Call for Papers: Workshop on Migrant Aspirations and New Models of Citizenship
The HIDDEN COST Action and GAPs Horizon Europe Project announce a workshop titled "Migrant Aspirations and New Models of Citizenship: A Changing Landscape," scheduled for 20 February 2024 at the University of Glasgow, in a collaboration facilitated by Susan Rottmann (PDF here). This in-person event will explore the evolving dynamics of citizenship, belonging, and identification against the backdrop of contemporary global challenges, focusing on issues such as climate change, migration, and legal identity…
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Bridging Past and Present: GAPs project member N. Ela Gokalp-Aras Delivers Key Lectures at NSMES PhD Summer School
In August 2024, N. Ela Gokalp-Aras from the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul (SRII) participated in the PhD Summer School organized by the Nordic Society for Middle Eastern Studies (NSMES). This year’s theme, "Exploring Migration, Urban Evolution, and Historical Continuity in a Megalopolis," provided a vibrant platform for academic discourse. Gokalp-Aras delivered two significant presentations during the summer school.…
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Mateusz Krępa, GAPs Partner at CMR Warsaw, Discusses Migration, German Border Controls, and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Sentiments on Outriders Podcast
In September 2024, Mateusz Krępa, a member of the GAPs team from the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw, appeared on episode 127 of the Outriders podcast titled Why Germans Are Becoming Radical on Migration. The episode explored the current migration dynamics...
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Migrant Return Research at Uppsala University
As part of a short-term research visit to the Center for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS) at Uppsala University, Zühal Ünalp Çepel, Associate Professor Dr. at Dokuz Eylül University from Turkey conducted valuable research under the supervision of Andreas Önver Cetrez and Soner Barthoma, co-coordinators of the EU Horizon GAPs Project, Decentring the Study on Migrant Returns and Return Policies. This visit, supported by the COST Action 20107..
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Bridging the Gap: EU Return Policies Under the Spotlight at European Parliament Roundtable
On September 24, 2024, the European Parliament hosted a high-level roundtable that addressed the widening gap between return migration policies and their practical implementation. The event, titled “Returns: Gaps Between Policies and Practice,” organized by the EU-funded GAPs project, fostered crucial debates on the future of return migration in Europe....
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Methodological Challenges in Return Migration Research Highlighted at International Conference in Bonn
The preliminary phase of the GAPs Data Repository was unveiled at the 5th International Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies (NWFF), held in Bonn, Germany, from September 16-18, 2024. During the panel session, experts discussed the complex methodological challenges researchers encounter in return migration studies, focusing on both qualitative and...
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Challenges in Deportation Procedures in Poland: Insights from Tomasz Sieniow on Radio TOK FM
On August 28, 2024, Tomasz Sieniow, a member of the Horizon Europe GAPs team at the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw, took part in a popular radio program “Światopodgląd” on Radio TOK FM, a major Polish supra-regional radio station of an informative and journalistic nature, broadcasting across dozens of Polish cities, as well as via the Internet...
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CMR Webinar on International Lessons in Migrant Integration Practices in Poland
On September 2, 2024, Marta Pachocka (from the Horizon Europe GAPs team at the Centre of Migration Research of the University of Warsaw) co-organised and moderated the CMR webinar ''International integration practices - lessons learned”. The aim of the eventwas to discuss international practices of migrant integration in countries with longer-standing and more extensive experience in migration governance than Poland. The webinar resulted from cooperation between the Laboratory of Urban and Regional Migration Policies & Migration…
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GAPs Team Members Publish Article on Coerced Returns in JEMS
We are excited to announce the publication of a significant new article by GAPs team members, Zeynep Sahin-Mencutek and Anna Triandafyllidou, in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, as a part of the special issue on Special issue: Governing Transit and Irregular Migration: Beyond Formal Policies and Informal Practices edited by Maria Koinova. The article, titled "Coerced Return: Formal Policies, Informal Practices, and Migrants’ Navigation," provides an in-depth exploration of how formal policies and informal...
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