Migration Research Hub updates
Keep up with the latest updates related to the Migration Research Hub. Updates from before March 2020 may also refer to CrossMigration, the IMISCOE-led Horizon 2020 project that was responsible for building the Hub.
Video: Ann Singleton shares her views on CrossMigration
Ann Singleton shares her views on how CrossMigration adds value to efforts at data collection and dissemination. The time is ripe for bringing all different communities of knowledge together!
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Migration Infrastructures: Pinning down an emerging field of research
How do people migrate? Which routes do they take? How do they organise their journeys? Which organisations, institutions and technologies support them in doing so?
Migration Infrastructures represent a relatively youn...
Migration food for thought: Studying ethnic identities through the lens of Bourdieu
#migrationfoodforthought from Fiona Seiger, on ethnic identities and the creation of economic, cultural and social capital.
When it comes to migration, ethnicity is a crucial aspect that needs to be fully understood a...
Migration Food for Thought: Multiple migrations: Overlooked element of the migratory world
Literature on migration tends to focus on a sedentarised understanding of migration, when migrants move from place A to place B and settle there. This focus often overlooks the so-called multiple migrants, people who eng...
Migration food for thought: A fresh approach to climate change migration
#migrationfoodforthought from Dr. Bishawjit Mallick of TU Dresden, expert on environmental migration, in response to this opinion.
A fresh approach to climate change migration: we need the most affected communities on...
Developing for the future of research: A look behind the curtain
CrossMigration is currently putting the finishing touches to the Migration Research Hub, the new online place to find all migration research under one roof, where the open-source migration research taxonomy will come to...
Expert meeting on European Union migration governance
On 17 June 2019, the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute in Florence hosted an expert meeting on the state of knowledge on EU migration governance. The focus was on two key areas: asylum and border con...
Updating and sustaining migration measurements
Updating and sustaining migration measurements
How do we measure migration? Where do we find the data? And what kind of information is needed to make the research more complete and policy relevant? As part of Cr...
Identifying and addressing gaps in research on migration drivers
How are we researching the drivers of migration? Where do we still need more research? And what kind of knowledge can migration research scholars provide to inform policy? These questions were central to the CrossMigrati...
Collaboration towards improvement - Expert meeting explores the database and contributes to its refinement
During the Expert Meeting on CrossMigration Work Package (WP) 6 on Migration forms, which took place on 9 and 10 May, scholars gathered to discuss the aims, expectations and concrete outputs of their work. The meeting he...