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We are please to announce that the section call for panels and papers for LASA 2026 (Paris, France, May 26-30, 2026) is open. More information at: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/int...

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Migraciones, Desplazamientos y Movilidades | News & Notes
The LASA Section on International Migrations will promote networking and dialogue related to academic work and debates on immigration from, to and within Latin America and the Caribbean among research...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thank you, RC31 members, for attending the Business Meeting at the ISA Forum in Rabat, Morocco! Here are some photos from the day #sociology #migration #SociologyOfMigration #MigrationStudies
July 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
#RC31_Award #best_book in #migration studies

Sharon M. Quinsaat’s Insurgent Communities, published by @uchicagopress.bsky.social, provides a sweeping history of #Filipino transnational social #activism in the #Netherlands and US from 1970s to the present day.

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Insurgent Communities
Sociologist Sharon M. Quinsaat sheds new light on the formation of diasporic connections through transnational protests.  When people migrate and settle in other countries, do they automatically form ...
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July 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#RC31_Award
Phi Hong Su’s The Border Within, published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social, is an exciting and novel account of the lasting Cold War divisions found among contemporary #Vietnamese #German communities. www.sup.org/books/sociol...

#migration #socioology #border #coldwar
The Border Within | Stanford University Press
When the Berlin Wall fell, Germany united in a wave of euphoria and solidarity. Also caught in the current were Vietnamese border crossers who had left their homeland after its reunification in 1975. ...
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July 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Best Book Award Announcement

Huge thanks to all the RC31 members who submitted their nominations for the #RC31_Award for Best Book! All the submissions were of exceptionally high quality, making the reading and judging a true joy for the committee members.

#migration #sogiology #isa
July 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#RC31 SPECIAL LECTURE

All That is Solid Melts into Mobility: Understanding #Climate related #Migration as the Socio-Ecological Question

Lecture to be delivered by: Thomas FAIST (Bielefeld)
Location: SJES024
Mon, Jul 7, 13:00 - 14:45

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#isaforum2025 #sociology
Special Lecture: All That is Solid Melts into Mobility: Understanding Climate-Related Migration as the Socio-Ecological Question
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July 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
ISA members! We will be in Rabat this week! Check out the RC31 program here: isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/foru...

#ISA #migration #sociology #migrants #immigration
5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)
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July 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
We thank all RC31 members who submitted their nominations for the #RC31_Award for Best Article! We received a large number of submissions this year and chose two co-winners, reflecting our main criteria of theoretical robustness and contribution to the field of international migration.
May 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Congratulations to Deisy Del Real for co-winning this year's #RC31_Award for Best Article! The article, Gradations of Migrant Legality: The Impact of States’ Legal Structures and Bureaucracies on Immigrant Legalization and Livelihoods is available here:
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May 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Congratulations to Karolina Nikielska-Sekuła for co-winning this year's #RC31_Award for Best Article! Her article, Embodied Transitional Belonging, was published in International Migration Review.
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May 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The link to the latest newsletter (Dec 2024) below seems to be broken. You can check it out at this link for news on RC31 events, members' awards, publications, events, and more! www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imge...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Welcome to the ISA 31 page on BlueSky! Here is a link to our most recent newsletter! #ISA_RC31 @isa-rc31.bsky.social /id/urn:aaid:sc:US:d2d9d02b-6c91-403c-b99e-1502c0814f86
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January 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Happy to see our work w Natalie Welfens published in the Journal of Refugee Studies

“UNHCR–state relations: transfer of authority over refugee status determination”👇

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November 28, 2024 at 9:31 AM
#ISA_RC31_New_book

Zülfikar Savcı, B. Ş., Pries, L., & Erdoğan, M. M. (Eds.). (2024). Forced migration in Turkey: Refugee perspectives, organizational assistance, and political embedding. Routledge.
www.routledge.com/Forced-Migra...

#forcedmigration #Turkey #refugee #belonging #migrationstudies
Forced Migration in Turkey: Refugee Perspectives, Organizational Assistance, and Political Embedding
Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country in the world, with forced migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and other countries converging, either with hopes to settle in Turkey or t...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Sciortino, G., Cvajner, M., & Kivisto, P. J. (Eds.). (2024). Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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#SociologyOfMigration #CurrentResearch #methods #migrationstudies #sociology
Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality
‘This Handbook is an excellent addition to the study of humanitarianism as a multifaceted practice with diverse histories, geographies, and indeed inequalities, unsettling conventional narratives of h...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:04 PM
New book!
Pries, L., & Bohlen, R. (2024). Forced Migration: An integrative perspective for the 21st century. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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#forcedmigration #transnationalperspectives #migration #sociology
Forced Migration
Building on existing debates in international organizations, policy and academia, this insightful book argues for a broader transnational perspective on the concept of forced migration and its multipl...
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December 31, 2024 at 10:00 PM
New book!
Merla, L., Murru, S., Orsini, G., & Vuckovic Juros, T. (Eds.). (2024). Excluding #diversity through #intersectional #borderings: Politics, policies, and daily lives. IMISCOE Research Series.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#migrantexclusion #Europe #NorthAmerica #race #gender #sexuality
Excluding Diversity Through Intersectional Borderings
This open access book Excluding Diversity through Intersectional Borderings examines how migrants are excluded along racial, gender, and sexuality lines.
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December 31, 2024 at 9:58 PM
New Book!
Mahmud, H. (2024). Remittance as #belonging: Global #migration, #transnationalism, and the quest for home. Rutgers University Press. www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/templeton-pr...
argues that migrants' #remittances express their sense of belonging&connectedness to their country of origin.
Remittance as Belonging
Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home argues that migrants' remittances express their  sense of belonging a...
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December 31, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Member's new book!
García Cabeza, M., & Faist, T. (Eds.). (2024). Encyclopedia of citizenship studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/enc...
#migration #CitizenshipStudies #encyclopedia
Encyclopedia of Citizenship Studies
‘This anthology of original contributions represents a watermark for citizenship studies – for the wideness of its geographical spread, its deep historicity, its grappling difference, and its sensitiv...
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December 31, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Member's new book!
Desmet, E., Belloni, M., Vanheule, D., Verhellen, J., & Güdük, A. (Eds.). (2024). Family Reunification in Europe: Exposing Inequalities (1st ed.). Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9781...
This book provides a multi-disciplinary investigation of family reunification laws, policies and...
Family Reunification in Europe | Exposing Inequalities | Ellen Desmet,
This book provides a multi-disciplinary investigation of family reunification laws, policies and practices across the European Union. Family reunification – the
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December 31, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Member's new book!
Cé Sangalli, L. (2024). Migrants from Sudan in Germany and Jordan. Göttinger Beiträge Zur Soziologischen Biographieforschung. doi.org/10.17875/gup...
Migration often intensifies both how people construct a sense of belonging and how they are labelled or categorised by others....
December 31, 2024 at 9:53 PM