#15 - IMISCOE Annual Conference in Girona and online
The Bulletin is one of the main communication channels of IMISCOE with its 73 Member Institutes, the individual members of the Network, and the wider community interested in IMISCOE activities
We are pleased to share the 15th edition of the IMISCOE Bulletin, released just ahead of the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference, hosted by the Migratory Movements Group (Grup de Recerca sobre Moviments Migratoris) at the University of Girona (UdG).
Over the past two decades, Latin America has undergone a profound transformation in its migratory dynamics. Transitioning from a region primarily characterised by emigration — particularly towards the United States and Europe — the territory has...
The 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference is hosted by the Migratory Movements Group (Grup de Recerca sobre Moviments Migratoris) at the University of Girona (UdG). Our group is multidisciplinary — bringing together researchers from sociology, education,...
We are delighted to inform that the 2025 IMISCOE Annual Report is now available. You can read it in full here. Below you can find the reflections of IMISCOE Coordinators Daniela Vintila and Jean-Michel Lafleur (CEDEM-University of Liège) on this 2025...
The Slovenian Migration Institute (SMI) is part of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) and is the only academic institute in Slovenia dedicated exclusively to migration research. Since its establishment in 1986,...
A non-academic path is a perfectly valid option after completing a PhD. Yet, throughout the doctoral journey, a quiet assumption often lingers: that the “real” destination is academia. The script tends to be familiar – a postdoc, a lectureship, a...
SC Arts, Culture and Migration (DIVCULT) The SC DIVCULT has recently been involved in different activities and events. One of them was the Spring Event, held in Lisbon from 4–6 May 2025 in collaboration with the ARTIVES project at the Universidade de...
In 2009, when I first visited Shatila, a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut, I was nineteen years old. I went there to volunteer in a Palestinian youth centre. In preparation for my trip, I had read extensively about the camp and its...
The Institute for Research on Migration and Society (IRMS) at Concordia University is an interdisciplinary hub for migration research based in Montreal, Canada. Founded in 2024, IRMS brings together faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate...
The months since our last update in February have been full of activity. When the PhD Network last wrote for the bulletin at the start of 2026, we were looking ahead to the Spring Conference in Liège, and we are glad to report that both events lived up...
At CRASH, we study migration not only as movement but as a process of transforming skills, resources, and societies across borders. CRASH Center for Research on Social Change and Human Mobility, based at Kozminski University in Warsaw, is an...
IMISCOE, the world's largest network focusing on migration and diversity, is proud to have an official book series in collaboration with Springer . This collection showcases empirical and theoretical research on diverse facets of international...
The IMISCOE Migration Podcast has launched its sixth season with three new episodes that explore migration through both conceptual and deeply personal lenses. The episodes talk about migrant transnationalism, the development lens in migration research...