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.
Attitudes to immigration in the Arab world : explaining an overlooked anomaly
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: Migration research series, No. 62, Migration Policy Centre (MPC), [OPAM]
- Abstract: Authored by James Dennison and Mohamed Nasr, this Migration Research Series paper explores public attitudes to immigration in the Arab world and considers their effects on migration policies in the [...]
Los efectos de la inmigración en la movilidad social en la Unión Europea : ¿frena o acelera?
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Citation: S. FACHELLI and O. SALIDO CORTES (eds), Perspectivas y fronteras en el estudio de la desigualdad social : movilidad social y clases sociales en tiempos de cambio, Madrid : Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, pp. 175-199
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This paper aims at assessing the amount of intergenerational social mobility experienced by migrants in Europe and the effects of immigration on European countries’ overall intergenerational mobility. In line with [...]
What policy communication works for migration? : using values to depolarise
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2019
- Series/Report no.: Migration Policy Centre, [OPAM]
- Abstract: This report starts by providing a summary of key recommendations from existing best-practice guides for migration communication The most common recommendation is to focus on values-based messaging. However, very little [...]
How to perform impact assessments : key steps for assessing communication interventions
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: Migration Policy Centre, [OPAM], 2020/10
- Abstract: The demand for assessing the impact of communication campaigns across all sectors is increasing. In the field of migration, this demand is particularly acute because of, amongst other things, the [...]
Aid for health, economic growth, and the emigration of medical workers
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, 2020/104, Migration Policy Centre (MPC)
- Abstract: Debates on the extent to which developing countries suffer from a brain drain often focus on the emigration of locally scarce health personnel. In this paper, we empirically examine how [...]
Political and legal responses to human mobility in South America in the context of the Covid-19 crisis : more fuel for the fire?
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Citation: Frontiers in human dynamics, 2020, Vol. 2, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, Migration Policy Centre (MPC)
- Abstract: During the XXI century, South America has been the epicenter of vibrant discussions on human mobility. A new vocabulary emerged with legal principles such as the non-criminalization of irregular migration [...]
What factors determine attitudes to immigration? : a meta-analysis of political science research on immigration attitudes (2009-2019)
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, 2020/86, [European Governance and Politics Programme], [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Attitudes toward immigration have attracted much scholarly interest and fuelled extensive empirical research in recent years. Many different hypotheses have been proposed to explain individual and contextual differences in attitudes [...]
Global trends and continental differences in attitudes to immigration : thinking outside the Western box
- Type: Other
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Series/Report no.: Policy Briefs, 2020/42, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: In this Policy Brief we present a global overview of long-term trends and current attitudes to immigration across the world to highlight: Concerns about immigration in Western European and American [...]
Immigration, international mobilization and local governance in post-industrial cities: Turin and Saint-Etienne compared
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2020
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS, 2020/71, Migration Policy Centre (MPC)
- Abstract: This working paper addresses the topic of cities’ trajectories of participation in Transnational City Networks (TCNs) on migration-related issues to identify factors and mechanisms of mobilisation. We present the results [...]
Beyond the wall : US immigration policy under Trump
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2020
- Citation: Mario DEL PERO and Paolo MAGRI (eds), Four years of Trump : the US and the world, Milan : ISPI, 2020, pp. 69-87
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: In what follows, I summarize some of the most salient points of migration policy and practice under Trump. I must emphasize this is not a comprehensive review of all the [...]
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