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The International Migration Institute gathers researchers who are committed to develop new thinking about migration and mobility across the world.
Database on immigrants in OECD and non-OECD countries
Documenting global mobility and furthering our knowledge of international migration.
Drivers and dynamics of high-skilled migration
Understanding the drivers and dynamics of high‐skilled migration, and the effect of policy on this type of migration.
Emigration States in the Global Governance of Migration
Refining and disseminating research on the role of emigration states in global migration governance.
EUMAGINE: Imagining Europe from the Outside
A collaborative European research project aimed at investigating the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy on migration aspirations and decisions.
Global Migration Futures
Helping understand and prepare for future changes in international migration.
International mobility, local economics and European cooperation policies in the central Sahara
The aim of this research project is to study the nature and practical results of European intervention in migration issues in the central Sahara and its global cost, by combining an analysis of European policies with empirical fieldwork, with a view towards understanding and correcting the representations and assumptions that underpin them.
Mobility in the African Great Lakes
Capturing everyday mobility drivers to better understand the complexity of human mobility dynamics in the Great Lakes region.
International migration of medical doctors: Trends, drivers and policies
Furthering our knowledge of the impact of immigration policies on the international migration of medical doctors.
Oxford Diasporas Programme
Exploring migrants' networks and experiences
Theorizing the Evolution of European Migration Systems
A fresh look at how patterns of migration to Europe develop, focusing on the conditions that encourage initial moves by pioneer migrants to become established migration systems (or not). Seeking to bridge the theories on the initiation and continuation of migration, and to integrate the concept of agency in a systems theory approach.
Diffusion and Contexts of Transnational Migrant Organisations in Europe
A transnational analysis that addresses both transnational organisations and the border-crossing contexts in which they exist to create a new approach which focuses both on the role of the countries of origin and destination in migrants' integration and participation.
Transatlantic Dialogues on Migration and Development Issues
Stimulating a transatlantic, South-North, and South-South debate on migration and development among policy makers, academics and civil society.
Transnational migration, citizenship and the circulation of rights and responsibilities
Contributing to understanding transnational migration, particularly by looking at the conditions for and effects of transnational migration, possibilities for the mobility of migrants’ rights to be enhanced, and the links between migration, citizenship, and migration and development.
European welfare systems in times of mobility
Understanding the role of welfare systems in destination and origin countries for migration patterns within and towards Europe
Participation of Turkish migrants in the public sphere via trade unions in selected European states
The research project aims to explore Turkish migrant workers’ participation and representation at trade unions and works councils in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands, which operate under the same EU legislation but have different citizenship regimes, migration policies and labour market systems
Research and Evidence Facility
In support of the EU Trust Fund, which was set up in November 2015 to address challenges of instability and migration, a Research and Evidence Facility (REF) has been created to collate and produce evidence and policy relevant knowledge
DEMIG VISA data
Determinants of International Migration
DEMIG VISA is a new database that tracks annual bilateral travel visa requirements for 237 nationalities in 214 countries over the 1973–2013 period. The database was developed as part of the ERC-funded DEMIG project (2009-2014) at the University of Oxford. DEMIG aimed at generating new theoretical and empirical insights into the way states and policies shape migration processes in their interaction with other migration determinants.
Migration as Development (MADE)
This project develops new theoretical and empirical approaches to gain a fundamental understanding of the relation between development processes and human migration. While prior analyses focused on a limited number of economic and demographic ‘predictor’ variables, this project applies a broader concept of development to examine how internal and international migration trends and patterns are shaped by wider social, economic, technological and political transformations.