Publications
How European Cities Respond to Migration

This episode features a conversation recorded live at the IMISCOE annual conference that was hosted in Paris-Auberville in early July.
Postdoctoral Researcher (qualitative) position: Refugees’ (Im)Mobilities & Political Agency
Deadline:16 September 2025
Job Description The Department for Migration and Globalisation of the University for Continuing Education Krems is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to undertake research in two projects led by Dr. Lea Müller-Funk: to a larger degree (85%) you will...
Call for papers for the workshop: "Youth, Cultural Values, and Transitions between Native and Migrant Generations"
September 15, 2025
The BOnD and MAYBE projects invite early-career researchers to submit proposals for a workshop dedicated to youth, intergenerational dynamics, and cultural transitions in Lombardy .
Call for abstracts for the workshop: Local Jobs, Global Lives? High-skilled migrants navigating transnational mobility and local embeddedness
7 September 2025
High-skilled migration has become a defining feature of the global knowledge economy. Yet high-skilled migrants’ lived experiences, strategies of belonging, and impact on both local and transnational social spaces remain insufficiently understood. Often...
Call for Papers: “Co-creating knowledge in linguistically-diverse educational settings: amplifying the voices and agency of teachers, pupils and caregivers”
Deadline: 8 September 2025
We invite paper submissions for the panel “ Co-creating knowledge in linguistically-diverse educational settings: amplifying the voices and agency of teachers, pupils and caregivers ” to be held at the IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026 in Girona, 29 June –...
Call for Papers: power, reflexivity, responsibility: Research ethics in practice
Deadline: 8 September 2025
We invite paper submissions for the panel “ power, reflexivity, responsibility: Research ethics in practice ” to be held at the IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026 in Girona, 29 June – 2 July 2026 .
Postdoctoral position in international migration studies at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen
Application Deadline: September 7, 2025
The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for a postdoctoral position in international migration studies from 1 January 2026. The posistion is a fixed-term position for 24 months. The postdoc will...
Postdoc Position: “Governing Migration Across Borders. Diplomacy, Cooperation and Externalisation”
Application Deadline: August 1, 2025
Job Title Postdoctoral Researcher (M/W) 24 months Employer Description The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) is a public and multidisciplinary research institution that, for nearly 80 years, has fostered equitable...
Call for proposals for the Thematic Call special issue – 2025 ‘Regional perspectives on migration’
Deadline: 01.10.2025
Comparative Migration Studies (CMS) welcomes proposals for the Thematic Call special issue – 2025 with as thematic ‘Regional perspectives on migration’. Special issues can cover perspectives on migration and migration-related diversities from one...
Navigating Fieldwork and Fieldlife: Reflections from Nepal
01.07.2025

by {expert}|3185|1|{/expert} Field research is the process of collecting data and developing theory through direct interaction with people and their lifeworlds. It is a unique and often intensive, challenging experience. In this note, I reflect on half...