Ranked #1
THEMIS: Stuck in transit: the Dublin regulation, national discrepancies, and secondary migration of asylum seekers in Europe
THEMIS: Stuck in transit: the Dublin regulation, national discrepancies, and secondary migration of asylum seekers in Europe
Jan-Paul Brekke presents his paper 'Stuck in transit: the Dublin regulation, national discrepancies & secondary migr... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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14mins
Ranked #2
THEMIS: What kind of asylum and which destination? Afghan asylum seekers transiting from Greece
THEMIS: What kind of asylum and which destination? Afghan asylum seekers transiting from Greece
Angeliki Dimitriadi presents her paper 'What kind of asylum and which destination? Afghan asylum seekers transiting from... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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16mins
Ranked #3
THEMIS: Changing migration opportunity structures of Roma and their hosting societies: The case of Belgium
THEMIS: Changing migration opportunity structures of Roma and their hosting societies: The case of Belgium
Johan Wets presents his paper 'Changing migration opportunity structures of Roma and their hosting societies: the case o... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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15mins
Ranked #4
THEMIS: To move or not to move (when one arguably has the social capital): the mediating effect of migrant family networks on migration aspirations and planned and unplanned Mexico - U.S. migration
THEMIS: To move or not to move (when one arguably has the social capital): the mediating effect of migrant family networks on migration aspirations and planned and unplanned Mexico - U.S. migration
Mathew Creighton presents his paper 'To move or not to move (when one arguably has the social capital)' co-authored by F... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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13mins
Ranked #5
THEMIS: Developing migration systems in Europe and Asia
THEMIS: Developing migration systems in Europe and Asia
Hideki Tarumoto presents his paper 'Developing migration systems in Europe and Asia' in Parallel session I(A) of the con... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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18mins
Ranked #6
Humanitarian non-state actors and the delocalised EU border of the Central Mediterranean
Humanitarian non-state actors and the delocalised EU border of the Central Mediterranean
Paolo Cuttitta looks at how different humanitarian non-state actors (from large-scale international organisations to sma... Read more
4 Nov 2016
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33mins
Ranked #7
Gender, violence and vulnerability: Examining the politics of protection in the current refugee 'crisis'
Gender, violence and vulnerability: Examining the politics of protection in the current refugee 'crisis'
Examining the ways in which gender has been used as a category of analysis in the current refugee 'crisis', and whether ... Read more
5 Dec 2016
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37mins
Ranked #8
THEMIS: 'Do as I say, not as I do?': analyzing the potential effects of immigrants' representations of the crisis on migration systems. Insights from a peripheral southern European country
THEMIS: 'Do as I say, not as I do?': analyzing the potential effects of immigrants' representations of the crisis on migration systems. Insights from a peripheral southern European country
Dora Sampaio presents ''Do as I say, not as I do?': analyzing the potential effects of immigrants' representations of th... Read more
20 Jan 2014
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14mins
Ranked #9
Governing migration through death in Europe and the US: Identification, burial and the crisis of modern humanism
Governing migration through death in Europe and the US: Identification, burial and the crisis of modern humanism
Vicki Squire examines similarities and differences in practices of ‘governing migration through death’ across the US–Mex... Read more
24 Nov 2016
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36mins
Ranked #10
Between knowledge and power: Understanding how international organisations see migration
Between knowledge and power: Understanding how international organisations see migration
Antoine Pécoud (University of Paris 13) critically analyses the reports produced by international organisations on migra... Read more
11 Nov 2016
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37mins
Ranked #11
'To have and have not': International migration, poverty and inequality in Algeria
'To have and have not': International migration, poverty and inequality in Algeria
Mouhoub el Mouhoud considers the effects of emigration on poverty and inequality by drawing on an original survey conduc... Read more
16 Jun 2016
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44mins
Ranked #12
From coffee to industry: Changes in migrants' characteristics in metropolitan areas in Brazil
From coffee to industry: Changes in migrants' characteristics in metropolitan areas in Brazil
Presenting his PhD research, Visiting Fellow Guilherme Ortega explores migrant characteristic in Campinas metropolitan a... Read more
20 May 2016
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23mins
Ranked #13
North–South migration and postcolonial encounters: Portuguese labour migrants in Angola
North–South migration and postcolonial encounters: Portuguese labour migrants in Angola
Lisa Åkesson unsettles the image of migrants’ border crossing as solely taking place in South–North direction by looking... Read more
30 Nov 2016
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44mins
Ranked #14
Emigration and the distribution of income per natural: Evidence from Egypt
Emigration and the distribution of income per natural: Evidence from Egypt
Joachim Jarreau investigates whether the benefits of migration actually reach the poorest households We study the impact... Read more
9 May 2016
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40mins
Ranked #15
Birthplace, bloodline and beyond: How 'Liberian citizenship' is currently constructed in Liberia and abroad
Birthplace, bloodline and beyond: How 'Liberian citizenship' is currently constructed in Liberia and abroad
Robtel Neajai Pailey interrogates how Liberian citizenship has been constructed across time and space This presentation ... Read more
29 Apr 2016
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47mins
Ranked #16
The micro-politics of mobility and immobility
The micro-politics of mobility and immobility
Jørgen Carling looks at the politics of the individual and the role of power relations in mobility and immobility This ... Read more
18 Mar 2016
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47mins
Ranked #17
Ethnicity, socialization, policy preferences or social structure? Disentangling and comparing the sources of migrants' political preferences across Europe
Ethnicity, socialization, policy preferences or social structure? Disentangling and comparing the sources of migrants' political preferences across Europe
Laura Morales compares the political party preferences of migrants across Europe The objective of this paper is to study... Read more
9 Mar 2016
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47mins
Ranked #18
Cross border migration as the transnational social question
Cross border migration as the transnational social question
Thomas Faist shows how the 'transnational social question' relates to political conflicts around the inequalities connec... Read more
3 Mar 2016
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41mins
Ranked #19
When the diaspora takes charge: state making and diaspora return in Rwanda
When the diaspora takes charge: state making and diaspora return in Rwanda
Simon Turner explores state and nation building in Rwanda since its 1994 genocide Over the past sixty years, Rwanda has... Read more
23 Feb 2016
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28mins
Ranked #20
A multilevel citizenship puzzle: Residence and citizenship in national and local elections
A multilevel citizenship puzzle: Residence and citizenship in national and local elections
Rainer Baubock explores the citizenship puzzle - citizenship status and its relevance in contemporary democracies In con... Read more
15 Feb 2016
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42mins