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The Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation Standing Committee (MIGCITPOL) offers a unique forum to researchers working in the fields of migrants’ access to citizenship and political participation in sending and receiving societies.
Call for Papers: Citizenship in Displacement (25–26 June 2026, Tangier, Morocco)

Submissions are invited for the workshop “Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices, and Lived Experiences”, taking place on 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier, Morocco.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026!

📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin

🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)

www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
www.ucd.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Citizenship in the News 📰🇪🇸

Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Publication alert!

The polysemy of solidarity in migrant transnational engagements: synergies of in-Kind and social remittances from Uruguayans in Norway by Prof Ana Margheritis.

Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The polysemy of solidarity in migrant transnational engagements: synergies of in-Kind and social remittances from Uruguayans in Norway
What is the meaning of ‘solidarity’ among emigrants? Does it carry political connotations? Is it related to remittance practices? This study addresses these questions for the case of Hjelpemidelfon...
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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🚨 This overview of quantitative political science data and methods for comparative immigration law is intended for students and scholars of other methodological and/or disciplinary backgrounds.

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🚨New Peer-Reviewed Working Paper @mpimmg.bsky.social

I introduce quantitative political science data and methods to compare immigration law. A revised version will appear as a Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Immigration Law.

www.samdschmid.com/publications...
Samuel D. Schmid - Quantitative Methods for Comparative Immigration
Abstract  Over the past years and decades, numerous large-scale quantitative datasets to measure various attributes of immigration law have been generated an...
www.samdschmid.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🚨Happy to share my new #openaccess article "A Creeping Crisis of Migration Management? Institutional Responses and Implications for 'Access' at the EU's Physical, Legal, and Social Borders" in Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, part of SI "Migration Crises with Adjectives".
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July 31, 2025 at 7:31 AM
In this IMISCOE blog post, Ana Margheritis discusses the recently published JIRS special issue titled "Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Towards a New Conceptualization and Assessment of Institutional Responses to Migration Crises across World Regions". Read here: www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...
Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Revisiting the Concept, Assessing Institutional Responses across Regions - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
August 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Publication Alert!

New Special Issue titled "Migration Crisis with Adjectives: Towards a New Conceptualization and Assessment of Institutional Responses to Migration Crises across World Regions", edited by Prof. Ana Margheritis, is now published in the Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
August 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Are you passionate about migration, citizenship, and political participation?
Whether you’re an early-career or established researcher, the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation (MIGCITPOL) invites you to become part of our dynamic community!
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IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Join us for the relaunch of our Online Café on Monday, 19 May at 16:00 CET!

🔹 A one-hour informal space to connect, share ideas & published work

🔹 Featuring presentations by @bossoloji.bsky.social and @pau-palop.bsky.social

📍Venue: Webex
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Let’s (re)connect!
May 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our webpage not only explains in more detail our core mission and our perspective on migrants' poliritcal participation (comparative, transnational and multilevel) but also shows you *how to become a member* (very easy: just an email expressing who you are and why you are interested).
January 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
IMISCOE's Standing Committee on Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation is here! We study how states regulate citizenship status & rights, the factors shaping migrants’ access to naturalization, and migrants' participation in origin AND receiving countries. www.imiscoe.org/research/sta...
Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
January 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM