Actualités
New report on migration and development in the Commonwealth by Alan Gamlen
15/12/2010
Read the IMI December 2010 newsletter
10/12/2010
IMI has published the December 2010 issue of its newsletter
IMI Research Officer publishes papers on hometown organisations
08/12/2010
IMI's Thomas Lacroix has published two papers in the institute's working paper series. These papers are the first two in a series of three which are based on the author's post-doctoral research while at Warwick University.
New book by IMI Research Officer
26/11/2010
Emanuela Paoletti's book on the collaboration on migration between Italy and Libya has been published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Call for papers from African Borderlands Research Network
16/11/2010
The fifth Annual Conference of the African Borderlands Research Network (ABORNE) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on 21-25 September 2011. Following the annual meetings in Edinburgh (2007), Bayreuth (2008), Johannesburg (2009) and Basel (2010), the 2011 conference addresses a broad range of perspectives on African borders, focusing, however, on cross-border circulation and on migration and mobility in and through African borderlands.
Complete this survey and you may win a book!
12/11/2010
A group of academics at the University of Oxford intends to establish a journal on human migration and is running a survey to find out about interest in the project.
IMI welcomes new Research Assistant
27/10/2010
IMI is pleased to welcome Ayla Bonfiglio to the team.
New IMI working paper on migratory policies in central Sahara
26/10/2010
IMI is pleased to publish a new working paper by Julien Brachet on the hardening of migratory policies in the central Saharan region
IMI to organise a panel at the 4th European Conference on African Studies
20/10/2010
IMI is organising a panel on 'Migration and African Cities: International Dimensions' at the AEGIS 4th European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 4): African Engagements: On Whose Terms?
IMI researcher quoted in Telegraph newspaper
20/10/2010
Research Officer Emanuela Paoletti comments on Libya's coastal surveillance system
IMI welcomes new Departmental Lecturer
19/10/2010
The International Migration Institute is pleased to welcome Departmental Lecturer Jamie Goodwin-White.
Comparing the Migration and Development Experiences of Mexico and Morocco: Article now available in French and Spanish
05/10/2010
The Migration Policy Institute (Washington DC) has published an article based on our research in their online journal, Migration Information Source. This is available in English, French and Spanish.
New staff member joins DEMIG project
01/10/2010
María Villares Varela has joined IMI as a Data Processing Assistant.
IMI part of successful Leverhulme bid for work on diasporas
07/09/2010
The University of Oxford has won a £1.74 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust for a research programme on ‘The Impact of Diasporas’. The programme bid was coordinated and written by Robin Cohen (IMI), Nicholas Van Hear (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society) and Alan Gamlen (IMI). The bid also includes scholars based in the Refugee Studies Centre; the African Studies Centre; the School of Geography and the Environment; the Department of Politics and International Relations; and the Faculty of History.
IMI Senior Researcher contributes to book on South-South migration
06/09/2010
Hein de Haas has written a chapter on 'Remittances, Migration and Development' in Palgrave Macmillan's new book 'South-South Migration' (edited by Katja Hujo and Nicola Piper)
Promotion for IMI staff member
16/08/2010
Emanuela Paoletti has been promoted to Research Officer, working on the Global Migration Futures project.
Time to Temper the Faith: Comparing the Migration and Development Experiences of Mexico and Morocco
29/07/2010
IMI is pleased to announce that the Migration Policy Institute (Washington DC) has published an article based on our research in their online journal, Migration Information Source.
IMI held a workshop on migration to the Gulf
23/07/2010
The International Migration Institute and the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College at the University of Oxford organised a one-day workshop on 18 June 2010 focusing on migration to the Gulf countries. The workshop, 'Migrations to the Gulf Countries: Form Exception to Normality?', was made possible thanks to the support of the Maison Française at Oxford and the International Migration Institute. The convenors were Hein de Haas, Helene Thiollet, and Leila Vignal, and it was attended by scholars from different disciplinary fields including history, social sciences, international relations and economy.
IMI Newsletter, July 2010
14/07/2010
IMI is pleased to announce the publication of its latest newsletter.
