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Ogden, L.J. & Mazzucato V. (2021) Changing relationships to the country of origin through transnational mobility: migrant youth’s visits to Ghana. Mobilities. 

Roosen, I., Salway, S. & Osei-Kwasi, H.A. (2021) Transnational social networks, health, and care: a systematic narrative literature review. International Journal for Equity in Health 20, 138. 

Fouche, C., Richter, S., Vallianatos, H., Mason, A., Fernández-Sánchez, H., Mazzucato, V., Kariwo, M., and Salami, B. (2021) African immigrant child health: A scoping review. Journal of Migration and Health 4, 100054. 

Based on predictions from last year and the work of the World Bank, Melissa Siegel addresses the effects that Covid-19 had on remittances during 2020. She starts by identifying that the effects were not as considerable as had originally been predicted.

Using the EU Atlas on Migration, Prof. Siegel looks at migration in Italy. This includes looking at the stocks and flows of immigrants as well as the issuing of residence permits. She went on to address the issuance of residence permits, asylum seekers and irregular migration. 

Eliana Rubiano, UNU-MERIT 

Conflict-induced displacement is associated with shifts that may have differential impacts on women and men. These shifts include the loss of assets and livelihoods, lack of opportunities, among others. This dissertation applies a gender lens to the empirical analysis of the impacts of displacement in Colombia, a middle-income country with the second largest internally displaced population in the world. The study estimates the effects of displacement on household structures, gender roles, poverty, and gender norms.

In this series Melissa Siegel looks at migration in India over three videos. The first video examines the history of Indian Migration, she examines the impact of colonialism on migration as well as the 1947 partition before moving on to the more modern migration history. 

ERCOMER at Utrecht University is looking for a colleague to take up a full-time temporary position of an Assistant Professor. Candidates with a particular interest in understanding migration, cultural diversity and its impact on interethnic relations and immigrant integration, are encouraged to apply. Deadline to respond: 4 July 2021. For more information click here. 

PhD candidates in the field of governance of (I) migration and (II) remittances  

Project description 
The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) at Leiden University seeks to appoint 2 full-time, 4 year, PhD candidates to carry out research (80%) and teaching (20%) activities for the ERC funded research project JUSTREMIT. 

Dr Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine 

Mixed methods research is an excellent way to capture complex phenomena such as migration due to its possibilities to collect rich, comprehensive data. However, the blending of methods in migration studies remains difficult. In this virtual conference, academic researchers will come together from all over the world together to exchange experiences, interests and ambitions in bringing mixed methods to the next level in the field of migration research. 

On 23 September 2021 the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) in collaboration with the Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR) organizes its multidisciplinary and annual conference devoted to topics focusing on development and migration, return migration and displacement, migrants and the receiving society and migration in light of Covid19. In addition, we have a photo exhibition and several interesting workshops focussing on doing research during Covid19, the segregation of migrants and expats.