News
Global Migration Futures, Horn of Africa and Yemen: Project Briefing
09 February 2012
A short document detailing the objectives and work plan for this extension of the GMF project is now available to read.
Research officer required
23 January 2012
The International Migration Institute (IMI) is seeking to appoint a research officer to work on a new research project funded by the MacArthur Foundation to explore how conflict interacts with patterns of mobility in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
New staff member joins IMI
20 January 2012
We are pleased to welcome Dominique Jolivet to the International Migration Institute.
New paper on migration in times of uncertainty
13 January 2012
IMI's Mathias Czaika has written a paper on the role of uncertainty and risk perceptions in the decision-making process about migration.
New partnership to study migration futures in the Horn of Africa
10 January 2012
The Global Migration Futures (GMF) project at the International Migration Institute (IMI) is extending its reach into the Horn of Africa and Yemen through an innovative partnership with the Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS), funded by the Danish Refugee Council.
Mobility in the African Great Lakes: Project Briefing
10 January 2012
A short document detailing the objectives and work plan for this new research project is now available to read.
New article on the effects of integration policies
04 January 2012
IMI's Evelyn Ersanilli has co-written an article for the International Migration Review
New paper on transnational strategies among Ghana’s ICT entrepreneurs
21 December 2011
This paper uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to investigate the relative importance of mobility in the formation and viability of the internet cafes that are responsible for most local internet access in poor countries.
New working paper on African perspectives on human mobility
19 December 2011
This new paper draws on insights from the African Perspectives on Human Mobility research programme, which included four research teams based at universities in Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
New project on mobility in the African Great Lakes region
15 December 2011
The MacArthur Foundation has awarded IMI a grant of US$400,000 to study the complex interrelationships between patterns of migration and displacement in the context of violent conflict.
IMI December news
15 December 2011
Our December newsletter is now available to read online.
Two new papers from our THEMIS project
09 December 2011
Staff working on the THEMIS project (Theorizing the Evolution of European Migration Systems) have brought out a paper on the dynamic between different waves of immigrants from the Ukraine to the UK and the Netherlands, and a paper on pioneer migrants and their agency.
New 2-page briefing on Global Migration Futures workshop
08 December 2011
Read a short summary of what took place at the Global Migration Futures project workshop in the Azores in September 2011.
University Lectureship in Migration Studies
23 November 2011
Applications are invited for a University Lecturership in Migration Studies. The post is permanent and full-time, tenable from 1 October 2012 and will be offered in conjunction with a non-tutorial fellowship at Wolfson College.
Funding boost to understand drivers of global migration
11 November 2011
The International Migration Institute (IMI) has been awarded a grant of nearly US$1million to advance research into the drivers and dynamics of high-skilled migration.
New report on migration, rural development, poverty and food security
11 November 2011
Thomas Lacroix, a Research Associate of the International Migration Institute, has written a report comparing seven country case studies, initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization to help maximize the benefits of cross-border migration for the pro-poor development of Commonwealth states.
IMI contributes to workshop organised by the International Network on Migration and Development
07 November 2011
Earlier this month IMI Researcher Ayla Bonfiglio attended a workshop at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Italy entitled 'A Comprehensive Approach to Monitor International Migration: Joint Reflections'.
New Research Assistant joins IMI
04 November 2011
We are pleased to welcome Olivia Sheringham to the International Migration Institute.
New Migration and Culture book edited by IMI staff
02 November 2011
A new edited volume has been published by Edward Elgar in the 'International Library of Studies on Migration' series.
Job Vacancy for Research Assistant on EUMAGINE Project
25 October 2011
The International Migration Institute (IMI) is seeking to appoint a research assistant to work on a major collaborative research project 'Imagining Europe from the outside' (EUMAGINE) funded by EU’s Seventh Framework (FP7).
