Researching the Politics of Knowledge in Migration Policy. Check out this new IMI / PACES working paper by Katharina Natter.
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Researching Decisions to Stay and Migrate: A Temporal Multilevel Analysis framework. Check out this new IMI working paper by Simona Vezzoli, Lucia Mýtna Kureková and Kerilyn Schewel. migrationinstitute.org/publications/r…

Congratulations to Katharina Natter for her book 'The Politics of Immigration Beyond Liberal States: Morocco & Tunisia in Comparative Perspective' with Cambridge University Press - Politics!

- 'important' Christina Boswell
- 'highly original' James F. Hollifield
- 'empirically-rich & analytically-astute' Gerasimos Tsourapas

Given wide disparities in wealth & wellbeing worldwide, far fewer people migrate than our theories predict. Why?

New WP alert! Check out the first global survey of *staying* aspirations and *retain* factors using Gallup World Poll data

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Focusing on educated urban youth, this paper with Astrid Bodini as lead author, presents 'Mobilization Trajectories' as analytical tool for understanding why in a similar context some prefer to migrate, others to protest and yet others prefer inaction..

Why does discontent lead some to migrate, others to protest, while others do nothing?

New IMI WP by Astrid Bodini, Evelyn Ersanilli, and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg introduces 'mobilization trajectories' as a tool to study migration and protest intentions

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It is with great sadness that we have to announce that one of the founders & former director of IMI, Prof. Stephen Castles, has passed away.

His vast legacy will continue to inspire generations of researchers, students, activists, & policy makers.

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New IMI Working Paper by Simona Vezzoli explores how young adults make a decision to migrate or to stay in a Brazilian town experiencing economic decline. She provides a fresh take on why many prefer to stay.

Check out this and other IMI WPs here: migrationinstitute.org/publications-a…

Are refugee numbers really at an all-time high? New study analyzing long-term trend in refugee migration by Sonja Fransen and Hein de Haas challenges the popular idea that we live in times of unprecedented refugee migration. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Very excited that our first TIES teaching module on migration drivers for high school students is online in English! Soon also in French, German, Italian, Dutch and Polish. Please share with teachers & tell us what you think! IMI German Institute for Global and Area Studies National Geographic Society

🚨 another great IMI WP is out!

I'm editor of this series, and we welcome research that promotes new thinking about migration as an intrinsic part of global change and development. Interested in submitting?

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When and why do states include migrants in social protection policies?

In a new IMI WP, Mira Burmeister-Rudolph explores this question in Kerala, India - one of the first subnational states to implement social protection policies for emigrants and returnees.

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Trends and Patterns of Global Refugee Migration. New article just published in Population and Development Review by IMI fellows Sonja Fransen and Hein de Haas.
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New article by IMI Fellows Geraldine A. Ampah & Leander Kandilige explores the co-creation of transnational livelihoods through ‘door-to-door’ shipping operations between Ghana and the UK

Now out in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies SCMR:

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NEW CALL FOR RESIDENCIES: Migration Politics warmly welcomes proposals for our authors’ fellowship in residence programme. Deadline November 15 - migrationpolitics.org/call-for-paper…

just before the weekend - my new article on democratization and migration policy in Tunisia is out! It’s part of a SI with the wonderful Helene thiollet. Please share and let me know what you think! ENMISA Migration Politics and Governance - IMISCOE SC APSA Mig & Citzp (@migcitizenapsa.bsky.social) Political Science Leiden tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Research suggests rising levels of development lead to rising levels of migration, but what causes significant country-to-country variation in this trend?

The MADE project asks this question in 6 country case studies. Check out their first policy brief👇

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Call for applications for a publishing workshop for African scholars - with extensive feedback and mentoring to demystify the publishing process.

Open to scholars employed in SSA at any stage of their careers, deadline 15 July:

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How does development shape patterns of internal and international migration?

The MADE project examined development-migration interactions in six case study countries and its first policy brief is out!

Check it out for the findings and key insights: migrationinstitute.org/publications/m…