In her new article, based on in-depth qualitative interviews, Tamar Khoshtaria examines how migration experiences have influenced and potentially reshaped the values and beliefs of young Georgians. Link: bit.ly/4wufNtb @akazlowska.bsky.social @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Out now! Our new issue with articles on various topics, i.a. liquid migration, young migrants, gender and a special section dedicated to the reflexivity of migration trends in research on Ukrainian refugees: ceemr.uw.edu.pl/issues/vol-1... @akazlowska.bsky.social @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Keizer and Sasunkevich show that structural factors, social status, the degree of integration, and the sense of (non)belonging are crucial in understanding how migrants navigate differences in gender values and norms between home and host societies. Link: bit.ly/4tigfct

In her newly published paper, Agnieszka Kosiorowska-Le Rall argues that Polish migrants in France negotiate their identity through embracing or distancing themselves from various discourses on race, sexuality and religion. Link: bit.ly/4mK6Ubx @akazlowska.bsky.social @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

In a new International Migration Review paper, we present our focus-group workshop method based on reciprocity, combining a focus-group interview, training, and a support group. Our accepted manuscript is available in the University of Warsaw repository: repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item...

A new report with the results of the survey on the perception of migration and various migrant groups in Poland from the I-CLAIM project by Prof. Grzymała-Kazłowska @@akazlowska.bsky.social and Dr Kseniya Homel-Ficenes, has just been published. You can find it here: zenodo.org/records/1870...

The @iclaimeu team invite you to an exciting artistic event “The Migrating Child", inspired by our research. The collection of songs by Jana Shostak and Piotr Adamski, with their guests curated by Centrala will be performed at Teatr Komuna Warszawa (31 Emilii Plater) on Feb. 11

📘 New report: 'Immigration Status and Labour Conditions' examines how migrants with insecure residence status work and live in agriculture, domestic & care work, and delivery/logistics across 6 European countries, based on 244 interviews. 🔗 i-claim.eu/project/immi...

Immigration Status and Labour Conditions: Migrant workers in Agriculture, Delivery and Logistics, and Domestic and Care Work in Europe - I-CLAIM

This report compares the living and working conditions of migrants with insecure residence status across agriculture, domestic work, and delivery sectors in six European countries. Based on 244 interv...

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Come along to participate with us in this extraordinry event showcasing our research in @iclaimeu.bsky.social project curated by Centrala Birmingham

Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw@cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The @iclaimeu team invite you to an exciting artistic event “The Migrating Child", inspired by our research. The collection of songs by Jana Shostak and Piotr Adamski, with their guests curated by Centrala will be performed at Teatr Komuna Warszawa (31 Emilii Plater) on Feb. 11

Olga Wanicka’s article explores how a vlogger blurs formal and informal roles by playing with the expectations and needs via ‘performance authenticity’, achieved thanks to the mediated presence and intimacy. Link: bit.ly/49szecp @akazlowska.bsky.social @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Endre Sik and Péter Krekó explain the role of the moral panic button (MPB) in creating crisis- and fear-mongering campaigns, arguing that it is crucial in building the Hungarian version of informational autocracy (IA). Link: bit.ly/4brCAyN @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social @akazlowska.bsky.social

In her article, Neva Öztürk warns that excessive flexibility in temporary protection erodes legal certainty, expands discretion, and threatens protection standards. Link: bit.ly/3N3kkBS @akazlowska.bsky.social @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

Ráchel Surányi and Éva Bognár illustrate how the Hungarian government’s approach towards refugees shifted between 2015 and 2022, not altering the main narrative, but introducing a new aspect of deservingness. Link: bit.ly/49nR9AO @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social @akazlowska.bsky.social

In his newly published paper, Jonathan Scovil demonstrates that future-oriented narratives explain contrasting Polish views on migrants from Belarus and Ukraine. Link: bit.ly/4960pe9 @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social @akazlowska.bsky.social

Lots of inspiring ideas for policy recommendations on improving working & living conditions of migrants employed in food delivery & agriculture from our @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social @iclaimeu.bsky.social meeting with stakeholders co-hosted with interwencjaprawna.pl/en/ i-claim.eu/sector-repor...

Aadne Aasland (Oslo Metropolitan University) & Oleksandra Deineko (Oslo Metropolitan University & Karazin Kharkiv National University) point out that #Ukrainian refugees in #Norway often decide to leave this welfare state due to the feeling of loyalty to their homeland. More: bit.ly/4m5zqTw

Małgorzata Odolczyk addresses the governance of #refugees #integration in #Poland and argues that #gender is not discursively constructed as threatened by the influx of migrants, as it is rarely claimed to be a part of Polish national identity ‘in danger’: bit.ly/45mjTJm @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

New: Vidra (HUN-REN, Eötvös Loránd Univ) & Messing (HUN-REN, CEU) argue that Hungarian government media instrumentalised Ukrainian refugees by emphasising its own political agenda, which contrasted with the more humanitarian focus present in independent media. Link: bit.ly/3GVGHGe

The Europe and Mobilities conference has started @UniWarszawski Join us or watch online www.youtube.com/live/oJwjIPx...

Europe and Mobilities | Transmisja | Day 1

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Academic writing can be much more enjoyable when social with our fabulous Department of Social Anthropology and Ethnic and Migration Studies at Faculty of Sociology at University of Warsaw - great inspiration from Belcher's "Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks", Sage, 2009.

New: Zdeněk Uherek & Veronika Beranská show the growing importance of institutional ties in the destinations for Czech diaspora: although diasporas are dispersed and their members do not communicate with each other, they are capable of joint action: bit.ly/4jhoj8P @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

To celebrate #InternationalRomaDay #internationalRomaWeek the ROCIT research team at CMR has produced a great video about Roma migrations and mobilisation during the full-scale war in Ukraine, and their research. Take a look! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu-Y...

Nierówne obywatelstwo i transnarodowa mobilizacja Romów w obliczu wojny w Ukrainie

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New: Aneta Skorupa-Wulczyńska addresses the high dropout rate of Ukrainian minors under TP in Poland and argues that states’ failure to efficiently implement language policy in schools strongly contributes to the social disintegration of young migrants (link in a comment). @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social

#CfP from our colleagues from the Romanian Network for Migration Studies: What: 5th international conference "Puzzling Realities of the Romanian Migration within the Current Global Contexts" Where: Sibiu, Romania When: Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2025 How: www.romig.ro

📢 New report out! i-claim.eu/project/narr... explores how media, politics & civil society discuss irregular migration. With migration a key issue in Poland, understanding these narratives is crucial.

Narratives about irregularised migrants in Poland - I-CLAIM

This report reveals that dominant narratives around irregular migration were predominantly linked to attempts to enter Poland without sufficient documentation or bypassing legal channels rather than s...

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New: Aigerim Yerken & Lan Anh Nguyen Luu from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University described the ‘cultural encapsulation’ phenomenon among Kazakhstani students in Hungary who started to value their own cultural identity abroad more than they did in Kazakhstan: bit.ly/41bvxn5

Three years after the full-scale Russian invasion, we stand with #Ukraine and attempt to provide both knowledge about the displacement induced by the war and give voice to Ukrainian scholars. Check out our special section devoted to this topic: ceemr.uw.edu.pl/issues/vol-1...

Great news that @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social has also joined Bluesky

Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw@cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · 2y ago

The CMR, celebrating 30 in September, 2023

Registration is now open for the online workshop “Data Visualisation for Migration Researchers” (organized by Barbara Jancewicz & Justyna Salamońska). Participation is free. Don’t miss it! 📅 April 7, 2025, 4 pm – 6 pm CET 🌐 www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo... #MigrationResearch #MethAtMigWS