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MITRA is the standing committee on migrant transnationalism within IMISCOE, the world's largest network of scholars in the area of migration and integration

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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) Standing Committee Board member, Hilda Gustafsson, successfully defended her dissertation thesis! Congratulations!
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
MITRA Standing Committee is organizing a webinar on Transnational Engagement on 9 October 2026, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate. You can find the abstracts here: lnkd.in/d7E5vyzU. To receive link (Zoom), write to ludek.jirka@uhk.cz
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Second call for MITRA Special Session"Between Home and Abroad: Diaspora Politics in Transnational Perspective" at 24th IMISCOE Conference in Brussels! We welcome abstracts addressing different facets of transnational diaspora politics.Submission by 22 September 2026.See the call!
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Call for SC MITRA Special Session "Mapping Data Sources for Migrant Transnationalism Research" is out!This workshop aims to contribute to mapping the current data landscape for migrant transnationalism research.Submission of abstracts by 22th September 2026.Read the call below. @imiscoe.bsky.social
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Today, the final conference of the COST Action CA21143 -TraFaDy on Transnational Families takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. Our Board member, Benjamin Etzold, present insights on "Disruptions and Reconfigurations of Transnational Families amidst Violent Conflict."
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Read the Special Issue of International Migration entitled “Imagining Migratory Futures: The Transnational Chain of Actors in Migration Information Campaigns Between Africa and Europe,” edited by Valentina Mazzucato, Pape Sakho, Djamila Schans. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Read the article by Huynh Quoc Tuan about care circulation. Rather than a harmonious exchange, care circulation operates as a negotiated and inequitable practice that provides partial relief without challenging patriarchal care structures. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Beyond One‐Way Chains: Care Circulation Within the Transnational Families of Vietnamese Marriage Immigrant Women in Taiwan
This article investigates care circulation within the transnational families of Vietnamese marriage immigrant women in Taiwan. Drawing on interviews with 30 immigrant women and 10 of their Vietnamese...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Interesting PhD opportunities at Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg. Deadline by 8th September, 2026.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Read a recently published article by Coline Garcia, Patrick Sakdapolrak, Stephanie Wehner and Marion Borderon. They apply a translocal social resilience framework to analyse migration outcomes among 100 household–migrant pairs in Ghana: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Impacts of Migration as Adaptation: Assessing Translocal Social Resilience in Eastern, Northern and Greater Accra Regions, Ghana
Migration is increasingly recognised as an adaptive strategy to enhance social resilience amid environmental and socioeconomic stressors. However, systematic assessments of its impact on both migrant...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The latest issue of Slovak Ethnology, focusing on methodological challenges in researching transnational families, is out now. Read it here: www.sav.sk?lang=en&doc=...
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SAS - Journals
Slovak Academy of Sciences carry out top-level basic research and long-term strategic and applied research and development.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Deadline is approaching! Send you proposal on workshop ‘Studying Transnational Family Relations through Historical Sources’ by 10 August 2026.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What does it mean transnational family? This article analyses how concept is applied in academic works published between 2018 and mid-2023. Authors identify five distinct patterns of conceptual use. Read here: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-2...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meeting of MITRA Board members at the Annual IMISCOE Conference in Girona. It was wonderful to come together. Our long-serving Board member, Özge Bilgili, has stepped down from the Board.Özge,we wish you endless success in your academic career and happiness in your personal life.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
CfP on workshop ‘Studying Transnational Family Relations through Historical Sources’. Workshop, organized by MITRA and the Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM), will be held in Malmö (Sweden) on 3-5 March 2027. Deadline August 10, 2026. See info below for more details.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Annual MITRA Standing Committee meeting at the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference will take place on June 30 from 18:30 to 19:30 at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ground Floor, Rooms 19–20. We are also looking for new PhD representatives. Everyone is welcome!
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The volume "Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict has finally been released! Book is co-edited by Benjamin Etzold and Marie Godin and published in the @imiscoe.bsky.social Research Series with Springer. Download it freely here - lnkd.in/dyvTNPMd
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🤩 This is your chance to be part of the IMISCOE PhD Academy! The call for applications for the admission of new members to the IMISCOE PhD Academy is now open and closes on 31 August 2026. 💡 Check the full call here: www.imiscoe.org/training-phd... 📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026
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Call for applications for the admission of new members into the IMISCOE PhD Academy - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🌐 In one week, we will come together in Girona and online for the 2026 IMISCOE Annual Conference! We recommend checking the pages of our Standing Committees to keep up to date with their activities during the conference: @methatmig.bsky.social @reflexivities.bsky.social @migcitpol.bsky.social
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Save the date for MITRA second special session! Jill Ahrens and Hilda Gustafsson are organizing the workshop “Transnationalism, Community Engagement and the Co-Production of Knowledge” at the 23rd IMISCOE Conference in Girona (Wed, 1 July, 9:00-10:30 on-site).
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
MITRA Special Session at 23rd Annual IMISCOE Conference in Girona "Understanding transnational family life through historical and other sources"(June 30, 10:50–12:20).Chaired by Karlijn Haagsman and Brigitte Suter, the session explores historical transnational family engagements.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
There are 20 Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) sessions at the 2026 IMISCOE Annual Conference in Girona, taking place from 29 June to 2 July 2026. Sessions are on-site and online. You are warmly invited!
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New MITRA Board member 👏 !Jill is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science at Utrecht University and a Visiting Researcher at Radboud University on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI). Jill co-edited book Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism.
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨 Opportunity alert! The Department for Migration and Globalisation at the University for Continuing Education Krems invites recent graduates in a social science discipline to apply for a short-term research fellowship. 📅 Deadline: June 15th 💡 Full call here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
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Visiting Research Fellowship for a prospective PhD student in Migration Studies with a focus on informal work
We invite early-stage researchers to apply for the Ernst Mach Grant – worldwide, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. This prestigious fellowship supports young ...
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨Opportunity alert! The Department for Migration and Globalisation at the Universität für Weiterbildung Krems accepts applications for two vacancies PhD student | Deadline: 29 June 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher in Migration Studies | Deadline: 24 August 2026 👉More: www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/universit...
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Offene Stellen in Wissenschaft & Verwaltung
Hier finden Sie alle aktuellen Stellenausschreibungen der Universität für Weiterbildung Krems.
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
📣 REMINDER | Call for papers Submit paper proposals to the 2027 IMISCOE Spring Conference, organised by @torontomet.bsky.social and @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social, exploring the digital transformations shaping migration governance and migration research! 💡More: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
🚨Opportunity alert Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Regional Studies, Migration Studies, or Communication Sciences at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). 📆 Deadline: June 28th, 2026 at midnight CET 🔗Check the full job description here: jobs.liser.lu/job/Esch-sur...
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Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Regional or Migration studies - Ref: 26-14
Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Regional or Migration studies - Ref: 26-14
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📣 Hard-to-Reach: Applied Research Methods with Hidden, Marginal and Excluded Populations This Summer School introduces applied research methods for conducting research with marginalized, hidden, and excluded groups. 📍University of Oxford, Nuffield College 📅24-28 August 2026 🔗 hard2reachresearch.org
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
📣 Call for Expressions of Interest – Postdoctoral Fellowships Researchers can apply for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Department of Intercultural Mobility Studies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. 📅 Deadline: 15 June 2026 👉 More: ism.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/depart...
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Department of Intercultural Mobility Studies - Institute of Intercultural Studies - Faculty of International and Political Studies
Department of Intercultural Mobility Studies
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Marie Godin, Giorgia Dona and their colleagues published article in Qualitative Inquiry. Article demonstrates the value of creative visual methodologies across sites and borders through long-term, interdisciplinary collaboration. Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CfP for Special Issues of the new journal Transnational Mobility. The Special Issues are dedicated to “Voluntary Forms of (Im)mobility" and "Migration within Current Global Transformations: Aspirations, Constraints, and Unequal Choices.” More info here: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/tran...
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Transnational Mobilities | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Transnational Mobilities at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Read article by Brigitte Suter, Cody Green and Paul Lafond "Families Across Borders: Prevalence and Characteristics of Transnational Families in Malmö." Study states that transnational family is not marginal, but embedded in Malmö’s social fabric. Here: ojs.mau.se/index.php/ci...
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🗣️ Call for Editorial College Members for the journal Migration Politics Migration Politics publishes peer-reviewed scholarly contributions on the politics involved in representing, controlling and managing migration. ❗ Deadline: 30 June 2026 Full call: migrationpolitics.org/2026/04/21/c...
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Call for Editorial College members
Are you an established scholar in the field of migration politics? Are you excited about shaping the future of academic publishing via a journal that centres slow scholarship, full open access and …
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📣 CfP for the 2027 IMISCOE Spring Conference (10-12 March) 💫 Studying Migration in the Digital Era: Innovation, Regulation, Ethics, and Rights 📍Global Migration Institute atT oronto Metropolitan University Full call: shortlink.uk/1pfd0 @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social @researchtmu.bsky.social
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
👉CfP for 15th Conference of the Committee for Migration Research in Gdańsk/Gdynia, Poland (September 23–25, 2026). 👉Call for Papers also includes panels on transnationalism. 🎯 Submission deadline: 15 May 2026 👍More info here: czrug.ug.edu.pl/en/15th-conf...
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Strona główna | Centrum Zrównoważonego Rozwoju Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego (CZRUG)
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
📣 Job annoucement: Research and Development Specialist in European Migration Network (EMN) Luxembourg The Research and Development Specialist will join the team of EMN Luxembourg in the Department of Geography and Spatial Planning - DGEO 👉 All details here: www.uni.lu/en/jobs/rese...
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Research and Development Specialist in European Migration Network Luxembourg
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Join the RUNOMI annual congress on Migrant Inclusion and Inequality 🗓️ 24 June 2026, 10 am - 5:30 pm ➡️ Details and registration here: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
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RUNOMI annual congress on Migrant Inclusion and Inequality | Radboud University
The RUNOMI annual congress on Migrant Inclusion and inequality will take place on Wednesday 24 June.
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🗣️ Call for papers international seminar- "Remote work and emergent mobility regimes. Return, multilocality and processes of re-territorialisation” 📍 November 5–6, Cádiz (Spain) ❗ Submit your abstract by June 5, 2026 Registration here: forms.gle/rAEnLPodWSdx...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We have new MITRA Board members! Rohini Mitra is a postdoc researcher at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen. Julia Reinold is a researcher at the Department of Migration at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Call for Papers: Expert Workshop "Degrees in Transition: Higher Education and Labour Market Integration of Newcomers and Refugees" (11–12 June 2026 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels). Deadline: 29 April 2026. Info here: brispo.research.vub.be/en/extended-...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
A newly released journal "Transnational Mobilities"! Interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated understanding of the complex dynamics of transnationalism and mobility in a globalized world. More info here: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/tran...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Summer School "Multiple Migrations and Transnationalism: Legal, Social, Linguistic and Educational Implications" held at Venice International University (29 June - 3 July 2026). Suitable for master and doctoral students! More info here: www.univiu.org/images/aauni...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We are excited to announce that a new Open Access book, co-edited by MITRA board members Benjamin Etzold and Marie Godin, will be published in summer in the IMISCOE Research Series with Springer. Info here: link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
From transnational lifeworlds, through remittances to extraterritorial politics and diaspora crisis response. But also novels, religion and families - and frought questions on interactions between migrant transnationalism & integration. Listen the podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/38FG...
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Ep1(S6) Beyond borders: Understanding the world through transnationalism
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Photos from conference in Budapest,Hungary (5-6 March 2026). Young researchers from MITRA and members of the COST Action CA21143-TraFaDy discussed TraFaDy’s work on transnational families and policy that support them. It was wonderful meeting with a friendly atmosphere!
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
How responsibility towards transnational family impacts displaced people lives when they are unable to provide sufficient responses to requests for care, and how this in turn impacts activities to promote settlement? Read article by Hanna Svensson: academic.oup.com/jrs/article/...
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Read article by Marta Moskal published in Population, Space and Place. Author discusses how gender, caregiving, and family shape the experiences of international student migration. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Gendered Temporalities and Transnational Care in Indonesian and Tanzanian Student Migration and Return
This article examines the often-overlooked roles of gender, caregiving, and family in shaping the experiences of international student migration, focusing on Indonesian and Tanzanian postgraduate stu...
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
‼️ Vacancies for seven PhD positions ‼️ ‘Unpacking the asylum procedure in its intersecting linguistic, sociocultural, psychological and legal dimensions’ (UNPACK) at Ghent University ⚠️ Deadline for applications: 15 March 2026 (23:59 CET). 👀 All details here: www.ugent.be/re/epir/en/n...
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UNPACK: vacancies for seven PhD positions
We are hiring 7 PhD researchers in anthropology, social work/educational sciences, linguistics, interpreting and law.
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
✨ Release of a new podcast series: Migration in Focus - Voices from the UK🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The first episode is on air! 👏 🎙️To listen to the episode 👉 saspod.com/voicesoflanc...
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Love across borders: Ross’ story
Approximately one third of all foreign-born adults in the UK entered the country through family reunification, while many others who arrived for different reaso
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IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network @imiscoe.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
‼️ Tenured research positions at the Institute for Advanced Social Studies (IESA-CSIC), Córdoba (Spain) 🗓️ Deadline for application: January 30 👉 More info here: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
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Tenured research positions at IESA-CSIC - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
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Migrant transnationalism (MITRA) @mitra-sc.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Watch the lecture by Peggy Levitt on the nccr - on the move YouTube channel about decentering migration and mobility studies & transnational social protection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZYq...
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Decentring Migration and Mobility Studies: Public Lecture by Peggy Levitt
YouTube video by nccr – on the move
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