Andrew Geddes
Professor of Migration Studies/Director @mpc-eui.bsky.social part of @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
Coordinating the INNOVATE project https://migrationresearchtopolicy.eu
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- 📢 And the countdown is on! ➡️Get ready for the 22nd #MPCSummerSchool! in Florence 🇮🇹 22 June - 3 July 2026 for two weeks of intense learning, networking & collaboration on global #migration. ❗Scholarships available Applications open until 28 February: loom.ly/ESEjaCY
- Who can you meet at the #EastAfricaMigrationAcademy? This new course brings together migration practitioners, civil servants, researchers, journalists & NGO professionals, all working to understand migration mobility & displacement in East & Horn of Africa. Apply: loom.ly/doyALaI 🗓️ 4–8 May 2026
- Stephanie Acker, @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social & Negar Katirai @eui-schuman.bsky.social explore participatory research, a key aspect of the youth leadership & research programme U-Lead. Read the #EUIdeas 🔗 loom.ly/15BBtbA
- 📢 Applications are now open for the first #EastAfricaMigrationAcademy in May 2026! The Academy will bring together #migration professionals from across the globe to reflect on gender, migration and #displacement in the East & Horn of Africa. exed.eui.eu/open-courses...
- Some bits from me in this edition of BBC radio 4’s The Briefing Room on UK and European responses to migration and asylum bbc.com/audio/play/m...
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- @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social writing to the Times(?). Desperate times call for …
- 🚀 Applications are now open for the 2026 Migration Policy Centre Winter Academy ⭐ Fair Work and Safe Opportunities for People on the Move ⭐ 🗓️ February 2-6 2026 🇮🇹 Florence, Italy All the relevant application information can be found here: exed.eui.eu/open-courses...
- 🎙️ In our new podcast, @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social analyzes different narratives on migration and the role they play in policymaking, as well as the rise of right-wing populist actors across Europe. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4rj2jdjt
- 😎 Not quite finished this one yet but already looking forward to next academic year. 2025-26 kicks off with a seminar by Daniel Ghezelbash of UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on countering misinformation about asylum seekers & refugees. migrationpolicycentre.eu/events/?id=5...
- My favorite photos from the #MPCSummerSchool on #migration at the European University Institute. Sixty hours of lectures, group work, and even a little bit of dancing. To be informed about future events: migrationpolicycentre.eu/subscribe/
- When it comes to migration governance, credibility matters 🤝 Join the Effective Migration Governance course to master the tensions, and policy dilemmas that shape today’s migration landscape. 📅 6–8 October 2024 📍 Florence, Italy Secure your seat loom.ly/6OiXoH8
- When does a temporary crisis become permanent & who is responsible for fixing it? ➡️Nora Söderberg & Dr Otwori Dennis share testimonials from displaced residents & humanitarian workers in Western #Kenya to show why so-called “temporary” #displacements are anything but temporary. 📌 loom.ly/dvebWr8
- 📢 Does higher #education make people more pro-immigration? Not always. New MIDEM paper by @lenkadrazanova.bsky.social dives into 20 years of ESS data — and challenges common assumptions. Read her study: forum-midem.de/more-educate... @stiftungmercator.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social
- Minding the gap or missing the gaps? 🧵 Jeff Crisp (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford) draws on his policymaking experience to explain why migration research frequently struggles to have real-world impact. migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/06/19/t...
- He points to two key gaps 👉 between research and policy, and between policy and practice, and argues that closing them requires more than simply producing high-quality evidence. Full Short 📌 lnkd.in/dimcym36
- “We are a centre for advanced research, so we don’t have students at the Schuman Centre. But when you came, you were researchers, and you experienced what it means to build a community, which is essential for doing #research.”– said Director Erik Jones at the U-LEAD closing ceremony.
- For the first time, Villa Schifanoia has hosted a unique public this week: participants of U-LEAD, a participatory research programme bringing together unaccompanied minors, young migrants, local high schoolers, and international students.
- ➡️ Over five days, participants engaged in workshops, field research, and collaborative discussions, and today, we are celebrating their work and involvement at the heart of Florence.
- This initiative shows how universities can create real public value by working with communities: bringing people together to share, and create knowledge, and shape a more just and inclusive future. 👀 We can’t wait to see what the second edition brings in October 2025: loom.ly/VYdDszw
- How well can migrants access public services? Mediation is key to non-discriminatory access to public services, but for many foreign nationals, barriers remain. ‘Mediation Grammar’ can help policymakers & service providers improve access to public services for migrants. 📌 loom.ly/hwSEyxs
- 🌍 How do international organisations influence #education policies for #immigrant #students? Louis Volante explores how international assessments shape global #education reforms, with a focus on 1st & 2nd generation #immigrant #students. 🗓️ 28 May/15:00 CEST 📍 Hybrid 👉 Register: loom.ly/OxKaI8c
- ☕️È stato un piacere partecipare al Caffè Europa su RAI Radio Uno con Tiziana di Simone sul tema della politica d'asilo nell'UE, dei paesi terzi sicuri, dell'Albania ecc. www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2025/0...
- 🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, policy impact remains limited— ideology and misinformation can dominate. 📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social and me ask why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve. 🔍 Read more: loom.ly/t916yCs
- “We spoke with a trafficking victim who came to Poland (...) Her passport was held, the visa expired, & she became irregular. The most shocking part is that she didn’t even realise it until a honest employer told her" 👉 Don't miss the 3rd episode of the PRIME podcast: loom.ly/Vfs3Bp0 #PRIMEprojectEU
- Why do some people gain access to rights, mobility, or full membership in a country—while others are excluded? To unpack the themes of this year’s MPC-GLOBALCIT conference, we spoke with 2️⃣ participating scholars: Ashley Mantha-Hollands & Lorenzo Piccoli Full interview 📌 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
- 💡 Important insights by @j-hagen-zanker.bsky.social & @jorgencarling.bsky.social: migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/05/14/s...
- ‘Measures to address the root causes of migration could be wasteful as development policy & inefficient as migration policy’ Jessica Hagen-Zanker & Jørgen Carling for the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab on policies focused on the root causes of migration. lnkd.in/dUmjrx8n
- Immigration and asylum are now second most salient issues in the UK. Only Reform benefits from this
- At the @mpc-eui.bsky.social we’re working with UNICEF Europe & Central Asia office on the U-LEAD project bringing together high school students and unaccompanied young migrants in Florence to build participation and inclusion Find out more migrationpolicycentre.eu/u-lead/ Find out more
- 🔍 Ever wondered where migration research is taking place? ➡️ 75% of migration research centres in Europe & N. America Lorenzo Piccoli shares insights from a new tool that maps migration research & explores what this imbalance means for policy and future studies. 📌 lnkd.in/dnUX4QZk
- Two days well spent at the @mpc-eui.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social annual conference with a great bunch of interesting contributions on the contested boundaries of global migration and citizenship
- MP: ‘Labour seen as party of migrants, minorities, and people on benefits’ labourlist.org/2025/04/hind...
- This must be the first time in postwar history that a single person determines the election outcome in another country. #TrumpEffect
- In First 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Has Dramatically Reshaped the U.S. Immigration System, but Is Not Meeting Mass Deportation Aims www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trum...
- We have updated the the Directory of Migration Research Institutions, a comprehensive database that maps migration research centres across the globe. We now include 352 institutions globally thanks to the feedback we received from many colleagues. migrationpolicycentre.eu/directory-of...
- What a refugee camp reveals about economics economist.com/finance-and-...
- New analysis from @migrationpolicy.bsky.social shows that the Trump administration cut funding to the value of $2.3 billion to projects on migration and displacement funded by USAID or the State Department
- Inspiring visit to Kenya to work with Dr Linda Oucho on the INNOVATE project linking migration research to policy, or at least trying to. We met with a great group of researchers/research users & the students of the PG Diploma in migration studies at Univ of Nairobi www.migrationresearchtopolicy.eu
