CONFERENCE

IMISCOE H2020 PROJECT CROSSMIGRATION

TOWARDS SYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE ACCUMULATION INMIGRATION STUDIES

Andrew Geddes | Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EuropeanUniversity InstitutePeter Scholten | Erasmus University Rotterdam

Refectory and Seminar Room 2

Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini, 9 - San Domenico di Fiesole

@CrossMigration

31 MAY - 1 JUNE 2018

INTRODUCTION

The field of migration studies has evolved and expanded significantly. This involves not only a growingquantity of studies, but also growing interdisciplinarity, methodological differentiation, expansion incountries and regions covered, and of course a growing theoretical richness. However, growth is alsoaccompanied by fragmentation. While recognising the value of academic diversity for academicdialogue, fragmentation can also be an impediment for systematic knowledge accumulation, theory-building and knowledge utilisation.

This conference will create an open dialogue with scholars from the migration research community onhow to promote systematic knowledge accumulation. It focuses both on a methodology for knowledgeaccumulation, involving the development of a migration studies taxonomy, as on substantive areas forknowledge accumulation. As such, the conference is relevant for migration scholars interested in thedevelopment of migration studies as a research field, as well as for policymakers tapping intomigration knowledge and publishers (journals, book series) working in our field.

The working groups will involve gathering the tools to begin systematic knowledge accumulation. Inthe end, the taxonomy should be exhaustive and sustainable beyond the project and should bemutually complementary to the research syntheses in the areas of drivers, infrastructures, flows, andpolicies. The working groups in those latter four areas will be aimed at understanding the state of theart and identifying where the current knowledge gaps are.

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS IN CROSSMIGRATION CONSORTIUM

EUR (Erasmus University Rotterdam) – coordinator

CEMIS (Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies, University of Antwerp)

CMR (Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw)

COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford)

Verona University

ICMPD (International Center for Migration Policy Development)

IGOT-UL (Institute de Geografia e Ordenamento deTerritório).

Danube University

IOM (International Organisation for Migration – Global Migration Data Analysis Center)

MPC (Migration Policy Centre), RSCAS (Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies), EUI(European University Institute)

MPG (Migration Policy Group)

MPIE (Migration Policy Institute- Europe)

CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research)

NIDI (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute)

PRIO (Peace Research Institute Oslo)

PROGRAMME

31 MAY

11.00-12.00 Pre-conference focus group discussion: academic literature & datasearch habitsRoom: Seminar Room 2

13.00-14.45 Opening PlenaryRoom: Refectory

13.00 Welcome and introduction

13.05 Opening words

Yuri Borgmann-Prebil | DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

13.15 Opening keynote – Rethinking research impact: four models of research- policy relations Christina Boswell | University of Edinburgh

14.00 Opening presentation on CrossMigration project Peter Scholten | EUR

14.45-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-16.15 Parallel working groups round I

Setting key knowledge questions for knowledge accumulationCamille Le Coz | MPIE Room: Seminar Room 2

Towards a taxonomy of migration studies Asya Pisarevskaya | EURRoland Hosner | ICMPDRoom: Refectory

16.15-17.15 Parallel working groups round II

Roundtable with publishers in designing and implementing the taxonomy Participants:Helena Hurd | Taylor & FrancisSarah Scuzzarello | Journal of Ethnic and Migration StudiesPeter Scholten | Comparative Migration StudiesMarco Martiniello | Journal of Ethnic & Racial StudiesAnna Triandafyllidou | Journal of Immigrant and Refugee StudiesModerator:Nathan Levy | Erasmus University RotterdamRoom: Seminar Room 2

Migration driversMathias Czaika | Danube UniversityRoom: Refectory

17.30 - 18.30 Reception

1 JUNE

9.00-10.00 Parallel working groups round III

Migration infrastructuresFranck Düvell | COMPASRoom: Refectory

Defining migration scenariosHelga Valk | NIDI Jasper Tjaden | IOM-GMDACThomas Huddleston | MPGRoom: Seminar Room 2

10.00-11.00 Parallel working groups round IV

Migration flowsJørgen Carling | PRIOLucinda Fonseca | IGOT-ULJustyna Salamońska | CMRRoom: Refectory

Migration policiesAndrew Geddes | MPC-EUIRoom: Seminar Room 2

11.00-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Closing plenaryLocation: Refectory

11.30 Reporting from working groups Work group moderators

12.15 Concluding debate on research-policy dialogues on migration and diversity with Ann Singleton | University of Bristol

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-17.00 Closed meeting of CrossMigration consortiumLocation: Refectory

WORKING GROUP DESCRIPTIONS

PRE-CONFERENCE (31 MAY 11.00 - 12.00)

Focus group: academic literature & data search habits CEMIS

This discussion group aims to tailor the future Migration Research Hub to your needs. Our primary

goal is to learn more about your habits and difficulties when searching for and locating relevant

literature and data, and to collect ideas on how a Research Hub would best work for you.

PARALLEL WORKING GROUPS ROUND I (31 MAY 15.15 - 16.15)

Setting key knowledge questions for knowledge accumulation Camille Le Coz | MPI Europe

This session will include an introduction to WP1, and then a presentation of suggested questions

followed by discussion on the following topics: why migration occurs; how migration occurs; who

migrates; what policies have been developed and applied to influence migration. We will also present

findings on how policymakers look for and use evidence.

Towards a taxonomy of migration studies Asya Pisarevskaya | EUR

Roland Hosner | ICMPD

This workshop aims to present and discuss with the audience the preliminary taxonomy of migration

studies. The purpose of this taxonomy will be to provide a structure for past, present, and future

migration research in pursuit of CrossMigration’s goal of systematic knowledge accumulation. Crucial

to developing the taxonomy is validation by the expert community. Therefore, there will be a 10-

minute presentation of the suggested taxonomy, followed by comments from external reviewer Prof.

Russell King (University of Sussex). The session will end with an open-floor debate to verify the

taxonomy’s comprehensiveness and coherence.

In the second part of this panel, we will present the scope, objectives, target groups and key

characteristics of the research hub/ database, followed by comments from Dr. Olaf Kleist (IMIS) on

the basis of experiences of a smaller scale and thematically more focused project on refugee research

in Germany and a general discussion with participants.

PARALLEL WORKING GROUPS ROUND II (31 MAY 16.15 - 17.15)

Migration Drivers Mathias Czaika | Danube University

Work package IV of the Cross Migration project will implement a systematic cross-national

knowledge assessment, using an objective, systematic, transparent and replicable methodology, to

improve our understanding of the fundamental (configurations of) migration drivers of past, current

and future European migration. The aim of this working group meeting is to discuss and define the

scope of (i) the set of key research questions guiding the systematic review of cross-national

knowledge and empirical evidence on migration drivers, (ii) the main steps in implementing the

systematic review, including definition of inclusion and exclusion criteria on categories such as

research questions, research designs, measures/variables, participants, time period, geographical scope

etc., and (iii) identification strategy including search terms and term combinations. We will further

discuss ways to combine a quantitative (meta-analysis) and a qualitative synthesis of this field of

migration research. The working group will begin with a brief presentation followed by a

brainstorming session.

Collaboration with publishers in designing and implementing the taxonomy Roundtable

This session will involve a roundtable of publishers and journal representatives who will gather to

discuss the central question of how this taxonomy could be used, as well as the feasibility of

implementing it in journals, books, and book series. There will also be an opportunity for open-floor

debate on the wider use of the taxonomy in the field of migration studies, especially in relation to the

publishing sector.

PARALLEL WORKING GROUPS ROUND III (1 JUNE 09.00 - 10.00)

Migration Infrastructures Franck Düvell | COMPAS

Between the drivers of migration and the individuals who migrate are the infrastructures, organisations

and brokers who facilitate migration. This session will discuss how people migrate. In detail, it will

look at (a) routes, hubs and digital resources (ICT) and (b) at brokers, recruiters, carriers, smugglers

and other actors. It aims to sketch existing knowledge, identify research gaps and develop knowledge

questions guiding the work of this cluster. There will be diverse short inputs, including from Franck

Duvell, Anna Triandafyllidou, and Albert Kraler followed by a roundtable gathering of knowledge,

ideas, and research questions.

Defining migration scenarios Helga de Valk | NIDI

Jasper Tjaden | IOM-GMDAC

Thomas Huddleston | MPG

This session will focus on the state-of-the-art on migration scenarios and migration indicators, with a

presentation from each of the WG leaders. The discussions that follow will focus on how best to link

the scenarios and indicators with migration drivers, flows and infrastructures and migration policies.

PARALLEL WORKING GROUPS ROUND IV (1 JUNE 10.00 - 11.00)

Migration Flows Jørgen Carling | PRIO

Lucinda Fonseca | IGOT-UL

Justyna Salamońska | CMR

This session will address migration flows, with a focus on how various flows are distinguished from

each other. The cross-border mobility of people is overwhelmingly complex, and any attempt to order

into ‘migration flows’ for statistical or analytical purposes involves critical choices. We examine the

ways in which temporal, geographical, socio-economic, legal or other criteria are used to distinguish

between migration flows. Moreover, we address how the categorization of migrants produces

challenges and dilemmas. We also address the analytical value of the question ‘who migrates?’ as the

project’s approach to operationalizing the analysis of migration flows. The session will include short

presentations by Jørgen Carling, Lucinda Fonseca and Justyna Salamońska followed by discussion

with the audience.

Migration Policies Andrew Geddes | MPC, RSCAS, EUI

This parallel session will focus on WP7 ‘Developing systematic cross-national knowledge on

migration policies’. It will focus on a preliminary assessment and planning in relation to the following

questions that are central to the WP, namely the extents to which: existing knowledge about the social,

political, legal and economic drivers of intra-EU mobility within the Schengen system can help to

inform current and future thinking about the evolution of the Schengen system; how existing

knowledge about the social, political and economic impacts of relocation (both in the EU and in other

countries and regions) can better inform EU responses to refugee flows and the attainment of EU

policy objectives; the relation between EU’s external policies, such as development policies, and

migration towards Europe (linking to the knowledge from WP4-6 on migration drivers, infrastructures

and flows). To do so the parallel session will assess the contribution of the extant research base to

address the specific challenges of this WP while also providing information and data that can feed into

assessment of future challenges/scenarios etc.