Senior Researcher on Migration, Development and Human Rights. https://teapaw.org/t.co/ZkmOhHEcgS
Joined February 2009
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Several weeks have passed since the second International #Migration Review Forum has come to a close in New York. In this blogpost, I look back at the #IMRF, share a few personal observations and collect a number of analyses by others I have come upon:
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Starting today in New York: The 2nd International #Migration Review Forum #IMRF2026 At the opening of the Informal Interactive Multi-stakeholder Hearing, @pga_un called for broader instruments and underlined that stakeholders have to be at the center of the process
Please join us for a Policy Dialogue on "The relationship between #migration research and policy practice in #Africa“ online or in person this Friday at 9 am (UTC). The roundtable brings together #development practicioners and @MIASA_UG alumni.
Zoomlink: lnkd.in/d87DekcE
Best greetings from historic Saint Louis, #Senegal - the site of our MIASA Thematic Conference "Rethinking Forced #Displacement in #Africa". The conference will start March 26 at 9:15 am (UTC) For online participation and the full program use this link:
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I am excited to start my new position as Director (Germany) at @MIASA_UG Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa this month. I am looking forward to the cooperation with everybody working at & for MIASA - and, of course, all the academic fellows and artists in residence!
Tonight I will give a public lecture asking "What actually happened to the Global Compact for #Migration? Perspectives for the global governance of migration and flight" at the University of Freiburg (in German): #GCM #Refugees
Heute soll vom Bundestag das Ende der sogenannten "Turbo-Einbürgerung" beschlossen werden. Ich habe dazu 2 Interviews gegeben, heute morgen bei SWR Kultur (Link unten), heute Mittag beim Deutschlandfunk, (Link folgt) #migration #Einbürgerung
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Und hier das Interview im DLF zur sogenannten "Turbo-Einbürgerung" und Fragen der Integration:
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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 the #GFMD15 in Colombia. Youth delegate Wendy Panchi from Ecuador shares her reflections in this guest contribution:
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The next guest contribution for my blog is online: Here, Vivian Sieger shares her observations on being a Migration Youth & Children delegate at the 15th Global Forum on #Migration and #Development (#GFMD) earlier this September in Ríohacha, #Colombia :
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Ich freue mich auf anregende Diskussionen bei meinem morgigen Vortrag zu " #Migration und #Flucht als Herausforderung der Politik. Konzepte und Kontroversen der Deutschen, Europäischen und globalen Migrationspolitik" im Gemeindehaus St. Gallus in Kirchzarten
How did Youth delegates experience the 15. Global Forum on #Migration and
#Development (GFMD), what is their analysis what are their recommendations?
This will be the topic of a number of guest contributions for my blog. The
1st is from Luz Marina Pineda
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Today, the 15th #GFMD starts in Riohacha, Colombia. Looking back on the process, in this blogpost I make an assessment of how the GFMD has evolved over 18 years - and how it can find its place in the changing landscape of global #migration governance.
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Looking forward to participating in this roundtable on "Diplomacy in a polatized world" @UniFreiburg & UCF. My contributions will focus on the potential of inclusive & meaningful civil society–driven approaches to #migration #diplomacy.
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Out Now: Special #Geopolitics Issue on "Rethinking the International Organization for #Migration" #IOM edited by Sabine Dini, Shoshana Fine & Antoine Pécoud. Several of the articles are open access.
Find links to the SI & related publications here:
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Beginnt jetzt: Die Tagung für junge Wissenschaftler:innen im Bereich #Migration und #Flucht, vor 20 Jahren als Nachwuchstagung gegründet. Viele spannende Panels stehen an und als AK Migrationspolitik in der DVPW freuen wir uns, heute unseren Dissertationspreis zu vergeben.
Making Deportation Fun again ? This really is a tone-deaf post, no context provided and hopefully does not represent the new #IOM approach
Despite their deportation to #Haiti, two boys are embracing each other in support but more importantly, embracing the future with resilience, positivity and hope for a better future.
IOM helps children and vulnerable migrants access the basics they need to heal & move forward.
IOM and UNHCR.
What's the difference between them?
And are they heading for a merger?
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Very much enjoyed this informal and wide-ranging conversation on #cities and #migration governance with dear colleagues during my stay in Manila this spring:
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Jetzt online: Die neue Version meines Länderporträts Kambodscha in der Reihe Friedensprozesse in Post-Konfliktgesellschaften der @bpb_de Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Schwerpunkt ist das Rote-Khmer-Tribunal
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