Migration Policy Centre

Are you researching at the European University Institute? 🌍 The Migration Working Group invites proposals for its 2026–27 seminar series: a space to present and share your work, exchange ideas, and connect with other fellow scholars.

📝 Submit your paper proposal by 28 September 2026.

Check the call for papers and learn more about the Migration Working Group 📌 https://loom.ly/7V_yO-Q

🚨 Applications are open for the 3rd edition of our course 'Building Effective Engagement between Evidence, Policy and Practice'!

This year, we will focus on how evidence is interpreted, negotiated, and incorporated into policymaking processes locally, exploring the particular dynamics that "local communities across Europe face when using evidence to inform policymaking.

Are you working to drive social change in your local community? ➡️ This three-day programme could be a valuable opportunity to strengthen how you use evidence in your work.

🔎The training is designed for professionals working in policy, public administration, local government, public services, civil society organisations, and community development across Europe.

📅 25–27 November 2026
⏰ Deadline to apply: 25 September 2026
Learn more: https://exed.eui.eu/open-courses/building-effective-engagement-between-research-policy-and-practice

📣 Who is behind migration communication campaigns?

Our database, which maps more than 300 migration communication campaigns conducted across Europe between 2012 and 2025, shows that non-governmental organisations account for more than one-third of the campaigns. Campaigns are also run by a wide range of other actors, including international organisations, public authorities, and other institutions.

This diversity of actors reflects the complex communication landscape around migration and raises important questions about who communicates, which messages they promote, and which audiences they seek to reach.
But there are still campaigns missing from the picture.

We are looking to expand our database of migration communication campaigns. If you know of relevant campaigns in a country you work on or know well, share them with us.
🔴Everyone who contributes at least three suggestions will be acknowledged on the project website.

📅 Contribute by 5 September:
https://loom.ly/2S7W-tM
🔍 Explore the full dataset here: https://loom.ly/SzCgYN4

What do border management, asylum reception, labour migration and integration have in common?

👉They all involve important trade-offs and require us to think critically about how migration policies are designed and implemented.

That’s exactly what we explore in the Effective Migration Governance training.

Join us at the European University Institute in Florence on 5–7 October 2026 for three days of peer learning, discussions on cross-cutting research, and exceptional networking opportunities with academics, civil society experts, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of migration governance.

🗓 5–7 October 2026
📍 Florence, Italy
Register by 22 September: https://loom.ly/42Fl2DA

This training is co-organised with the School of Transnational Governance.

What drives irregularity in the UK’s adult ?

Irregularity is often framed as an individual characteristic. But it can also be the result of the systems people have to navigate.

Local authorities in the UK have lost 46% of their core funding in real terms since 2010, while demand for social care continues to grow. Alongside funding cuts, fragmented commissioning and reliance on private providers have contributed to low pay, insecure work and persistent labour shortages.

Interviews conducted as part of the show how can emerge when workers become dependent on employers for visas, income, housing or even basic survival.

The key conclusion? 💡 Immigration reform alone cannot solve workforce shortages or exploitation in adult social care. A sustainable care sector and workers protection require coordinated action across labour-market enforcement, welfare provision, immigration policy and ASC funding.

Access the recommendations ⬇️
https://loom.ly/e2Tz9Us

📈 Did you know that migration communication campaigns grew significantly between 2012 and 2022?

National and local campaigns far outpaced global and EU-level efforts, and that’s just one of the many trends revealed by the data.

We are looking to expand our database of migration communication campaigns. If you have knowledge campaigns in a country you work on or know well, now is the time to add them.

📅 Contribute by 5 September:
https://loom.ly/2S7W-tM

Your knowledge can help build a richer, more complete resource for everyone working on migration communication!
🔍 Explore the full dataset here: https://loom.ly/SzCgYN4

➡️ Save your seat for the Effective Migration Governance training!

governance rarely offers clear-cut answers. It requires navigating competing priorities, evidence constraints, and political trade-offs.

Across three intensive days and a varied room of professionals from different fields, we will explore key dimensions of migration governance: from labour migration and integration to asylum systems, refugee pathways, and transnational cooperation.

👉Why join these three days?

- Explore how to identify relevant data sources to improve policy design
- Engage in a safe space for critical exchange on best practices in decision-making under pressure
- Network with professionals from different countries and sectors

Register 🔗 https://loom.ly/42Fl2DA
📅 5–7 October 2026 | Florence

This course is co-organised with the School of Transnational Governance

Would you like to take part in a transformative programme that brings together unaccompanied minors, local youth, and researchers in Florence to foster inclusion?

We are looking for EUI members willing to become research coaches for the U-Lead Autumn Programme, running from October to December 2026.

Research coaches co-facilitate a small group of young people as they come together and learn, and help ensure that they feel confident and supported as they prepare and rehearse their advocacy presentations, with a focus on clear and effective messaging.

📍 Weekly afternoon sessions from 1 October to 11 December (in Italian).
📅 Apply by 8 September.
More details: https://loom.ly/d_LrFV4
📧 Send your application to [email protected].

U-Lead is a model of how universities and research institutions can help shape a more inclusive, equitable societies developed by the Migration Policy Centre at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and UNICEF Europe & Central Asia.

The Effective Migration Training is built around three pillars:

🔹Theory and science of migration
🔹 Practical tools, from strategy to implementation
🔹 Case studies and real-world insights

But what makes the training valuable?

Here’s what Kristin Fabbe, Full Professor and Course Co-Director, whose work focuses on migration management and the geopolitics of human mobility, has to say. 👇 (Read the caption below)
🗓 5–7 October 2026

📍 Florence
Register today: https://loom.ly/42Fl2DA

This course is co-organised with the School of Transnational Governance