Event: POSTPONED: 3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities

POSTPONED: 3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities

Wed Jul 8 - Fri Jul 10
The 3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities (iMigMob) is being hosted by the University of St Andrews 8th-10th July 2020. This three-day conference brings together scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives to discuss the latest research in migration and mobilities.

The 3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities (iMigMob) is being hosted by the University of St Andrews 8th-10th July 2020. This three-day conference brings together scholars from a range of disciplinary perspectives to discuss the latest research in migration and mobilities.

Event: NEW DATE: Short Course on Agent-Based Modelling for Social Research

NEW DATE: Short Course on Agent-Based Modelling for Social Research

Mon Sep 14 - Fri Sep 18
The workshop has now been rescheduled to be held between 3-25 November. Please see the new event page for updated information.

The main aims of this week-long course, hosted by the ERC Bayesian Agent-based Population Studies project team, are to familiarise the participants with the most recent advances in building, analysing and documenting agent-based models of social processes.

Event: POSTPONED: Historical Perspectives on Intergenerational Mobility

POSTPONED: Oxford Genomics for Social Science Summer School (OGSX4)

Mon Jun 15 - Fri Jun 19
The Oxford Genomics for Social Scientists Summer School will equip students with a unique insight into the emerging topic of sociogenomics and the most cutting-edge methodological techniques in this area of research. Thie one-week course provides introductory lectures by top scholars in the field of sociogenomics as well as hands-on computer lab training by experts in the field.

The Oxford Genomics for Social Scientists Summer School will equip students with a unique insight into the emerging topic of sociogenomics and the most cutting-edge methodological techniques in this area of research. Thie one-week course provides introductory lectures by top scholars in the field of sociogenomics as well as hands-on computer lab training by experts in the field.

Books and Reports: IOM World Migration Report 2020

IOM World Migration Report 2020

Read the report here
The World Migration Report 2020 has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues.

The World Migration Report 2020 has been produced to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. This new edition presents key data and information on migration as well as thematic chapters on highly topical migration issues.

Education Gap, Integration Gap

Education Gap, Integration Gap

The role of teachers in migrant students’ school achievement
Triventi looked at national data on the whole population of students enrolled in the fifth and sixth grade in Italy in 2012 to investigate whether teachers grade students with a migration background (SMBs) less generously than native students with comparable academic skills. He found that SMBs who achieved similar standardised test scores nevertheless received lower average grades in both reading and mathematics.

Triventi looked at national data on the whole population of students enrolled in the fifth and sixth grade in Italy in 2012 to investigate whether teachers grade students with a migration background (SMBs) less generously than native students with comparable academic skills. He found that SMBs who achieved similar standardised test scores nevertheless received lower average grades in both reading and mathematics.

Nothing Lasts Forever

Nothing Lasts Forever

Study sheds light on rising complexities in current migration trends
A new paper by Andrea Monti sheds light on rising complexities in current migration trends by analysing differences in emigration patterns and propensities among foreign‐born people, focusing on return and onward migration separately. The paper uses high quality, full population register data on a relatively large and heterogeneous migrant population in Sweden.

Confirming previous assumptions and based on the migration population in Sweden, the paper finds that a majority of re‐emigration is in fact returning to the country of birth. However, onward migration is more common for some groups, such as among forced migrants and migrants from the horn of Africa and other sub‐Saharan countries.

News: European Demographer Award

European Demographer Award

Deadline: 12 January 2020
Demographic change is one of the major challenges European societies will face in upcoming decades. In order to support outstanding research on the causes and consequences of population developments, Population Europe, the network of Europe’s foremost demographic research institutes, in collaboration with the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Berlin Demography Forum, invites nominations for the European Demographer Award. 

Nominations for the European Demographer Award are due by 12 January 2020. Population Europe, in collaboration with the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft and the Berlin Demography Forum, will present this prize to two researchers at the forefront of population studies on demographic change in Europe.

News: New EU Commission Database on Promising Practices for the Protection of Children in Migration

New EU Commission Database on Promising Practices for the Protection of Children in Migration

This publicly available search page enables you to browse the promising practices on the protection of children in migration encoded into the European database. Please note that the European Commission is not conducting any evaluation of the practices, but simply puts the platform at the disposal of practitioners who want to promote their projects. The submitted practices are entirely under the responsibility of the authors.

The EU Commission has created a new database on promising practices for the protection of children in migration. This publicly available search page enables you to browse the promising practices on the protection of children in migration encoded into the European database.

News: Expert Survey: The Future of Immigration to Europe

Expert Survey: The Future of Immigration to Europe

Deadline: 11 November 2019
The IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) are studying the future of European immigration in 2030 through an online expert survey. They invite expert opinions about the implications for European immigration according to four migration scenarios based on the most extensive available systematic literature review of migration scenarios and forecasting studies.
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