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Unequal Access to Digital Education, Ethical Governance of Data, Decision-Making with New Technologies – these were some of the topics at a roundtable on “New Technologies and Digitalization” at the 15th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) this September in Ríohacha Wendy Panchi a social justice advocate from Ecuador, participated as a delegate from the Migration Youth and Children…

A chaotic opening, a long-talking President, an uncertain future – but also a “chance to dream of a more dignified future arm-in-arm with like-minded people around the world”: These are just some of the observations Vivian Sieger shares in her guest contribution on being a fresh(wo)man at the 15th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) this September in Ríohacha : Read more: A swift…

A new Special Issue on IOM has been published today in the journal Geopolitics. ,edited by Sabine Dini, Shoshana Fine & Antoine Pécoud. Several (for some institutions: all)  f the articles are open access – including the Introduction and my contribution on IOM’s Role as Coordinator of the UN Migration Network and the Socialisation of International Organisations: “International Organisations Are…

December 18 is #InternationalMigrantsDay– and this year we will see once more plenty of activities, including online events, releases of statements and publications, around this date. I have started compiling a list of relevant announcements; this will be updated and feel free to share your own activities. The week has started with the release of the 4th edition of the ILO Global Estimates on…

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My colleagues Antoine Pécoud and Hélène Thiollet have edited a comprehensive and innovative Research Handbook on the Institutions of Global Migration Governance, published with Edward Elgar. Three sections with a total of 27 chapters cover 1. an in-depth analysis of Intergovernmental Organisations 2. Intersections, Conversations and Arragangements in Global Migration Goverrnance and 3. Fifty…

I have contributed a blogpost to the ASILE Forum on The Partnership Approaches in the UN Global Compacts on Refugees and and Migration – assessing the space for migrant civil society and other stakeholders in last years IMRF and the follow-up, including the next GFMND scheduled for January 2024 in Geneva. It is an ongoing struggle – hence I chose the title Sisyphus keeps on rolling. You can find…