Publications
Call for paper for the workshop “Action-research and participatory methods: critical reflection and alternative perspectives ”
no later than October 15.
as part of the Standing Committee “Methodological Approaches and Tools in Migration Research” This workshop wishes to shed light on the advantages and shortcomings of action-research and participatory methods in the study of migrant individuals and...
BROAD-ER International Winter School
December 1 2023
The University of Amsterdam, Koc University (Istanbul) and the University Pompeu Fabro (Barcelona) are involved in a joint research project on the nexus of urban and migration studies. The project BROAD-ER has been sponsored by the EU under the Horizon...
Call for Nominations: Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2024
06/10/2023
Deadline: 18 December 2023 (23:59 CET) The IMISCOE Network is calling for nominations for its 2024 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award. Named in honour of Maria Ioannis Baganha, a prominent scholar and one of the founders of IMISCOE, the Network...
Launch of the Joint Webinar Series of Horizon Europe projects on irregular migration in Europe
October 18, 13.00-14.15 CET (online)
New perspectives on irregular migration in Europe Abstract Irregular migration is an important feature of the political economy of migration and associated patterns of legal, social and economic inequality in Europe and elsewhere. While irregular...
Call for a Post-Doctoral Researcher, Radical Humanities Laboratory
12th October 2023
Vacancy Details 24 Month, Fixed-term, Whole-time Post Position Summary The UCC-based international project “The Orders and Borders of Global Inequality: Migration and Mobilities in Late Capitalism”, funded by the prestigious EU Horizon European Research...
Call for a Post-Doctoral Researcher, Radical Humanities Laboratory
12th October 2023
Vacancy Details 24 Month, Fixed-term, Whole-time Post Position Summary The UCC-based international project “The Orders and Borders of Global Inequality: Migration and Mobilities in Late Capitalism”, funded by the prestigious EU Horizon European Research...
Call for MITRA PhD Representatives
October 16th
IMISCOE’S Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) is looking for two PhD representatives. The candidates are expected to participate in the activities of the committee and to contribute to the coordination of MITRA. This includes:...
Call for Papers for the Panel “Encounters, transitions, and struggles in refugees’ rights, policies, and studies: A call for a relational praxis in the field”
10 October 2023
Panel submission to the 21st IMISCOE Annual Conference, Lisbon (and online), 02-05 July 2024 Panel Abstract “Encounters, transitions, and struggles in refugees’ rights, policies, and studies: A call for a relational praxis in the field” This panel calls...
Statelessness and Research Ethics

Natalie Brinham talks to Samanwita Paul about the rich field of statelessness studies, how survivors of state crime disrupt dominant discourse around “legal identity”, and her experience of conducting qualitative research with Rohingya in the wake of...
Non-removable migrants in Europe: Researching beyond the ‘stay or leave’-binary
The enforcement of a return decision is a controversial and complicated undertaking, with potentially far-reaching implications for returnees. Currently, only a fraction of migrants with a return decision are in fact removed from the EU ( Eurostat 2023...