The MiReKoc International Summer School 2013 is now open for applications!

16-28 June 2013, Istanbul, Turkey

The MiReKoc International Summer School of 2013 entitled, “The Political Economy of International Migration: Labour, Markets, and Development” aims at bringing together different theoretical and empirical debates on the economy-international migration nexus, which focuses on the perspectives of three main actors of international migration: the migrants, receiving countries/communities, and sending countries/communities.  The insight of migrant-centred perspectives will be elaborated within the context of labour market integration and migrant rights.  The perspectives of receiving countries/communities will be examined and applied to the specific questions of labour demand, demography, and larger integration issues.  The position of sending countries/communities will be discussed through the relationship between international migration and development.  The lectures in the School will not only reflect the conventional debates in the field, but they will also highlight the critical perspectives over the related debates.  An interdisciplinary approach at the School will be combined with research findings through different methodologies to be reflected in the lectures, and will provide the participants a dynamic and multi-dimensional knowledge that will be used both for scholarly and policy-making purposes.

An Introduction to International Migration Studies: European Perspectives

Edited by Marco Martiniello and Jan Rath

January 2013
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 978 90 8964 456 5
Paperback 388 pages
€ 42.50

IMISCOE and Amsterdam University Press are pleased to announce publication of this second volume in the IMISCOE Textbook Series. Intended for advanced students of international migration, this 15-chapter volume presents theoretical and empirical perspectives on a range of central topics. The main focus is on European experiences, including Eastern Europe, thus filling a longstanding gap in the field. Unlike people, theories and concepts do not travel easily. This means that scholarship oriented towards countries with longer, older narratives of immigration is not necessarily applicable on all continents.