Call for applications for the 10th GERN Summer School: Policing “the other”
VUB's Crime & Society Research Group is organizing the 10th GERN Summer School on Policing “the other”: vulnerable communities’ experiences with the police. The GERN Summer School invites PhD researchers and early-career scholars to explore the 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 "𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 and how v...
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BIRMM internship opportunity
BIRMM Internship Opportunity – February to June 2025 Join our interdisciplinary research team The Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) brings together over 100 researchers from 11 disciplines at VUB researching issues related to migration, minorities and div...
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BIRMM hosts United Nations Europe Expert Consultation on CERD-CMW Joint General Recommendation/Comment
On October 30 and 31, BIRMM hosts the Europe expert consultation on the CERD-CMW joint General Recommendation/Comment on Public Policies for Addressing Xenophobia and its Impact on Human Rights. The consultation is carried out in connection with the development of a CMW-CERD joint general reco...
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BIRMM's next chapter: transforming into a research network for societal impact
Over the past five years (2019-2024), the Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) has brought together more than 100 researchers from 11 disciplines at VUB, establishing itself as a central hub for migration and minority studies in Brussels.
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PhD researcher for the ENGINE project: Diversity & Equality policies in higher education - Dutch required
VUB hires a pre-doctoral researcher to study the role of Higher Educations Institutions' Diversity, Equality and Inclusion policies aimed at fostering an inclusive diversity climate and reducing the ethnic gap.
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PhD researcher for the ENGINE project: The role of teacher professionalisation in higher education' - Dutch required
VUB hires a pre-doctoral researcher to study how teacher professional development contributes to fostering an inclusive diversity climate and to reducing the ethnic gap.
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We are hiring 3 PhD researchers for the ENGINE project (Tackling the EthNic Gap IN Higher Education) - Dutch required!
BIRMM (VUB) and UHasselt recruit 3 PhD researchers ENGINE (Tackling the EthNic Gap IN Higher Education) is a consortium-based project funded by FWO under the funding scheme of SBO .
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Call for Panel and Special Issue papers
Call for Panel and Special Issue papers: The Politicisation of Local Migration Policymaking We are pleased to announce a call for panel and special issue papers on “The Politicisation of Local Migration Policymaking.” This issue will be edited by Tiziana Caponio, Andrea Pettrachin, and Ilke Adam, an...
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Call for Proposals - IMISCOE Annual Conference 2025
Call for Proposals - IMISCOE Annual Conference 2025 IMISCOE is currently calling on proposals for the IMISCOE 2025 Annual conference in Paris-Aubervilliers at the Convergence Institutes (ICM). This years theme will be “Decentering Migration Studies”.
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Throwback to our panel series: An informed choice in 2024
One week after the elections, we throw back to our panel series providing evidence-based insights on migration and diversity to have an informed discussion.
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BIRMM will coordinate FWO-funded research project to tackle ethnic gap in higher education
The Brussels Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Migration and Minorities (BIRMM) has been awarded the prestigious FWO-SBO funding for a significant project ENGINE (Tackling the Ethnic Gap in Higher Education).
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PhD Defence Hakki Demirkapu on June 28
We are pleased to invite you to attend the public PhD defense of BIRMM-member Hakki Demirkapu on the topic 'Advance care planning perspectives of older adults and their family members with Turkish and Moroccan backgrounds in Belgium'.
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