IOM Research May 2019

We are pleased to share with you IOM’s latest research outputs and updates, including a webcast of an IOM organized event on the connections between migration and technology, the latest Migration Research Series (MRS) paper authored by Herald Bauder, a new MRS call for abstracts on youth and migration and a recent presentation by Professor Ahmet Icduygu at IOM's Migration Research at Lunchtime Seminar. This update also includes early view articles in the journal, International Migration, interviews with Professor Ahmet Icduygu and Dr Khalid Koser, the forthcoming International Metropolis Conference 2019, whose plenaries and workshops are now available online and a free collection of articles from Wiley Publishing on the theme: 'Research impact on policy'.


The connections between migration and technology



This month IOM organized an event on 'The connections between migration and technology', in cooperation with the Friends of Migration group at United Nations Headquarters, New York. Watch the webcast here.




Latest Migration Research Series paper by Herald Bauder


This paper in the Migration Research Series explores how migrant families settle and integrate into Canadian society and navigate, challenge, transform or reproduce presumed boundaries associated with gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, family, community and nation.



New Call for Abstracts: Migration Research Series


IOM is pleased to share a new call for abstracts for its Migration Research Series on Youth and Migration. Click here for details.


Professor Ahmet Icduygu presentation at IOM Migration Research at Lunchtime Seminar



This presentation by Professor Ahmet Icduygu of Koc University analysed the “protracted refugee situation” and future of Syrian refugees living in Turkey. He sought to address the question of whether Syrian refugees in Turkey are likely to settle permanently by comparing the historical cases of Syrians in Turkey and Afghans in Iran and Pakistan.



Latest Issue: International Migration journal



The latest issue of the International Migration journal focuses on displacement and return in Iraq and on the Syrian refugee crisis.






Interviews with Dr Khalid Koser and Prof Ahmet Icduygu


In these recent interviews, Dr Khalid Koser explains the links between migration and violent extremism in light of the Christchurch New Zealand attacks, while Prof Ahmet Icduygu responds to questions related to recent migration trends in Turkey and why we are seeing the rise in anti-immigrant sentiment across the world. Listen and watch the interviews here.

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International Metropolis Conference: Plenaries and workshops now available online

The Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will host the International Metropolis Conference 2019, the largest annual international gathering of world experts from academia, governments and civil society in the fields of migration, integration and diversity. The list of plenaries and workshop is now available online.



Free collection of articles: Research impact on policy




This collection of free articles from Wiley Publishing seeks to provide a better understanding of the research-policy nexus. The articles touch on themes including policymaker-research relations and evidence-based practice.