IMISCOE implements an integrated, multidisciplinary, rigorously comparative research programme with Europe as its central focus.
| IMISCOE THEMES |
1) International migration: the spatial movement, voluntary or forced, of persons across political borders as a process, together with its causes and consequences.
2) The process of settlement and integration of immigrants and their descendants in the society of destination and the consequences this has for the receiving society.
| ORGANISATION OF RESEARCH |
All members are brought together into one programme organised in Research Clusters and Cross Cluster Working Groups. In these clusters and working groups members exchange information on their current research activities and findings, make strategic choices to build a coherent research programme in their domain and undertake a variety of activities like the organisation of workshops and publication of books.
Strategic instruments to develop new research have been developed to involve most or all of the present members as well as new members (particularly in the South and East of Europe) and to stimulate
theory building and development of methodologies.
| NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS |
IMISCOE is a platform that enables its members to also initiate new research projects through external funding. Such projects are continually in the making. The following are just some that have been made possible so far:
CLIP-Cities for local integration policies. This project allows experts to exchang
e information about their individual cities’ experiences in integration measures and supports fieldwork for local case studies.
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GEITONIES. This international project examines the representations and daily interactions that affect social and ethnic groups at the neighbourhood level.
MAFE-Migrations entre l'Afrique et l'Europe. This project aims to produce a new dataset on migration between African and Europe by carrying out surveys in both sending and receiving countries. Website
MIGHEALTHNET-
Information network on good practice in health care for migrants and minorities in Europe. This international project promotes the dynamic exchange of knowledge about migrant health issues.
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PROMINSTAT-Promoting comparative quantitative research in the field of migration and integration in Europe. This research project compiles statistical data on migration and 
integration in Europe, with the aim to build a comprehensive online database containing descriptions of relevant datasets.
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TIES RTN-The integration of the European second generation research training network. This project follows up on the work of The Integration of the European Second Generation project and its comparative research to create the first systematic European dataset on migration issues relevant for academics, stakeholders and NGOs.
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A more detailed description of the Research Programme can be downloaded here.
