It took several generations of politicians to built the EU, as a space of free movement+human rights. It seems that the current generation of political leaders is about to destroy everything in a couple of years! euractiv.com/section/migrat…

📣 NEW Publication Alert, open access in Journal CMS How do forced migrants gather information about legal procedures? Together with we explored this question in the case of naturalisation processes... DeZIM-Institut

#BREAKING Italian Embassy suspends visa services to Somalia after fraud unearthed involving diplomatic passport users. Other European embassies may follow suit. The abuse of Schengen highlights entrenched culture of officials giving diplomatic passports to friends, relatives.

Come work in Oxford! Professorship of African Studies Seeking scholars whose methodological approach & disciplinary orientation augments existing strengths of the African Studies Centre, as well as expanding existing geographic & regional specialisms. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Migrants have a noticeable presence at the leadership level of German political parties, even if their percentage of the total population is higher. Fascinating insights by Nicolas Fliess on the differences across parties, the comparison to the less accessible parliament & more.

Income convergence of many East European countries toward Western incomes is obvious in this graph which shows *median* income in a selection of countries. Slovenia is ahead of Italy, Estonia ahead of Spain, Slovakia ahead of Greece etc.

Our new contribution to the discussion on Ukrainian war migrants in the labour markets in Poland and Italy. Huge thanks to Kamila Kowalska NAWA Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Marta Kindler CMR_Warsaw Pawel Kaczmarczyk Paper in OA: cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusio…

Um es noch einmal auf den Punkt zu bringen: Russland wird den Krieg gegen die Ukraine nicht einstellen, ohne es massiv militärisch, wirtschaftlich und politisch unter Druck gerät. Ich habe nicht das Gefühl, dass die Berliner Politik das ausreichend versteht. Es ist jedoch

Great #workinprogress discussion with HelenaHof on the mobility and immobility of highly-educated migrants in East Asia. How do unexpected economic & political insecurities explain patterns of movement or stuckedness amongst supposedly privileged migrants?

State-created categories & processes of classification have profound impacts on human life. Int't migration is an opportune site to critically engage! Read: OA SI Intro on #migration #categorization nexus by Ulrike Bialas Dr. Johanna Lukate & Steven Vertovec tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The prize to Acemoglu, Johnson & Robinson (AJR) reminded me of a 2016 piece I wrote for Africa Is a Country calling out AJR’s sloppy theoretical reasoning behind their empirical work on institutions. My Africa Is a Country piece was a review of Morten Jerven’s Africa: Why Economists

#EU #migration #governance is complex and messy. So we need systemic approaches to change the ecosystem! European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration has created a one-of-a-kind migration governance systems map. Thanks for letting me bring bottom-up policy perspectives into this process: youtube.com/watch?v=gH2DN0…

We are looking for a colleague to join our vibrant and supportive team at The Department of Ecological Anthropology (Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences). eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Resear…

We would like to invite you to an exceptional artistic experience in Fort Jesus in Mombasa, co-organised by the Polish Society for Aesthetics under the honorary patronage of the Embassy of Poland in Nairobi 👇

Muslims in Austria and Germany report more discrimination in the past 5 years than in other EU countries

Open call for Special Issues in Journal CMS. Comparative Migration Studies welcomes proposals on timely topics concerning research in migration, integration, and race and ethnic relations. Deadline for submitting proposals: 31 December 2024. imiscoe.org/news-and-blog/…

The tiny U.A.E. has invested billions of dollars in east Africa, where it is now emerging as a significant player, at times muscling out China and annoying the U.S. wsj.com/world/africa/t… via The Wall Street Journal