Andrew Geddes

📢 And the countdown is on! ➡️Get ready for the 22nd #MPCSummerSchool!
in Florence 🇮🇹

22 June - 3 July 2026 for two weeks of intense learning, networking & collaboration on global #migration.

❗Scholarships available

Applications open until 28 February: loom.ly/ESEjaCY

Who can you meet at the #EastAfricaMigrationAcademy?

This new course brings together migration practitioners, civil servants, researchers, journalists & NGO professionals, all working to understand migration mobility & displacement in East & Horn of Africa.

Apply: loom.ly/doyALaI

🗓️ 4–8 May 2026

📢 Applications are now open for the first #EastAfricaMigrationAcademy in May 2026!

The Academy will bring together #migration professionals from across the globe to reflect on gender, migration and #displacement in the East & Horn of Africa. 

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Mainly just bits

Thanks Tim

Some bits from me in this edition of BBC radio 4’s The Briefing Room on UK and European responses to migration and asylum

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🚀 Applications are now open for the 2026 Migration Policy Centre Winter Academy

⭐ Fair Work and Safe Opportunities for People on the Move ⭐
🗓️ February 2-6 2026
🇮🇹 Florence, Italy

All the relevant application information can be found here: exed.eui.eu/open-courses...

😎 Not quite finished this one yet but already looking forward to next academic year.

2025-26 kicks off with a seminar by Daniel Ghezelbash of UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on countering misinformation about asylum seekers & refugees.

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Flooded, forgotten, still here: The struggle for solutions in Western Kenya’s informal displacement camps - Migration Policy Centre This blog shares findings on the 'temporary' displacement camps in Western Kenya, drawing on interviews with displaced residents and humanitarian workers.

When does a temporary crisis become permanent & who is responsible for fixing it?

➡️Nora Söderberg & Dr Otwori Dennis share testimonials from displaced residents & humanitarian workers in Western #Kenya to show why so-called “temporary” #displacements are anything but temporary. 
 
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He points to two key gaps 👉 between research and policy, and between policy and practice, and argues that closing them requires more than simply producing high-quality evidence.

Full Short 📌 lnkd.in/dimcym36

Minding the gap or missing the gaps?​ 🧵

Jeff Crisp (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford) draws on his policymaking experience to explain why migration research frequently struggles to have real-world impact.

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U-LEAD: Youth, rights, and research at the crossroads of academia and community In a world increasingly marked by division and disconnection, a new initiative at the European University Institute is building bridgesbetween institutions an

This initiative shows how universities can create real public value by working with communities: bringing people together to share, and create knowledge, and shape a more just and inclusive future.
👀 We can’t wait to see what the second edition brings in October 2025: loom.ly/VYdDszw

➡️ Over five days, participants engaged in workshops, field research, and collaborative discussions, and today, we are celebrating their work and involvement at the heart of Florence.

For the first time, Villa Schifanoia has hosted a unique public this week: participants of U-LEAD, a participatory research programme bringing together unaccompanied minors, young migrants, local high schoolers, and international students.

“We are a centre for advanced research, so we don’t have students at the Schuman Centre. But when you came, you were researchers, and you experienced what it means to build a community, which is essential for doing #research.”– said Director Erik Jones at the U-LEAD closing ceremony.

How well can migrants access public services?

Mediation is key to non-discriminatory access to public services, but for many foreign nationals, barriers remain.

‘Mediation Grammar’ can help policymakers & service providers improve access to public services for migrants.

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🌍 How do international organisations influence #education policies for #immigrant #students?

Louis Volante explores how international assessments shape global #education reforms, with a focus on 1st & 2nd generation #immigrant #students.

🗓️ 28 May/15:00 CEST
📍 Hybrid
👉 Register: loom.ly/OxKaI8c

Caffè Europa | Orizzonti d'Europa. Come cambieranno le norme europee sul diritto d'asilo, quali le nuove proposte? | Rai Radio 1 | RaiPlay Sound Orizzonti d'Europa. Come cambieranno le norme europee sul diritto d'asilo, quali le nuove proposte? - Caffè Europa - Orizzonti d'Europa. Come cambieranno le norme europee sul diritto d'asilo, quali le...

☕️È stato un piacere partecipare al Caffè Europa su RAI Radio Uno con Tiziana di Simone sul tema della politica d'asilo nell'UE, dei paesi terzi sicuri, dell'Albania ecc.
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🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, policy impact remains limited— ideology and misinformation can dominate.

📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social and me ask why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.

🔍 Read more: loom.ly/t916yCs