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The Migration Research and Publications Division is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a consultancy to support the Division in laying the foundations for the development of a new IOM initiative, the Gender and Migration Research Policy Action Lab – GenMig. Deadline: Sunday 25 September 2022 midnight CEST. 

In two recent videos Melissa Siegel has looked at the migration backgrounds of Cameron Norrie (click here) and Denis Shapovalov (click here).

In here latest video, Melissa Siegel examines the 10 countries that have the highest number of internally displaced people. 

This autumn UNU-MERIT will organise its fifth annual internal conference. The aim of this conference is to increase interactions between UNU-MERIT researchers, especially between the various research themes. Paper presentation is open to all UNU-MERIT staff, PhD fellows and affiliated researchers on all UNU-MERIT research topics. 

Department of Sociology 

The Department of Sociology was established in 1964 and is renowned for its research excellence. It is highly ranked in the QS World Rankings and has been in the top ten for the quality of its research in all of the research assessment exercises since 1986. REF 2021 ranks us as 1st for Research Environment and 2nd for Research Power. 

Sayed, N. and Sadat, S.H.  (2022). “Climate Change Compounds Longstanding Displacement in Afghanistan”, Migration Policy Institute. 

On 26 September 2022, the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) organizes its Annual Work Conference devoted to topics focusing on migration and education, return migration, migrants and the receiving society, labour migration and economic integration, knowledge transfer and corruption.

Over the summer months Melissa Siegel has published several videos looking at a variety of migration topics. 

Ogden, L.J. (2022). “Transnational cultural capital in migrant youth’s school transitions: mobility trajectories between Ghana and Germany”, Globalisation, Societies and Education. 

As a postdoc researcher you will work on the research project: Educational disadvantages of newcomers: explanatory mechanisms and promising interventions.  You will conduct (quantitative) research into the mechanisms underlying the educational disadvantages of newcomers, and carry out experimental research into promising interventions that can be used by policymakers to reduce these educational disadvantages. This project is funded by the Dutch Inspectorate of Education. 

Various MACIMIDE members have contributed to a policy brief presenting the academic reflections on a selection of recommendations adopted at the European Citizens’ Panel on migration and EU in the world. 

IOM is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to undertake a consultancy involving the development of an internal research training package. Deadline: Monday 12 September 2022 (17:00 CEST).