The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity) wishes to appoint highly qualified candidates for a number of research positions.


For all the positions, applicants should have a degree in anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, socio-linguistics or another relevant social science. Successful applicants’ research interests, experience and publications should be relevant to themes and topics within the Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity (see www.mmg.mpg.de). 

CALL FOR PAPERS: Journal of Mixed Methods Research – Special Issue "Mixed methods in migration research: epistemological foundations, methodological challenges, practical applications"

Although mixed methods play an important role in the field of migration research, there has been very little discussion on the epistemological and methodological foundations, benefits, challenges, and implications of mixed methods research in migration research. 


Dyskusja Fundacji im. Stefana Batorego: Ukraina w stanie resetu. O Majdanie, Antymajdanie i kraju, który potrzebuje zmian – z Serhijem Żadanem rozmawiać będzie Bogumiła Berdychowska

Serhij Żadan to jeden z najwybitniejszych ukraińskich pisarzy, dobrze znany także w Polsce. Jednak nie o literaturze chcemy z nim rozmawiać, lecz o niedawnych wydarzeniach na Ukrainie, o Majdanie widzianym z perspektywy wschodu tego kraju, z Charkowa. O tamtejszych Euromajdanie (w którym pisarz uczestniczył) i o charkowskim Antymajdanie. O podziałach społecznych, kulturowych i językowych. Relacjach centrum-ukraińskie peryferia, ukraińskość-rosyjskość i lękach obecnych na wschodzie Ukrainy.    

CALL FOR PAPERS: CBEES Annual Conference 2014 "Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe: A new generation on the move", Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic Sea Region and Eastern European Studies (CBEES), December 4-5

1989 is an important date in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. Since the collapse
of state socialism this date has become a marker for a break in historical continuity and a starting point for a whole range of research on processes and developments labeled as ‘post- socialist’, in ‘transition’ or ‘transformation’. The point of departure for this multidisciplinary conference is the different processes—economic, social, cultural, political and ecological— that have been taking place in the area since the collapse of state socialism. In particular, it seeks to focus on the present, by looking closer at the past and forward to the future.

Seminarium Ośrodka Badań nad Migracjami UW, 8.04.2014

Tytuł: "Analiza transferów prywatnych, stanu zdrowia i ryzyka zgonu w ostatnich latach życia"
Referat wygłoszą: dr Anna Nicińska i dr Małgorzata Kalbarczyk-Stęclik, Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych UW

The new Migration Policy Centre (MPC) Blog entry: Why bother with migrant support measures? By Iván Martín, Part-time Professor at the MPC, MISMES Project Coordinator


http://blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolicycentre/why-bother-with-migrant-support-measures/?utm_source=MPC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a9645e242a-MPC_Blog4_1_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5739ea1f8b-a9645e242a-73568189

The new Migration Policy Centre (MPC) Blog entry: Raising questions over the Swiss vote against mass immigration – A Policy Brief by Prof. Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute Geneva

http://blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolicycentre/raising-questions-over-the-swiss-vote-against-mass-immigration-a-policy-brief-by-prof-vincent-chetail/?utm_source=MPC+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aba95ddd08-MPC_Blog_3_31_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5739ea1f8b-aba95ddd08-73568189

Konferencja naukowa „PROBLEMY EKONOMII, POLITYKI EKONOMICZNEJ I FINANSÓW PUBLICZNYCH”, Karpacz, 3-5 września 2014

Podobnie do lat ubiegłych organizowana w 2014 r. konferencja ma stanowić szerokie, naukowe forum służące wymianie poglądów, doświadczeń oraz koncepcji rozwiązywania współczesnych dylematów dotyczących tej sfery naukowo-badawczej oraz przyczyniać się do rozwoju polskiej myśli ekonomicznej.

Beyond targeted policies: New MPI Europe report examines the next generation of immigrant integration policymaking

BRUSSELS — Amid ongoing, sometimes fraught, debate over the presumed failure of targeted policies to integrate immigrants linguistically, educationally and professionally into communities across western Europe, a quiet policy transformation is taking place. Governments gradually are realising that while immigrant integration policy is essential, particularly for recent arrivals, it is insufficient in the long run to achieve the full educational and economic potential and societal participation of immigrants and citizens with an immigrant background. 

Call for Applications: 10th Migration Summer School: Framing Migration Differently: From Implicit Problem to Implied Asset, Florence, Italy, 23 June - 4 July

International migration has become an all-important issue for the world as a whole, and for the European Union and its neighbourhood in particular. If you are interested in studying migration from a number of different disciplinary perspectives, critically interrogating some of the subtle assumptions underlying much contemporary academic, political and media debate on migration and re-framing how we view and speak about migration, why not join the 10th Migration Summer School?