statistics on forced migration. She presents the current numbers of the forcibly displaced around the world including where people are coming from and where they are being hosted as well as some demographic breakdowns. You can watch the video on her YouTube channel. 

Ogden, L.J. (2025), ‘Doing Siblingship’ Transnationally: Intra-Generational Kinship Among Mobile Migrant Youth Between Ghana and Germany. Global Networks, 25: e70002. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/glob.70002. 

Migration is shaping societies and policies worldwide—how are attitudes evolving? What drives polarisation on this issue? How are governments responding, and what does the future hold for Ukrainian refugees in Europe? 

You are warmly invited to the lecture: “Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment for decent work: Addressing Irregular Migration. Dynamics of African Migration to Europe. A Case Study of Ghanaian Migration Pathway to Belgium” delivered by Charles Allan Kwenin – PhD Candidate, Centre for Migration Studies, University of Ghana. 

The European Research Network on Transitions in Youth invites submissions for their 32nd annual workshop which will take place in Aarhus, Denmark, on 1-3 October 2025.