HEStaff exchange2024–2028

MARS · Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration: 2024-02-01 → 2028-01-31
EU contribution: €1,564,000
Participants: 30
Scheme: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE

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Project objective

According to the latest World Migration Report, 12 of the 20 top destinations for international migrants in 2020 were countries not belonging to what are considered traditional (Western) migrant-receiving countries in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. Yet, despite these ever-growing migratory processes in non-Western migration locales, the mainstream literature remains largely focused on the study of migrants’ experiences and immigration policies in the context of traditional Western liberal democracies. As a result, major non-Western migration destinations elsewhere in the world remain underrepresented by existing theories and comparative research within migration studies. The overarching objective of the MARS is to increase our scientific understanding about global, regional and national governance of migration and mobilities and thereby to contribute to the global and national efforts to facilitate safe, regular and orderly migration. This aim will be accomplished by conducting research and a staff exchange programme on non-Western migration regimes. More specifically, MARS is constructed around three interlinked goals, which are to 1) collect original empirical data on the interplay between migration governance processes and migrants’ experiences in non-Western migration locales; 2) engage with and situate our research in relevant theoretical and comparative debates within migration studies and thereby advance scholarly discussion on contemporary migration regimes (comparative migration studies) by developing new conceptual and methodological approaches to understanding migratory processes in non-Western locales; and 3) translate research findings into policy-relevant ways, including presentations and policy papers to provide strategic intelligence and policy insights for international organisations, development agencies, decision-makers, and practitioners inside and outside the EU on possible ways to improve migration governance practices.

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Participants

LUNDS UNIVERSITET · LundCoordinatorSweden
AALBORG UNIVERSITET · AalborgDenmark
EURASIAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · ALMATYKazakhstan
FUNDACION UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA · Ciudad Autónoma De Buenos AiresArgentina
GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY · YogyakartaIndonesia
GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN · TashkentUzbekistan
HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO · HelsinkiFinland
Hamad Bin Khalifa University · QatarQatar
ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITESI · IstanbulTürkiye
ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO · KUOPIOFinland
KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · KOBENHAVNDenmark
KURULTAI PE · OHANGARONUzbekistan
MARMARA UNIVERSITY · IstanbulTürkiye
MIGRANT INFO LLC · TASHKENTUzbekistan
NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY · AstanaKazakhstan
OZBEK KADIN HAKLARI DERNEGI · ISTAMBULTürkiye
PARIS-LODRON-UNIVERSITAT SALZBURG · SalzburgAustria
THE AGENCY OF EXTERNAL LABOUR MIGRATION UNDER THE MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN · TASHKENTUzbekistan
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO · CairoEgypt
TOSHKENT DAVLAT YURIDIK UNIVERSITET · TASHKENTUzbekistan
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE NON PROFIT CORPORATION · MEDFORD MAUnited States
UNIVERSITAT ZURICH · ZurichSwitzerland
UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN · LeidenNetherlands
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL · BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA · ACCRAGhana
UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE · Cape TownSouth Africa
UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA · Tsukuba IbarakiJapan
UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI · WarszawaPoland
VATANDOSHLAR JAMOAT FONDI · TASHKENTUzbekistan
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS · VilniusLithuania

MARS · Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective

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