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You are invited to the:  

Globalization, Transnationalism 

& 

Development Colloquium 

The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) in collaboration with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO), will hold a series of free virtual workshops, each thematically focused on a UN Sustainable Development Goal.

Mig.Res.Hub Launch Conference 
  

‘Covid19 and Systemic Resilience: 
What Role for Migrant Workers? ’ 
An online Research and Policy Conference 
9 November @09.00 – 17.30, CET 
The Zoom link to the Webinar will be provided following registration. 

DAMR seeks to actively engage with PhD researchers working on migration issues. For this aim, the DAMR gives young researchers the opportunity to organize academic events. The proposed events can be workshops, panel debates, or other innovative events that bring together academic researchers and/or engage with a wider audience.

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. 

 I’m starting this podcast to bring people together to discuss anything and everything related to the movement of people. I was inspired to start this podcast after sitting through many many webinars during the COVID-19 pandemic. I felt many of these events could have been audio recordings – recordings that you could listen to in the car, on your morning jog, or at the breakfast table. 

Geel, van J. and Mazzucato, V. (2020) Building educational resilience through transnational mobility trajectories: Young people between Ghana and The Netherlands. Young.  

Caarls, K., Bilgili, Ö. and Fransen, S. (2020). “Evolution of migration trajectories and transnational social networks over time: a study among sub-Saharan African migrants in Europe”. 

Zooming in on Migration and Asylum

H2020 Webinar series 

IOM has been invited to present at the next webinar series hosted by the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD). Dr. Marie McAuliffe, IOM’s head of research and a member of the DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board, will speak on the topic “COVID19 and Africa Migration and Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities for Development“. 

Prof. Dr. Lisa Waddington, Professor in European Disability Law at the Faculty of Law, created this clear video about the legal framework around Freedom Of Movement for Disabled people in The EU. This video was presented during the ENIL Freedom Drive hearing about Freedom of Movement. 

At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, it became apparent that the majority of crisis policy was being implemented at a national level.

Our ‘Mygration Story’ series tracks the family histories of staff and fellows at UNU. The aim is to show that many of us owe our lives and careers to the courage of migrant ancestors.