NORFACE Research Programme on Migration
The NORFACE Research Programme on Migration is a programme of twelve transnational research projects responding to the theme:
Migration in Europe: Social, Economic, Cultural and Policy Dynamics
NORFACE – New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation Agency in Europe, is a network of 15 national research funding organisations in Europe and Canada, co-operating since beginning of 2004.
The NORFACE Research Programme on Migration will host its third conference, at University of Mannheim, Germany, from 29th – 31st March 2012. The event will bring together the team leaders of the 12 projects, funded by the NORFACE Research Grant on Migration.
The event is co-organised by the NORFACE Migration – Scientific Co-ordination office, headed by Prof. Christian Dustmann of University College London and the CILS4EU Team, headed by Prof. Frank Kalter of University of Mannheim. Attendance to this event was by invitation only.
Research by CHOICES Team featured in ESRC
Norface discussion paper No:7 - "The Impact of Labour Market Dynamics on the Return–Migration of Immigrants" by Govert E. Bijwaard, Christian Schluter and Jackline Wahba features in ESRC - Impacts & Findings.
Publications
Discussion Papers and Journals Online
Project Teams of the Norface Research Programme on Migration are now welcome to submit their discussion papers for publishing online on the Norface Migration Website.
Website
Functionalities extended
Project teams of the NORFACE Research Programme on Migration now have the possibility to edit sub-pages that are specific to their project.
Past event: Norface Migration Conference
"Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge"
A large interdisciplinary conference on "Migration: Economic Change, Social Challenge" was held from 6th - 9th April 2011, which was co-funded by the European Union and the NORFACE Migration Programme. This academic conference brought together about 300 scholars from subject areas such as: Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Demography, Anthropology, Education, Geography, Political Science, Development Studies.
Past event: September Conference
Migration, Development, and Global Issues
CReAM, World Bank and Norface Migration Network jointly organised a conference from 23 - 25 September 2010, presenting research from the economics teams within the NORFACE-Migration network, as well as research on migration and development funded by the World Bank through the Multi-donor Trust Fund on Labor Markets, Job Creation, and Economic Growth.
Past event: London Workshop
Conference photos of the London workshop are now on our website.
