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There is an open PhD position at Leuphana University Lüneburg in the research area “Climate Futures in Digital Migration and Border Control” as part of the larger “Embracing Transformation” PhD and scholarship programme, consisting of 8 research projects in the context of climate futures and digital cultures at the school of culture and society, and in total 36 PhD students across our faculties. 

We would like to inform you that the two 2025 issues of the Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung / Journal of Migration Studies (ZMF) were published at the end of 2025. Vol 2025 (1) is a special issue dealing with Jochen Oltmer’s concept of Negotiating Migration (an introduction, one essay and five discussion papers): 

The Studio Europa Maastricht (SEM) Research Calls 2026 are now open for applications! 

Tesearchers from across UM faculties are invited to apply for seed funding for: 

• Call 1: Interfaculty research projects, 
• Call 2: Academic events and outreach activities. 

We are pleased to share with you the attached call for papers for the First ACMRL Conference on Migration Law, taking place at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on 18–19 June 2026.

The Laboratory for Studies and Research on Gender, Environment, Religion, and Migration (GERM) at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis, Senegal, would like to invite you participate in the International Symposium to be held in Saint-Louis on March 27 and 28, 2026, on the theme: “Migration and Climate in Africa: Emerging Dynamics and Challenges for the Future.” 

The Arnold Bergstraesser Institute Freiburg (Germany) is seeking to fill the position of Post-Doc Researcher (Salary Level TVL 13/75%). 

This is a reminder to submit proposals to a new IMISCOE event – the 2026 IMISCOE Forum.

Join the Transport Studies Unit in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford to help shape the future of youth-centric mobility research.

Utrecht University’s Migration and Societal Change research network is organising a seminar that broadly outlines how Latin American states design and tweak their immigration and citizenship regimes. These regimes entail state-defined rules and procedures that determine a foreign resident’s rights and legal status. 

MACIMIDE is offering one or more incentive grants to Maastricht University migration researchers to work collaboratively across faculties. The funding of 10,000 euros has generously been made available by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Maastricht University. 

The ERC Starting Grant project GIVE RIGHTS is currently recruiting a PhD student. Deadline for application is 18 January 2026. 

Are you a (nearly) graduated law student and do you want to start your university career as a passionate, enthusiastic PhD student? Then we have the job you are looking for.