Publications
Introducing MigranTea
04.10.2021
The Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) is happy to announce MigranTea – informal sessions for PhDs candidates, working on the field of migrant transnationalism, to present their research and exchange ideas.
CfP: Moving in a divided world - Transnational crime, national borders and irregular migration
Deadline: 3 October, 2021
Reports about global criminal networks taking over clandestine routes have stoked fears about irregular migration becoming a breeding ground for transnational crime, such as human trafficking, human smuggling, and drug trafficking.
Call for Applications: Research Fellowship for Prospective PhD Students
Deadline: 6 September, 2021
Department for Migration and Globalization, Danube University Krems invites applications for a short-term visiting fellowship for prospective PhD students. The purpose of this fellowship is to develop a funding application for a Phd project. The...
On struggling for migrant workers' rights in Singapore
Singapore relies on the labour of low-wage migrant workers from the Asian region. John Gee speaks about the continuing struggles to maintain foreign workers´ rights and wellbeing.
Job Vacancies: professorship in the area of International Migration at the University of Toronto
The University of Toronto, Canada, has a new open rank tenured professor opening in the area of International Migration.
Decentering Gender and Migration -GenSeM at the 18th IMISCOE conference
At the 2021 IMISCOE annual conference, GenSeM organised two workshops bringing together scholars from different parts of the world, who are working on gender and migration, to reflect on how knowledge about gender and migration is produced and how it...
Visual Methodology in Migration Studies: New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions
Springer Edition Editors: Karolina Nikielska-SekulaAmandine Desille IMISCOE Research Series book series (IMIS) This open access book explores the use of visual methods in migration studies. It presents a practical use of various visual methods in...
Lessons from Fieldwork in Sicily: Perception of Asylum Seekers in Reception Center Cara di Mineo
In the following blog I will argue, based on my fieldwork at the Cara Di Mineo Migrants’ reception camp, that Italy’s asylum procedure is a source of frustration for the asylum seekers. We may conclude that EU migration policy in that realm failed....
About legal liminality and different forms of violence
How do bureaucracy and law shape everyday lives? We speak about liminality and the less obvious forms of violence.
Expert Survey “Key publications on migrant integration policies and practices”
Deadline: 22 August, 2021
On behalf of Prof. dr. Peter Scholten and dr. Asya Pisarevskaya (Erasmus University Rotterdam), we would like to invite you to participate in this Expert Survey “Key publications on migrant integration policies and practices” (link).