Publications
CfP: Workshop on “Academic migration within the EU – opportunities and constraints”
CfP: Workshop on “Academic migration within the EU – opportunities and constraints” at the Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmö, Sweden Dates: 11-13 December 2024 Deadline for paper proposals: 30 April 2024...
UCLan Seminar Series 2023-2024 'Slavery, Disability and Wilson Harris', by Dr Malica S. Willie, University of Glasgow
Wednesday 17 April 16:00-17:00 (BST), ABLT3 & Online Despite the abolition of slavery in the Nineteenth Century, it is pervasive within the Caribbean psyche, and has shaped our cultural and political lives. It has even affected the ways in which we...
Migrating between life worlds: Fieldwork moments among transnational Chinese migrants in Kingston, Jamaica
Around one year ago, I set out for my fieldwork in Jamaica . My PhD project seeks to understand how the Chinese community in Jamaica experiences and understands love. I see love both as an analytical category through which to catch a glimpse of...
Welcome to the 8th edition of the IMISCOE Bulletin
09/04/2024
This edition of the IMISCOE Bulletin is released right before the 2024 IMISCOE Spring Conference hosted by the Migration Research Center at Koç University.
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...
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...