Our publications include academic publications (peer-reviewed books, journal articles, and book chapters), working papers (presenting work in-progress), a wide range of research and policy reports (primarily aimed at a non-academic audience), and blogs. For an overview of ongoing MPC research projects, click here.
Regional responses to Covid-19 : systemic resilience, human mobility, and cross-country supply chains
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: Migration Policy Centre (MPC), MigResHub, Commentary, 2021/11
- Abstract: The disruption of production, financial, and mobility systems caused by Covid-19 has reminded global and local actors that the ability to adapt to unexpected shocks depends critically on the ability [...]
EU-Turkey : toward sustainable cooperation in migration management and refugee protection
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: RSCAS, Migration Policy Centre (MPC), MEDAM
- Abstract: When the von der Leyen European Commission took office on December 1, 2019, it committed to delivering a “fresh start on migration” through a New Pact on Migration and Asylum. [...]
International cooperation on migration : what do domestic publics want?
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSC, Migration Policy Centre (MPC), MEDAM
- Abstract: What preferences do people have for cooperation between high and lower-income countries on irregular migration and refugee protection? Despite the increase in the number and breadth of cross-country cooperation agreements [...]
Migration policy-making in Africa : determinants and implications for cooperation with Europe
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSC, 2021/54, Migration Policy Centre (MPC), MEDAM
- Abstract: This paper focuses on African policy positions on migration to Europe and towards cooperation on migration with the EU and its Member States. It draws on existing research to discuss [...]
What asylum and refugee policies do Europeans want? : evidence from a cross-national conjoint experiment
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: European union politics, 2021, OnlineFirst
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, [Migration Policy Centre], MEDAM
- Abstract: The protection of asylum seekers and refugees has become one of the most politically divisive issues in the European Union, yet there has been a lack of research on public [...]
Making sense of trajectories of participation in european city networks on migration: insights from the cases of Turin (Italy) and Saint-Etienne (France)
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, Migration Policy Centre (MPC)
- Abstract: The article addresses the topic of cities’ trajectories of participation in Transnational City Networks on migration-related issues to identify factors and mechanisms of mobilisation. We present the results of a [...]
Introduction – migration, smuggling and the illicit global economy
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: Achilli, L., & Sanchez, G. 2021. Introduction, Public Anthropologist, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 1-7
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, Migration Policy Centre (MPC), 2021
- Abstract: Widespread concern over the convergence of human smuggling with other illicit businesses – such as drug trade, human trafficking, and so on – has legitimized increasing restrictive migration policy in [...]
The EU pact on migration and asylum in light of the United Nations global compact on refugees
- Type: Book
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2021
- Series/Report no.: Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: This book examines the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum from different multidisciplinary perspectives and world regions experiences. The various Chapter contributions explore the Pact's scope and impacts in light [...]
Working conditions in essential occupations and the role of migrants
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSC, 2021/40, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: Following a national lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, state governments in Germany published lists of “essential” occupations that were considered necessary to maintain basic services such as health [...]
Governing migration beyond the state : Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia in a global context
- Type: Book
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: International migration has become a salient concern in global politics but there is also significant variation in governance responses. By focusing on four key world regions -- Europe, North America, [...]
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