Check the video (in Spanish) about the group of DACA recipients that went to Mexico this summer for a course at El Colegio de Mexico. Co-Director Alexandra Delano was part of the faculty teaching.
One PhD scholarship and one Postdoctoral scholarship on social protection policies and transnational migration (ERC funded project) Université de Liège (Belgium), Faculty of Social Sciences (FaSS), Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) Applications are invited for scholarships to work at doctoral and post-doctoral level as part of the Migration, Transnationalism and Social Protection in (post-)crisis Europe project (MiTSoPro). This project is funded by an
Far from being a hobby flight, this is a project to save the lives of drowning refugees, designed by a 33-year-old Afghan who was once one of them. Fifteen years after fleeing his home to escape the Taliban, this drone expert wants to help others like him survive the perilous crossing of the Aegean and
Parsons’ Prof. Mehdi Salehi “Drones for Refugees” Read More »
Call for Applications Post-Doctoral Fellowship Mobility & Political Authority in Africa’s Emerging Urban Under the auspices of the South African Research Chair for Mobility & the Politics of Difference, the African Centre for Migration & Society at Wits University seeks applications for a 1-2 year post-doctoral fellowship. This position is a response to
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Join us for our first Zimm Lecture of Fall 2016, followed by a reception. Prof. Heike Drotbohm, University of Mainz, Germany. “Exploring contradictory politics of displacement: São Paulo’s humanitarianism and occupy movements” In the Brazilian megalopolis of São Paulo multiple types of poor and mobile populations share the need for shelter, legal protection and the access to other social
FORCED FROM HOME What We See: Stories from the Global Refugee Crisis Join Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for an engaging discussion featuring MSF leadership, aid workers, and outside experts. Using a combination of first-hand field experience and top-level insight, the speakers will discuss some of the most pressing needs of refugees and internally-displaced
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Russell Sage Program on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Investigator-initiated research proposals on the social, economic, and political effects of the changing racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population, including the transformation of communities and ideas about what it means to be American; especially interested in innovative research that examines the roles of race,
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Call for Applications: BIGSSS–departs 2016 (see link below) The Bremen International Graduate School (BIGSSS) offers 10 Ph.D. positions in its newly launched BIGSSS-departsprogram funded by the European Commission. Fellows will take part in a 42 month English-language dissertation curriculum including a six‐month stay abroadat a renowned external academic partner institution or with an external non-academic partner. The salary includes social insuranceand health insurance. Funds for additional research costs such as travel, conference participation, in‐house events, and outreach events will be available. For the program starting in February 2017, we seek international candidates with strong academic abilities and a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in political science, sociology, or psychology. Potential candidates with a degree in related social science disciplines are also welcome. BIGSSS-departs falls under theMobility Rule of the EU and welcomes applications
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Call for Papers International Conference: Migration & Environmental Change 8th and 9th December 2016, Berlin This call for papers addresses an international and interdisciplinary audience in the field of “Migration & Environmental Change”. Under the auspices of the project “New Regional Formations: Rapid Environmental Change and Migration in Coastal Regions”, this
