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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. 

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.

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.

Queen Mary’s interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Migration and the (B)Orders Centre for the Study of Borders, Migration and Displacement are co-hosting a two-day conference on 29 and 30 May 2025. Call for papers now open until 10^th April, midday. 

The Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT), a global research network committed to fact-based and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws and electoral rights around the world, is soliciting submissions for the GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship.

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. 

Migration is highly politicised, with misinformation undermining the value of expertise and evidence. To address this, the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab is bringing together experts from politics, journalism, and policy analysis in a panel to explore the complexities of migration narratives. 

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? 

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. 

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. 

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: 

Major investments in migration research across Europe have yet to translate into meaningful policy change. Meanwhile, migration has become highly politicised, with misinformation undermining the value of expertise and evidence.