The PACES project – Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations – examines how decisions are made by (potential) migrants and by policymakers.
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The PACES project – Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations – examines how decisions are made by (potential) migrants and by policymakers. In particular, the PACES project asks how changes in society, personal lives and migration policies shape decisions to stay or migrate across countries and over time. In the area of migration governance, the project seeks to understand how knowledge of people’s migration decision-making informs migration policies.
PACES is a 40-month Horizon Europe project (March 2023-July 2026) that encourages migration policymakers to adopt research evidence as the basis for migration policymaking. PACES has four objectives:
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Identify the strengths and limitations of current migration policies and governance by analysing how knowledge underpins European migration policies;
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Examine the interaction between societal changes, individual life course factors and (migration) policies in shaping decisions to stay or migrate and the decision-making processes along the migration trajectory;
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Identify how migration, and non-migration policies more broadly, can either facilitate migration or enable sustainable and desirable ‘staying’;
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Develop ideas for possible alternative migration initiatives that account for complex processes of migration decision-making, while considering constraints in migration policymaking. Co-participatory approaches will enable the incorporation of the diverse needs of migrants and involve the perspectives of stakeholders, including employer organizations, unions and populations at origin and destination.
The PACES project has published IMI/PACES Working Papers, which you can find in the IMI Working Paper Series. Visit the PACES project website to access reports, policy briefs, blogs, webinars, podcasts and other outputs.
The PACES project has received funding under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, grant agreement N 101094279. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
