International Migration Institute

Our Focus

The International Migration Institute (IMI) gathers social scientists from around the world committed to advancing a long-term view of migration processes as part of global change and development. This is achieved through promoting research, generating new data, IMI’s free-access working paper series and disseminating evidence-based insights on migration to the broadest possible audiences.

IMI Winter Academy 2026

Jan 30

New Seminar: Migration policy in autocratizing contexts

Jan 26

PACES Scenario Workshop

Nov 21, 2025

Latest Working Papers

What Matters in Migrants’ Decision-Making? Insights from the Migration Journeys along Africa and Europe

Mariá-Jesús Cabezón-Fernández, Simona Vezzoli, Dominique Jolivet, Filip Savatic, Juan David Sempere Souvannavong, María Virgen Pérez Mateos

No. 195 | 2026

Social Transformation, Social Protection, and (Im)mobility Aspirations in Six African Cities

Dominique Jolivet, Simona Vezzoli, Zoulikha Benkaakaa, Mariá-Jesús Cabezón-Fernández, Ismail Misbahu, Filip Savatic, Juan David Sempere Souvannavong

No. 194 | 2026