Publications
2024 IMISCOE Spring Conference in Istanbul and online

The Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoç) is proud to announce that it will host the IMISCOE 2024 Spring Conference in Istanbul and online on 17-19 April 2024 . The conference also celebrates MiReKoc’s 20th anniversary. Visit the...
IMISCOE Spring Conference – PhD Event
The IMISCOE PhD Network invites PhD students to join us for this year's PhD event at the Spring Conference held at Koç University. Centered around the theme "Crafting Impactful Migration Research: Insights from Journal Editors," this engaging session is...
2024 IMISCOE Spring Conference Portal
Please check out the Conference Portal for the 2024 IMISCOE Spring Conference in Istanbul and online! "Mobilities and Immobilities in an Era of Polycrisis" Event organised by: Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoç), Koç University,...
Standing Committe GenSeM workshop: "Meet the Editors: How to Peer Review for Journals"
Join the Standing Committee GenSeM online workshop "Meet the Editors: How to Peer Review for Journals". The event is tailored for PhD students and ECSs, so we hope you can share it with your network and with anyone that could be interested! When: April...
Panel discussions on Colonised Flows: a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Migration and Urban Infrastructure- University of Amsterdam & online
PhD researchers from the University of Amsterdam & University College London are organizing a panel discussion on "Colonised Flows: a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Migration and Urban Infrastructure" . The event is funded by the Ducth Association for...
2022: Asaf Augusto, Elisa Alves, Russell King & Jorge Malheiros
During the conference jury members decided unanimously that the winners of the Award were Asaf Augusto, Elisa Alves, Russell King & Jorge Malheiros, for their work on “Reciprocal migration: the coloniality of recent two-way migration links between...
Extension: 2024 Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award - Nominations open
Deadline: 29th of May 2024 (23:59 CEST)
This announcement concerns our renowned Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award, the winner of which will be announced on the last day of our upcoming IMISCOE Annual Conference “ Migration as a Social Construction: A Reflexive Turn ” hosted at the Centre for...
The transnational social contract in the Global South

In this episode, Roos Derrix chats with Gerasimos Tsourapas and Kamal Sadiq about their latest project on the politics of South-South labour migration, and the development of a transnational social contract between states and their migrant populations.
Towards Engaged Migration Research: Unpacking Positionality, Inequalities and Access
“We are Black, Indian, Mestiza, Sudaka, racialised flesh. We reject your PDFs and your disembodied lectures. We deny every trend of being and return to listening to each other, looking each other in the eye, telling each other stories, and building from...
2019: Lea Müller-Funk

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk was awarded the IMISCOE - Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award 2019 for her paper "Investigating mobility aspirations of refugees in fragile political contexts: Ethical reflections and methodological choices.” Dr. Lea Müller-Funk was...