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No. 135 | 2017

Global migration futures: Exploring the future of international migration with a scenario methodology

Simona Vezzoli, Ayla Bonfiglio, Hein de Haas

migration futures, scenarios, scenario methodology, uncertainties, migration research

No. 134 | 2017

The global evolution of travel visa regimes: An analysis based on the DEMIG VISA database

Mathias Czaika, Hein de Haas and María Villares-Varela

mobility, travel, visa, exit, migration, policy

No. 133 | 2017

How do Syrian refugee workers challenge supply chain management in the Turkish garment industry?

Emre Eren Korkmaz

Syrian refugees, Turkish textile-apparel sector, supply chain management, child labour, ethical trade, labour networks

No. 132 | 2017

Is there a ‘pig cycle’ in the labour supply of doctors? How training and immigration policies respond to physician shortages

Yasser Moullan, Xavier Chojnicki

physician shortages, international migration of doctors, medical graduates, foreign-trained physicians

No. 131 | 2016

Managing migrant labour in the Gulf: Transnational dynamics of migration politics since the 1930s

Hélène Thiollet

migration, labour, oil firms, recruitment, segregation, public policy, transnational, Arab Gulf, Middle East

No. 130 | 2016

Transnational transformations: Coupling migration and change

Marieke van Houte

migration, change, transnationalism, political engagement, framework

No. 129 | 2016

Triadic political opportunity structures: Re-conceptualising immigrant transnational politics

Ali R Chaudhary, Dana M Moss

Transnational political action, political opportunity structure, electoral politics, organisational, non-institutional collective action

No. 128 | 2016

Chiefs, migrants and the state: Mobility in the Ghana–Togo borderlands

Nathalie Raunet

Borderlands, Africa, chieftaincy, mobility, gatekeeper, structure, agency

No. 127 | 2016

Transnational politics and political integration among migrants in Europe

Ali R Chaudhary

transnational politics; political participation; political remittances; immigrants; voting; homeland politics

No. 126 | 2016

High-skilled migration in times of global economic crisis

Mathias Czaika, Christopher Parsons

No. 125 | 2016

Stateless Kurds and their multiple diaspora

Latif Tas

Statelessness, socially stateless, international law, citizenship, nationalism, Kurds, double diaspora, conflict and peace

No. 124 | 2015

Beyond War and Peace: The IOM and International Migration Control in Libya

Julien Brachet

No. 123 | 2015

The role of migration and higher education policies in international academic mobility. The case of Indian researchers

Sorana Toma, María Villares-Varela

No. 122 | 2015

Culture seen as a commons: Osmosis, crossroads and the paradoxes of identity

Thomas Hylland Eriksen

diaspora, cultural identity, creolisation, identity politics, migration, cultural flows

No. 121 | 2015

Internationalisation and diversification of Indian academic careers

Sorana Toma, Maria Villares-Varela, Mathias Czaika

No. 120 | 2015

The impact of land policies on international migration: The case of the Brasiguaios

Marcos Estrada

No. 119 | 2015

Health migration policies and ethical controversies: The case of African nurses in the UK

Angele Mendy

No. 118 | 2015

Institutional legacies, employment and professional integration of non-EU/EEA doctors in France

Angele Flora Mendy

No. 117 | 2015

The determinants of migration policies. Does the political orientation of governments matter?

Hein de Haas, Katharina Natter

migration policies, political parties, policy making, restrictiveness

No. 116 | 2015

Social determinants of overweight amongst immigrants in Spain and France

Yasser Moullan, Paul Dourgnon

Migration, obesity, health inequality, France, Spain