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Technische Universität Chemnitz (coordinator) (Germany)
Technische Universität Chemnitz is a technical university in the southeast of Germany and hosts more than 11,000 students from 90 countries. The Institute for European Studies (IES) was established in 2008 as one of the seven institutes of the Faculty of Humanities at TU Chemnitz. The IES is an interdisciplinary centre devoted to the study of European institutions and cultural and social phenomena in Western and Eastern European regions. IES offers higher education programs in European Studies (BA, MA and PhD) and carries out research in the fields of European integration, economic transformation, regional development, migration and democratization processes in Europe. The IES maintains a Jean-Monnet-Chair and a wide network of cooperation with research institutions and universities throughout Europe.
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Universiteit Van Amsterdam (Netherlands)
The University of Amsterdam is one of the world’s intellectual hubs. A university with a leading international reputation, it is firmly rooted in the city of Amsterdam. With five thousand staff members, thirty thousand students and a hundred different nationalities, the UvA is connected to thousands of researchers and hundreds of public and private institutions in the Netherlands and around the world. It has an international outlook, fitting in with Amsterdam’s character and history as an independent, innovative and engaged city.
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Université de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Founded in 2003, the University of Luxembourg is a European research university with a distinctly international, multilingual and interdisciplinary character. It is a modern institution with a personal atmosphere, close to European institutions, innovative companies and the financial place. With nearly 6,200 students and about 1,700 employees from all over the globe, the University offers a unique mix of international excellence and national relevance, delivering knowledge for society and businesses. The CEASEVAL project is located in Faculté des Lettres, des Sciences humaines, des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education, which is a member of IMISCOE.
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Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Richerche sull’Immigrazione (FIERI) (Italy)
FIERI is one of the leading Italian research institutes on migration, mobility and integration. Since its foundation in 2001, it is strongly committed to a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the social and political transformations associated with growing population mobility and cultural diversity.
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University of Sussex (UK)
One of the first centres on Migration in the UK, the Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR) builds on a longstanding reputation for original theoretically driven empirical research in the field of migration and ethnic relations. Sussex hosts one of the largest groups of migration scholars in the world and a large active and vibrant migration postgraduate community. True to the Sussex tradition, our approach to research, doctoral research and MA teaching is genuinely interdisciplinary and draws insights from sociology, human geography, anthropology, development studies, politics, law, psychology, education, economics and demography.
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International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) (Austria)
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is an international organisation whose purpose is to promote innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies and to function as a service exchange mechanism for organisations and governments. The organisation has established a reputation for its research on international migration trends and patterns, as well as policies in the wider European context based on comparative analysis.
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Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) (Spain)
CIDOB is an independent and plural think tank based in Barcelona, dedicated to the study, research and analysis of international affairs. Created in 1973 as an International Documentation Centre of Barcelona, it is a private foundation since 1979. CIDOB is a dynamic community of analysts that works to produce and offer to all political actors –from individual citizens to international organisations– information and ideas to help formulate and promote policies for a more secure, free and fair world for everyone.
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TARKI Tarsadalomkutatasi Intezet Zrt (Hungary)
Tarki Social Research Institute is employee owned, specialized in applied social research, with a history of over thirty years. Based in Budapest, Hungary, its research focus spans from social stratification, labour markets, income distribution, consumption, lifestyle patterns and migration to attitudes and xenophobia in Hungary and, in the majority of its projects, in Europe.
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University of Helsinki (Finland)
The Migration and Diaspora Studies Research Group (MIDI) is an active research group at the University of Helsinki. The group has an interest in contemporary migration processes and the social consequences of migration in an increasingly global world. The research projects focus on immigrant integration processes, diasporic social relations, transnational ties and the formation of new ethnic boundaries and emerging forms of citizenship, as well as the political responses to these significant societal developments. The projects provide information about the positive importance of diasporas for development, equality and social progress. The research group contributes to the aim of the University of Helsinki to seek solutions for global challenges and to create new ways of thinking for the best of humanity.
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European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) (Belgium)
Established in 1974, ECRE is a European network of 96 NGOs in 40 European countries. It protects and advances the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, and displaced persons. Its diverse membership ranges from large international NGOs with global scope to small organisations of dedicated activists; members work on humanitarian relief, social service provision, legal assistance, litigation, monitoring policy and law, advocacy, and campaigning.
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New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria)
New Bulgarian University is a non-governmental, not-profit educational and research institution officially established with an Act of the Bulgarian National Parliament in 1991. Main research areas of NBU are political sciences, psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, archaeology, semiotics and public administration. The university has collaborative agreements and joint projects with many European universities and research centers, including joint research projects within the FP5, FP6 and FP7, HORIZON 2020 joint agreements for ERASMUS-SOCRATES exchange, etc.
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Koc University (Turkey)
Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) aims to advance the state of the art in migration research through original and innovative scholarship, academic collaboration, and dialogue between researchers, policy-makers, international organizations and civil society actors. Established in 2004 in Istanbul, MiReKoc evolved from a grant-giving program into an established and reputable research center. MiReKoc conducts and participates in a range of research projects in order to motivate national and international networks and to strengthen research capacity in the field of migration.
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Elliniko Idryma Evropaikis kai Exoterikis Politikis (Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy) (Greece)
The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) is an independent, non-profit and policy-oriented research and training institute. Its mission is to provide a forum for public debate and raise awareness on issues of European integration and international relations and to conduct scientific research that contributes to a better informed and documented knowledge of the European and international environment with a special emphasis on migration, security, human rights, and good governance.
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Amsterdam Centre for Migration and Refugee Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
For the last fifteen years, the Migration Law research program of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has been one of the most prominent programs in the field. It aims at tracking the multiplicity of complex developments in migration law that take place at the international, European and national levels. Research is conducted on diverse topics, including asylum and refugee law and family reunion law. This implies research into the human costs of border control, the intersection between the family and migration law, the role of the judiciary, the relation between (irregular) migration and the welfare state, the EU principle of mutual trust and the role of time in migration law. Methods are varied, focusing on legal doctrinal, sociological, philosophical questions as well as more practice oriented matters.
