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International student mobility and migration: trajectories, transitions, and social transformations Research panel organised at the 15th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 July 2018 Organizers: Christof Van Mol, Yvonne Riaño, Nicolai Netz, & Parvati Raghuram Over the past years, great progress has been made in research on international student mobility and migration (hereafter...

Workshop/ panel organised at the 15th IMISCOE Annual Conference Barcelona, 2‐4 July 2018 Title: Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Cross‐National Perspective Organizers: Rosita Fibbi, Arnfinn H. Midtbøen, Patrick Simon Recent meta‐analyses have documented the pervasive and persisting character of discrimination against immigrants and their descendants in Europe and the US. Many studies...

Am Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften sind in der Abteilung für soziokulturelle Vielfalt ab 1. Februar 2018 zwei Stellen in einem Projekt zu den Reaktionen zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisationen auf Migration und Diversität zu besetzen.

On Friday, 3 November 2017 , the new European academic exchange programme European Master in Migration Studies (EuMIGS) was officially launched in the “Peace Hall” of the town hall of Osnabrück. Aim of the programme is to promote the mobility and cross-country learning of students and the exchange of teaching staff between eight high-level institutes of migration research and their respective...

An der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) in Österreich, ist am Institut für Stadt- und Regionalforschung eine Position als Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (Postdoc) im Ausmaß von 40 Wochenstunden zu besetzen.

Contemporary migration research often revolves around one particular aspect of migratory processes, such as the movement of a particular group of people, the core motives to migrate, the expectations of migrants prior to, whilst or after migrating, or issues surrounding the integration in receiving societies. This international conference aims to stimulate an interdisciplinary discussion on a...

The Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) of Antwerp University is looking for a postdoctoral researcher (100%) with international research experience in migration studies. Interested? Send your application (motivation letter and CV) electronically in Word (a pdf-version will not be accepted) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to...

Two-day symposium on the 21-22 June 2018 - Call for Papers. Read more over this two day symposium Potential participants should email an abstract of their intended presentation by 31st October 2017 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloaka8feff6a91551d7a0186c7635105947e').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' +...

IMISCOE encourages scholars from the network to explore new opportunities for research, collaboration and publications. Therefore, it provides seed funding to the development of new research (by developing research proposals), joint publications or other activities around specific topics or new niches of research. Existing successful research clusters and standing committees are also encouraged...

IMISCOE has opened nominations for its 2018 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award . The Network has awarded this prize annually since 2010 ( overview of winners ) to stimulate and recognise excellent PhD research in the field of migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. The 2018 competition is open to all PhD recipients whose dissertations were defended within the 24-month period...