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The Citizenship and Migration Research Network (CMRN) at the University of Edinburgh will be hosting a one-day hybrid writing workshop for displaced PhD and Early Career Researchers looking to publish an article on themes related to forced migration. The Writing Workshop will bring together 10 PhD and early career researchers with peers from the University of Edinburgh for one to one and group feedback on their draft articles, and a series of talks about how to publish and promote your work from Editors of leading journals in the field.    

The conference includes a combination of virtual panels and in-person elements from 15-18 November 2022. You can join the virtual panels from anywhere in the world, and delegates can either participate in real time, or watch on demand.  

This event will be held at the Institute for Advanced Social Studies (IESA-CSIC), Córdoba (Spain) on March 30-31st, 2023. 

The School of Cultural and Social Sciences, Institute of Geography at Osnabrück University seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Social Geography and Reflexive Migration Studies (W1 with tenure track to W2) at the earliest possible date. 

In her latest video, Melissa Seigel examines the effects of migration on labour markets in countries of origin. In this video, she specifically examines the effect remittances on child labour and entrepreneurship, as well as the potential impact of the migration of highly educated individuals in the countries of origin. 

In this video, Melissa Seigel addresses 5 things to know about migration and development. 

Osei, O. E., Haagsman, K. & Mazzucato, V. (2022). Overcoming interruptions in educational trajectories: Youth in Ghana with international migrant parents. Global Networks. 

The proposed special issue examines the pandemic’s impact on migrants in cities through the concept of urban (migrant) citizenship.

Flikweert, W., Bilgili, Ö., Caarls, K. (2023). Remittance-Sending Behaviour Along Migration Trajectories: The Case of Senegalese, Ghanaian and Congolese Migrants. In: Ahrens, J., King, R. (eds) Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism. IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham. 

Hosted by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health & Development (AIGHD) and the 
Joep Lange Institute (JLI), the Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium brings together leading experts around a specific topic showcasing cutting-edge research. This year’s symposium will provide a platform to address the timely topic of Migration and Health. 

The ITEM annual conference in Groningen will focus on the impact of border regions on security, health and energy supply for the inhabitants of Europe’s internal borders. The current social developments in the fields of energy, health and safety still show that in order to tackle barriers, it is important to work together with partners on both sides of the border to arrive at the right casuistry, a joint concrete agenda and a structural approach. The current discussion around energy and the cross-border aspects involved require stronger inter-governmental governance (multilevel governance). 

“Piloting Skills Mobility Partnerships: Lessons learned from the MATCH project and the way forward” will take place on 17^th of November 2022 in Brussels, from 9:30 to 17:30, in a hybrid format!