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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Spotlight Publication: Omar N. Cham & Ilke Adam
Migration is a very politicized topic in the EU, but how is it viewed in African countries? Explore this award-winning BIRMM publication to uncover how West African nations, and in this case the Gambia, address migration in their political agendas.
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PhD defence Júlia Zomignani Barboza on June 12
We are pleased to invite you to attend the public PhD defence of BIRMM-member Júlia Zomignani Barboza titled: ‘Undesirable unreturnables: the challenges of dealing with criminal migrants in need of protection.
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PhD Defence Omar N. Cham on June 11
We are pleased to invite you to attend the public PhD defence of BIRMM-member Omar N. Cham on the topic 'Understanding Narratives on EU Migration Control Policies in West Africa: The Case of The Gambia'.
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BIRMM activities overview 2019 - 2024
The BIRMM activities overview covering 2019 - 2024 is now available. You can download the overview here:
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Listen to our new guest podcast episode by IMISCOE
Loren Landau reflects on migration studies and migration to African cities Migration Talks hosts a guest episode from The Migration Podcast, a podcast produced by IMISCOE, the largest interdisciplinary network of scholars in the field of migration.
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Listen to our new podcast episode with Amy Weatherburn, Jan Knockaert and Aurore De Keyzer
One stop shop? Insights on migrants' use of the Single Permit In this episode of Migration Talks, we discuss labour migration and the use of the Single Permit in Belgium and Europe.
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