Does research impact policy?
Linking evidence, policy and debate
We work to translate academic research into actionable policy insights and connect the dots between research, public debate, and policymaking.
Highlights: This past year our work has:
- convened more than 100 migration policymakers and practitioners to discuss the intersection of research and policy;
- studied if and when policymakers apply data and evidence, finding that trust is a critical component for this to happen;
- explored the importance of everyday beauty in refugees’ lives and then outlined more holistic refugee policy frameworks;
- announced four pledges at the Global Refugee Forum to help advance the goals of the Global Refuge Compact and improve protection for other categories of migrants.
Upcoming Priorities: Over the next year we are working to
- understand how policies shape migrants’ behaviour and decisions and how European and African policymakers take migrants’ behaviour and decision-making processes into account;
- create the ‘Migration Research to Policy (MR2P)’ Collaboratory to increase collaboration between researchers and policymakers;
- evaluate cross-country policies on irregular migrants, exploring regularization programs, rights protection, enforcement, and ethical considerations, while offering strategies for policymakers to enhance rights protection for irregular migrants and meet host country needs.
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Featured Publications
- Exploring the EU’s status quo tendency in the migration policy field: a network-centred perspective – Leila Hadj Abdou and Andrea Pettrachin
- Beauty and beautification in refugees’ lives and their implications for refugee policy – Stephanie Acker