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New migration video by Prof. Melissa Siegel
March 2, 2026 - 12:00
Prof. Dr. Melissa Siegel has a new video on her YouTube channel.
In this video, she explains the concept of brain waste, what the main causes are, who is affected by it and what the main consequences are, as well as policy and program solutions for reducing brain waste within migration.
What is Brain Waste? And how can it be reduced?

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Invitation: 18/03/2026 – UNU-MERIT Migration Seminar Series: Second generation’s family-driven ‘return’ migration and educational (dis-)integrations in the ancestral homeland
March 1, 2026 - 12:00
In this webinar, Dr Nilay Kılınç draws on her decade-long research on second-generation Turkish-Germans who have ‘returned’ to their ancestral homeland, Turkey.
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