Events
Throughout the year numerous IMISCOE events are organised, in the context of research clusters, publication events, PhD training, etc. The most important item on the annual agenda of IMISCOE is the Annual Conference, which has been organised every year since 2004 by one of IMISCOE's member institutes. In 2027 the 24th Annual Conference will be held in Brussels and online.
Another annual event is the Spring Conference taking place in Toronto and online in 2027.
Besides the IMISCOE annual conferences, various events are organised throughout the year. At least once a year a smaller academic seminar is organised by one of the IMISCOE member institutes. In addition, numerous events are organised by the various Standing Committees.
27 February 2026 at 15:00-17:00 CET, Online
Curiosity and Community in Research
Curiosity and Community in Research Date: Friday, 27th of February 2026 Time: 15:00 - 17:00 CET We will hold this as an online event. -- Welcome to the IMISCOE PhD Day 2026 ! Research is, among other things, driven by curiosity. For PhD students, this...
IMISCOE event
16-18 March 2026, University of Liège, Campus Pitteurs, Liège
Governing and Experiencing Migration in Contentious Times
The Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège is proud to announce that it will host the 2026 IMISCOE Spring Conference in Liège between 16-18 March 2026. The Call for Papers can be found below.
IMISCOE event
18–23 May 2026, Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
Peripheries in Motion: International Migration and Migrant Inclusion beyond the Urban Spheres.
The 2026 IMISCOE PhD School invites applications from doctoral researchers to explore international migration dynamics beyond the urban context and shed light on the nexus between space and place.
IMISCOE event
29 June - 2 July 2026, Girona and online
Strengthening Migration Studies through Community Engagement
In recent years, there has been a growing call for migration scholars to reflect deeply on how the knowledge production of migration studies takes place and how it is still conditioned by the boundaries and eurocentric approaches traditionally built by...
IMISCOE event
25-29 August 2025 , Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT)
Developing a sensory methodology in migration studies
Event organised by: the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning ( IGOT ) at the University of Lisbon and the Critical Heritage Studies Hub at Jagiellonian University Event location: The PhD school will take place at the Institute of Geography and...
Le vendredi 16 mai 2025 de 13h00 à 15h00
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la prochaine séance du séminaire Mobilités et Appartenance (MobAp) le vendredi 16 Mai de 13h00 à 15h00 au Centre Norbert Elias, La Vieille Charité, Marseille Nous accueillerons Izabela Wagner Professeure en «...
25 June 2025, Radboud University, Nijmegen
How do growing populist movements impact the way migrants are included, or excluded, in our societies? And how can we bridge the gap between academic knowledge and lived experience? At this year’s congress of the Radboud University Network on Migrant...
Cette séance aura lieu le Jeudi 3 avril - 11:00 - 13:00 au Centre Norbert Elias - 2, rue de la Charité - Marseille et en visioconférence Nous accueillerons Janine Dahinden (LAPS-MAPS/Université de Neuchâtel) Technologies de (De-)migrantisation:...
IMISCOE event
17-19 March 2025, University for Continuing Education Krems, Austri
The Regularity of Irregularity: Rethinking Migration Paradigms
Join the next IMISCOE Spring Conference 2025 on 17-19 March, on-site at the University for Continuing Education (UWK), Krems, Austria or online. 3 Keynote speeches, 26 panel sessions and 2 round tables will enable participants to engage in an intensive...
10-03-2025, Online
Book Launch: Decided Return Migration: Emotions, Citizenship, Home and Belonging in Bosnia and Herzegovina A GenSeM Migration Dialogue (online) The open access book " Decided Return Migration: Emotions, Citizenship, Home and Belonging in Bosnia and...
