EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - IMISCOE Network of Excellence

IMISCOE Network of Excellence

Introduction

IMISCOE is a Network of Excellence that brings together some 400 selected, highly qualified researchers of 22 established European research institutes. They implement an integrated, multidisciplinary, rigorously comparative research programme on migration, integration and social cohesion, with Europe as its central focus.

Description

IMISCOE provides comprehensive theoretical and empirical knowledge that can form a reliable basis for policy. International migration, into and within the EU, is a fundamental issue of politics and policy today. It is set to remain so for years to come, for reasons that lie both inside and outside Europe. This will have far-reaching consequences for the member states and for the EU as a whole: how to manage demand and supply-driven migration, how to integrate the resident immigrants, how to adapt institutional arrangements to preserve social cohesion?

IMISCOE formulated three main objectives:

To build a joint research programme on migration, integration and social cohesion.
To develop a system of training for not only the PhD students in the network, but also other stakeholders in the field.
To develop a system of dissemination to reach a broad public, specifically policy makers and NGO's.

IMISCOE is on Migration, integration and social cohesion, with Europe as central focus. In the recent decades that saw the shaping of the European Union, it has become clear research and systematic information on international migration and its consequences is crucial for Europe as a whole. As IMISCOE members have become acutely aware, the present state of research on the issue of international migration and integration is still highly fragmented. IMISCOE replies on the pressing need for a workable, enduring European research infrastructure.

Participants

IMISCOE member institutes

Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands, led by Prof. Jan Rath. IMES is the IMISCOE Coordinator.
Centre d’Études de l’Ethnicité et des Migrations (CEDEM) at the University of Liège, Belgium, directed by Prof. Marco Martiniello.
Centro de Estudos Geográficos (CEG) of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, directed by Prof. Lucinda Fonseca.
Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations (CEIFO) of the University of Stockholm, Sweden, directed by Prof. Charles Westin.
Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, led by Prof. Maria Baganha.
Centre for Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, led by Prof. Steve Vertovec and Prof. Stephen Castles.
Research Unit on Migration, Management of Diversity and Social Cohesion (DEUSTO), University of Deusto, Bilboa, Spain, led by Prof. Julia González.
European Forum for Migration Studies (EFMS), at the University of Bamberg, Germany, directed by Prof. Friedrich Heckma nn.
European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands, directed by Prof. Han Entzinger.
Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull'Immigrazione (FIERI) in Turin, Italy, led by Prof. Giovanna Zincone.
International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Vienna, Austria, directed by Gottfried Zürcher.
Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück, Germany, directed by Prof. Michael Bommes.
Institut National d’Études Démographiques (INED), Section of International Migration and Minorities, in Paris, France, headed by Dr Patrick Simon.
Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) and the Institute for European Integration Research (EIF), Austrian Academy of Sciences, led by Prof. Rainer Bauböck and Prof. Heinz Fassmann.
Migrations Internationales, Espaces et Sociétés (MIGRINTER) at the University of Poitiers, France, directed by Prof. Emmanuel Ma Mung.
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI), The Hague, Netherlands, led by Prof. Frans Willekens.
Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM/FSM) at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, led by Denise Efionayi and Gianni d'Amato.
Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) of the University of Sussex in Brighton, United Kingdom, directed by Prof. Russell King.
SociNova of the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, led by Prof. Margarida Marques.

Associated members

The Migration Research Group at The Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI), directed by Prof. Thomas Straubhaar.
Centre of Migration Research (CMR), of the Warsaw University, Poland, led by Marek Okolski.
Central European Forum for Migration Research (CEFMR), in Warsaw, Poland, led by Marek Kupiszewski.

Network lead

Coordinator IMISCOE Prof. Dr. Rinus Penninx

Objectives

To build a joint research programme on migration, integration and social cohesion.
To develop a system of training for not only the PhD students in the network, but also other stakeholders in the field.
To develop a system of dissemination to reach a broad public, specifically policy makers and NGO's.

Products

IMISCOE website
IMISCOE-AUP Publication Programme
Working Papers
Online Library
Publications in journals
IMISCOE Newsletter
Policy Briefs
Training
PhD programme
Seminars and conferences
Policy workshops
Research proposals to achieve external funding

EU involvement

IMISCOE is a European Commission-funded Network of Excellence within the Sixth Framework Programme.

Contact info

IMISCOE
Ms Karen Kraal (Communication officer), tel. +31 20 525 3659

Links

IMISCOE

Document type

network

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

Social inclusion & integration