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 migration. Authored by experts in the field, these publications serve as a comprehensive resource for both researchers and individuals interested in migration studies. The series, consisting of over eighty titles, is meticulously curated under the watchful eye of our IMISCOE Editorial Committee, which comprises a diverse group of renowned scholars. The internationally peer-reviewed nature of the series ensures the preservation of exceptional academic standards and high scholarly quality. Most of these invaluable resources are freely accessible to the public. Here you will find a review and recap of the latest publications.
Migration and Corruption | IMISCOE Short Reader
Authors: Ortrun Merkle, Melissa Siegel and Giulia Mori
September 2026, 974
This open access reader describes the complex relationship between migration and corruption by looking at different forms of migration (voluntary and forced) as well as different forms of corruption. It examines how corruption can influence the decision to migrate, takes a closer look at the direct impact of corruption as a reason for migration, and explores how corruption can act as a reason to not return to the country of origin. It also explores how migrant households face greater risks of corruption, how migrants throughout their journey are targeted by corrupt officials, and how corruption plays a role not only in making the decision to migrate but also in determining the journey itself. The reader explores in more detail how these experiences are gendered, how female migrants frequently face different forms of corruption, and how gender norms in the country of origin, transit and destination play a role in shaping how corruption is encountered throughout the journey. By providing an overview, discussing the different challenges corruption and migration research face and concluding with recommendations for future research on the topic, this short reader is an interesting read to researchers, policy makers and all those working in and beyond the field of migration studies.
Beginners No More: Italy as a Mature Country of Immigration
Authors: Corrado Bonifazi, Ivana Fellini, Giuseppe Sciortino and Salvatore Strozza
To be released in November 2026
This open access book provides an updated and interdisciplinary account of immigration in Italy, one of the major European immigration countries, and focuses on the process of settlement of immigrants and their descendants. It describes the most relevant trends of Italian migration dynamics to dispel an outdated understanding of Italy as a “new migration country” and some clichés about the “Italian model of migration”. Building on a theoretically informed and evidence-based discussion of structural changes and continuities, the book considers several domains of immigrants’ social and economic integration – settlement patterns, family, employment, sociability, health – and takes into account second generations’ integration. By providing a portrait of a new phase of migration in Italy, this book provides a valuable resource not only for students and scholars in migration and Italian studies, but also for social scientists and policy-makers interested in grounding comparative work in a more detailed knowledge of national cases.
Labour Market Discrimination Against Migrants and Their Children: Drivers, Mechanisms, Interventions
Author: Hans Siebers
To be released in December 2026
This open access book investigates the labour market discrimination faced by migrants and their children in hiring and occupational attainment. It explores the drivers and mechanisms behind the discrimination, seeking to answer why applicants and employees with a migration background become the objects of “othering” in the first place, how this is enacted, and what can be done to prevent it. The volume builds on relevant literature on nationalism and racism, presenting findings from six Dutch public organisations to create an explanatory framework on the drivers that produce labour market discrimination. The book uses a triangulation of data, methods, and a comparison of the experiences of applicants, selectors, employees, and supervisors, both with and without a migration background. The book uses an intersectional perspective to discuss secondary and class-based drivers of discrimination based on personal attributes and communicative behaviour selection and assessment that allow nationalist ethnicization to become operational. It argues that experiences of ethnicization undermine the self-confidence of people with a migration background and thus they perform less on these criteria, which limits their hiring and occupational attainment chances in the eyes of selectors and supervisors. Findings reveal that professionalization of assessment and selection criteria and procedures works to counter discrimination. The volume concludes by advocating for reform of migration and integration policies and discourses that feed ethnicization. While empirical findings and recommendations are particularly valid for the Dutch context, they may guide and inspire future research in other contexts.
Towards Decolonizing Migration Knowledge: A North-South Research Collaboration
Author: Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali
To be released in December 2026
This open access book offers new insights on how migration researchers’ work is shaped by their countries’ socio-political histories; their ideological and theoretical orientations; workplace structures and cultures; conceptual and linguistic variation; and their knowledge, skills, and habits of mind. While there is ample agreement on the value of international collaborative research on migration, there are few granular descriptions of how this work is initiated and managed, how roles and relationships are negotiated, and what contextual factors facilitate or impede the collaboration. This book helps scholars in the Global North and the Global South, as well as research administrators and funding agencies, develop a more nuanced understanding of international collaborative research.