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Report on irregular migration from West Africa published
African Migrations Workshop papers published in English and French
Accra, Ghana, September 2007
Transnational Migrant Organisations Project Begins
Diffusion and Context of Transnational Migrant Organisations in Europe
African Migrations Workshop Report and Papers published
Ghana, 18-21 September 2007
IMI welcomes new staff
(Irregular) Transit Migration in Europe
IMISCOE Theory Conference
Working Paper 9 published - migration and development theory
Launch of IMI's e-Newsletter: April 2008 issue available now!
The Observer: How migrants fuel Britain's boom town. Stephen Castles comments.
Working Paper 10 - Migration Aspirations and Immobility in a Malian Soninke Village
IMI welcomes British Academy Visiting Fellow
The IMI will be hosting Dr Darshan Vigneswaran as a British Academy Visiting Fellow from July 2008.
New publication: Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South (Castles and Delgado Wise, editors)
Conference papers: Theories of Migration and Social Change, July 2008
IMI awarded German Marshall Fund grant
Transatlantic dialogues on migration and development issues: Lessons from the Mexico-US and Morocco-EU experiences
New journal articles now available online, including In Search of The Diasporas within Africa and The Myth of Invasion: The inconvenient realities of African migration to Europe
Environmental Change and Migration Workshop: call for papers issued
The Refugee Studies Centre and the International Migration Institute are organising the 'Environmental Change and Migration' workshop, which will take place on 8 - 9th January 2009 in Oxford (postponed from September 2008). The workshop will be an open forum with a number of presentations followed by open discussion. The call for papers is now available (see below). Further information can be found at the Refugee Studies Centre website: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/
IMI e-Newsletter October-December 08
Working paper 11 - Insertion au marché du travail : les expériences des immigrants sénégalais à Montréal
African Migrations Research: international workshop held in Rabat, November 2008
African Migrations Research: Methods and Methodology
Book Release: The Age of Migration, 4th Edition
Working paper 12 - The Political Economy of Migration Processes: An Agenda for Migration Research and Analysis
Working paper 13 - The Recession and Migration: Alternative Scenarios
Boeing’s Global Corporate Citizenship Program grants $200,000 to IMI to implement Global Migration Futures project
IMI is very pleased to announce the award of a grant of $200,000 from the Boeing’s Global Corporate Citizenship Program to begin work on the research project Global Migration Futures: Towards a comprehensive perspective.
Job vacancy: Research Officer, Global Migration Futures
The International Migration Institute (IMI) is seeking to appoint a Research Officer to work on a new project entitled: Global Migration Futures: Towards a comprehensive perspective. The post is for one year, with the possibility for renewal subject to available funding.
Programme papers published - migration dynamics of DRC, Ghana and Morocco
African Perspectives on Human Mobility Programme
Transatlantic dialogues on migration and development issues: policy brief published
Transatlantic Dialogues Study Tour takes place in Zacatecas, Mexico
The workshop and study tour for the Transatlantic Dialogues on Migration and Development issues took place in Zacatecas, Mexico earlier last month.
Working paper 16 now published - Incident Reporting: Experimental Data Collection Methods and Migration Governance - Darshan Vigneswaran
Friday June 5, IMI/Global Migration Governance Project Event - The Migration State: How Do States Use Migration for Strategic Gains?
Lecture by Prof James F. Hollifield, Professor of International Political Economy, Southern Methodist University
IMI project Theorizing the Evolution of European Migration Systems (THEMIS) selected for funding by the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration in Europe
Professor Stephen Castles talks about incentives for return migrants, BBC World Service
Stephen Castles took part in a debate on the BBC World Service programme `World Have Your Say' on June 24th to discuss the issue of government incentives for return migrants.
Carlos Vargas-Silva joins Global Migration Futures project as Research Officer
Professor Robin Cohen appointed Director, IMI
New publications by IMI research team
Disponible en ligne: IMI Newsletter avril - juillet 2009
Now published: IMI Newsletter April - July 2009
WP 17 published - Intra household tensions and conflicts of interest in migration decision making .
WP 18 published - The Crisis and Migrants' Remittances: A look at Hispanics in the US
Submissions invited for IMI Briefings
IMI has launched a new online Briefings section which aims to make information and research on migration more visible and accessible.
Imagining Europe from the Outside: new collaborative research project announced
EUMAGINE: Imagining Europe from the Outside is a collaborative European research project which aims to investigate the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy on migrants’ aspirations and decisions.
Oxford announces new MSc in Migration Studies
A new 9-month MSc in Migration Studies at Oxford University has been jointly established by the School of Anthropology and the Oxford Department of International Development.
Seminar series Hilary 2010 The Impact of Diasporas - Connection, Contestation, Convergence
Commencing on Thursday 21st January, the Hilary Term Seminar Series is a joint venture between IMI and COMPAS, arising from a research proposal submitted to the Leverhulme Trust.
Mathias Czaika joins DEMIG project
IMI is pleased to announce that Mathias Czaika has joined the DEMIG project as Research Officer.