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Andrew Geddes

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Political science 77%
Sociology 19%
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🚀 Applications are now open for the 2026 Migration Policy Centre Winter Academy

⭐ Fair Work and Safe Opportunities for People on the Move ⭐
🗓️ February 2-6 2026
🇮🇹 Florence, Italy

All the relevant application information can be found here: exed.eui.eu/open-courses...
EUI Executive EducationMigration Winter Academy: Fair work and safe opportunities for people on the move
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How can #refugee claims be processed among states to address asylum shopping?

In the next MPC seminar, Hélène Mayrand will explore the Canada-United States Safe Third Country Agreement and the issues it raises.

🗓️15 January 2025 | 15:00 CET
💻Online
Register today 📌 loom.ly/VZzLUsg

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Let’s take a moment to look back at the first Shorts Series we've run so far!

From migration narratives to EU mobility policies, we turned complex #research into actionable insights mailchi.mp/2fe4ba642c69...

📩 Subscribe to the #MigrationCoLab upcoming series launching this month: loom.ly/tDtI9QE

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At this seminar, @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social will dive into how researchers distill messages from their work and assess knowledge exchange in Horizon-funded #migration projects.

🗓️29 January 2025
💻Hybrid
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📢 And the countdown is on! ➡️ Get ready for the 21st #MPCSummerSchool!

Join us in Florence from 16 to 27 June for two weeks of intense learning, #networking, & collaboration on global migration governance.

❗Grants available

Applications are open until 28 February: www.eui.eu/apply?id=mig...

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☀️ This morning, participants of the Migration Winter Academy soaked up some Florentine sun while working in groups during the final peer mentoring session of the training.

On this last day, the focus was on bridging #research and #practice.

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We are very happy to host the WEP 5️⃣0️⃣th Anniversary Workshop @lmumuenchen.bsky.social today & tomorrow!

Great presentations, intense debates & we are grateful for colleagues all around the globe joining us.

Sessions on:
👉elections, parties, mobilization
👉welfare politics
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👉policy & administration
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😎 Not quite finished this one yet but already looking forward to next academic year.

2025-26 kicks off with a seminar by Daniel Ghezelbash of UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on countering misinformation about asylum seekers & refugees.

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Countering misinformation about refugees and migrants: An evidence-based framework
Join Professor Daniel Ghezelbash as he presents a step-by-step approach to help individuals engage with misinformation about refugees and migrants effectively.
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When does a temporary crisis become permanent & who is responsible for fixing it?

➡️Nora Söderberg & Dr Otwori Dennis share testimonials from displaced residents & humanitarian workers in Western #Kenya to show why so-called “temporary” #displacements are anything but temporary. 
 
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Flooded, forgotten, still here: The struggle for solutions in Western Kenya’s informal displacement camps - Migration Policy Centre
This blog shares findings on the 'temporary' displacement camps in Western Kenya, drawing on interviews with displaced residents and humanitarian workers.
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He points to two key gaps 👉 between research and policy, and between policy and practice, and argues that closing them requires more than simply producing high-quality evidence.

Full Short 📌 lnkd.in/dimcym36
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Minding the gap or missing the gaps?​ 🧵

Jeff Crisp (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford) draws on his policymaking experience to explain why migration research frequently struggles to have real-world impact.

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Co-Lab | The two overlooked gaps in migration research and policy
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This initiative shows how universities can create real public value by working with communities: bringing people together to share, and create knowledge, and shape a more just and inclusive future.
👀 We can’t wait to see what the second edition brings in October 2025: loom.ly/VYdDszw
U-LEAD: Youth, rights, and research at the crossroads of academia and community
In a world increasingly marked by division and disconnection, a new initiative at the European University Institute is building bridgesbetween institutions an
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➡️ Over five days, participants engaged in workshops, field research, and collaborative discussions, and today, we are celebrating their work and involvement at the heart of Florence.
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For the first time, Villa Schifanoia has hosted a unique public this week: participants of U-LEAD, a participatory research programme bringing together unaccompanied minors, young migrants, local high schoolers, and international students.
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“We are a centre for advanced research, so we don’t have students at the Schuman Centre. But when you came, you were researchers, and you experienced what it means to build a community, which is essential for doing #research.”– said Director Erik Jones at the U-LEAD closing ceremony.
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How well can migrants access public services?

Mediation is key to non-discriminatory access to public services, but for many foreign nationals, barriers remain.

‘Mediation Grammar’ can help policymakers & service providers improve access to public services for migrants.

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Co-Lab | How Mediation Grammar can be a driver for the inclusivity and accessibility of public services for immigrants
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🌍 How do international organisations influence #education policies for #immigrant #students?

Louis Volante explores how international assessments shape global #education reforms, with a focus on 1st & 2nd generation #immigrant #students.

🗓️ 28 May/15:00 CEST
📍 Hybrid
👉 Register: loom.ly/OxKaI8c
International organisations, large-scale assessment, and the convergence of global education governance agendas
Join this event as Louis Volante examines how international large-scale assessments (ILSAs), particularly the Programme in International Student Assessment (PISA), shape global education governance ag...
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🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, policy impact remains limited— ideology and misinformation can dominate.

📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social and me ask why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.

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Co-Lab | More research, less impact: An evidence paradox?
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‘Measures to address the root causes of migration could be wasteful as development policy & inefficient as migration policy’

Jessica Hagen-Zanker & Jørgen Carling for the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab on policies focused on the root causes of migration.

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Immigration and asylum are now second most salient issues in the UK. Only Reform benefits from this
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At the @mpc-eui.bsky.social we’re working with UNICEF Europe & Central
Asia office on the U-LEAD project bringing together high school students and unaccompanied young migrants in Florence to build participation and inclusion

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🔍 Ever wondered where migration research is taking place?

➡️ 75% of migration research centres in Europe & N. America

Lorenzo Piccoli shares insights from a new tool that maps migration research & explores what this imbalance means for policy and future studies.

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Two days well spent at the @mpc-eui.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social annual conference with a great bunch of interesting contributions on the contested boundaries of global migration and citizenship
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In First 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Has Dramatically Reshaped the U.S. Immigration System, but Is Not Meeting Mass Deportation Aims www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trum...
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New analysis from @migrationpolicy.bsky.social shows that the Trump administration cut funding to the value of $2.3 billion to projects on migration and displacement funded by USAID or the State Department

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