📅 Conference 10 March 2026: How can Europe’s regions respond to demographic changes with smarter, evidence-based policies?

🗨️ Join us for "The Future of Rural Europe: Making migration work for regions in decline" in Brussels at the European Committee of the Regions!

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🚨Registration for the 2025 Wittgenstein Centre Conference Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century is open 🥳

➡️Join us in Vienna or online to hear the latest research from the top migration scholars 🤓

➡️This year we also have a Round Table to discuss how science can inform policy!

Checking in from #EURegionsWeek!

Together with fellow #HorizonEU projects Re-Place, MOBI-TWIN & SkillsPULSE, we explore how data-informed tools and innovative approaches can:
✅ Strengthen #RegionalResilience
✅ Address #TalentLoss
✅ Support the “right to stay” in every territory
#RegionalDevelopment

💡How can targeted policies attract skilled migrants to your region?

📍We're at @iiasa.ac.at for our second-to-last consortium meeting, sewing together the research in our upcoming data and policy dashboard!

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🎤 Our 4th speaker at #EURegionsWeek in Brussels:

Emilija Stojmenova Duh, Ph.D. – Associate Professor @UniLjubljana & former Slovenian Minister for Digital Transformation.

🗓 15 Oct | 9:30–11:00
📍 THE SQUARE, Brussels
🔗 Join online: lnkd.in/e-R29yfc

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📅10 September: What drives #returnmigration and what do people bring back with them?

Register to tune in for Wednesday's deep dive into new fieldwork on motivations, challenges, and policy blind spots—fresh from Poland, Austria, and Turkey.

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Meet our 3rd speaker at #EURegionsWeek: Peter Meister-Broekema, senior researcher @Hanze UAS on demographic change & wellbeing in rural regions.

🗓 15 Oct | 9:30–11:00 | Brussels
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💡 We look forward to an interactive session at #EURegionsWeek featuring expert insights and live demos of data tools in support of thriving European communities.

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What can be done when rural areas lose people, services and jobs?

Join an interactive session ft live demos, digital tools and insights from #PREMIUM_EU & #SMARTERA on tackling #ruraldecline.

🗓️ Oct 15, 9:30–11:00 at #EURegionsWeek in Brussels

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Rural areas losing people, services & opportunities, but digital tools can help!

Join @premiumeu.bsky.social & #SMARTERA at #EURegionsWeek

🗓️ Oct 15, 9:30–11:00, Brussels (regions-and-cities.europa.eu/programme/20...)

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📅 WEBINAR: Moving back or moving forward? Rethinking return migration

Join us on 10 Sept, 13-14:30 CEST for a dive into the motivations, challenges and policy blind spots around return migration.

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📍 How do migrants move within #Spain after they settle?

A recent workshop hosted at @ub.edu looked at #InternalMigration among immigrant communities and its links to regional demographics.

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Why does #mobility without #policy deepen regional divides?
Prof Leo van Wissen explores this paradox in an article via Open Access Government, showing how datadriven interregional mobility policies can support and grow communities.

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💬 "Ingredients are identity, opportunity, and imagination.”

Did you miss yesterday's event? Don't worry—we recorded it. Watch it back for insights from researchers, policymakers and local officials across Europe.

Recording 👉 nordregio.org/events/rural-re-population-attracting-skilled-migrants

Historically, regional development has been defined in economic terms: GDP, unemployment rates, and industrial output.

While these remain important, our new report takes a holistic approach and tells the story of regional well-being across 37 indicators.

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From #webscraping policies to mapping #migration flows and interviewing migrants, the team met in Ankara last week to discuss how to present the research findings in our upcoming regional policy dashboard!

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Is your region resilient to #braindrain?

Attracting and retaining skilled people is key to building robust communities. Last week, we organised a workshop on the topic at #Reglab, Sweden.

Solving related issues in your region? Join the Resilient Regions Expert Group! premium-eu.org/news/resilie...

#Depopulation is reshaping rural regions across Europe. How can policymakers respond?

Get research insights and join the discussions for attractive and resilient rural regions:
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🖥️ Webinar, 'Rural re-population: Attracting skilled migrants'
📅 29 April 🕙 10-12 (CEST)

3 legs of 🔗premium-eu.org

🔎 Migration motivations: Analysing social media data to map #migration flows

📈 Spatial effects of #mobility: Exploring impacts on regions people leave vs. flock to

💡 Smart policies: Forming a knowledge base for policy design to serve both migrants and host communities

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