The Migration Summer School is organised by the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. The two week-long academic program was launched in 2005. Since then, the Centre has welcomed a total of 415 participants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. Every year we look forward to welcoming an enriching mix of postgraduate students, civil servants, officials at international organizations, representatives from NGOs and other civil society organizations, journalists, policy analysts, and teachers from around the world.
During the two weeks, participants attend lectures, inter-active workshops and debates held by members of the MPC as well as other academics and policy professionals, in addition to time for independent study and research. The aim is to contribute to a deeper understanding of the study of migration by combining insights from political, economic, sociological, legal and anthropological approaches to the topic. The Summer School is also a unique opportunity to network with other participants from throughout the world and have access to some outstanding scholars in the field.
Follow the updates on Twitter with the hashtag #MPCSummerSchool
The 20th Migration Summer School will will take place between Monday 24 June and Friday 5 July 2024 in Florence, Italy. It will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about recent trends in research on the transnational governance of international migration, asylum and mobility.
The call for the applications has been already launched - don't miss a chance to participate at the 20th Migration Summer School! The deadline for applications is 29 February 2024.
The 18th Migration Summer School will will take place between Monday 27 June and Friday 8 July 2022 in Florence, Italy. It will provide develop an enhanced perspective on their own professional and career development. The Summer School will follow a problem-oriented approach to encourage critical engagement. Participants will be supported by extensive background material, debates, group work, individual drop-in sessions with tutors plus sessions during which participants can present their own projects.
Migration Summer School programme: download here.
The Migration Summer School was created in 2005 and has seen over 400 participants over the years. Here you can see some statistics:
Summer School Key Figures (since 2005)
- Total number of applicants: 2944
- Total number of participants: 438
National Origin of Summer School Participants
This page only includes the details of the participants who have given their consent to publish them.
17th Summer School 2021
Kidist Ejerssa Demissie
Program officer-migration, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Nkiru Perpetua Duru
Program and Research Manager, Centre for Youths Integrated Development
Maria Giulia Amadio Vicerè
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, EUI
Bistra Ivanova
Chairperson, Multi Kulti Collective (MKC)
Lydia Both
Advisor in GIZ-Project Support to the African Union on Migration and Displacement, GIZ
Emanuela Canini
PhD candidate, University of Sydney
Johanna Bögel
Advisor Kenya / Somalia, GIZ
Ezgi Irgil
PhD Student, The University of Gothenburg
Julian S. Tangermann
Project Manager Diaspora Cooperation, Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Karin Vaagland
PhD Candidate at the University of Oslo
15th Summer School 2019
Hend Eltaweel
Assist. Inter-Agency Coordination Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Patricia Martinez Saez
Project Manager, European Association for Information on Local Development
Ronell Delerio
Senior Labor and Employment Officer, Institute for Labor Studies
Helen Dempster
Assistant Director, Center for Global Development
Inese Supule
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Latvia
Sharlene Westerwinter
Legal advisor, Asylex
Mulualem Getachew Adgeh
Senior Migration & Refugee Expert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia
Teresa Gil Ricol
Junior Professional Officer, OSCE
Vanessa Ruget
Associate Professor, Salem State University
Kudakwashe Vanyoro
Research Communications Officer and Doctoral Researcher, African Centre for Migration & Society
Fergus Peace
Researcher, Global Future
Teresa Frasca
Legal Research Assistant, Asylum in Europe
Jan Essink
Ph.D. candidate, Erasmus Rotterdam University
Sinisa Djuric
Project Manager, Migration for Development Programme, GIZ Serbia
Dario Vaschetto
Policy Officer, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, EU Commission
Mariavittoria Garlappi
Senior Specialist, VET Policies and Systems, Country Coordinator Israel and Kosovo, European Training Foundation
14th Summer School 2018
Rida Riaz
PhD Candidate, Monash University, Australia & Research Fellow, Lahore School of Economics
Stephen Sikolia
Lawyer and Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, Kenya's Refugee Management Agency
Lekalakala Amohelang
Ministry of Home Affairs, Kingdom of Lesotho
Sayed Mahdi Mosawi
Ph.D., Sociology, Hacettepe University, Turkey & Visiting Scholar, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Charles Obila
Migration Officer, Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Ted Tan
Director for Communications & Research, Coordinator for ASEAN & Migrant Activities, UNI Apro
Karen Hargrave
Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Adviser, International Directorate, British Red Cross
Maylis De Verneuil
Attorney at Law, Bar of Bordeaux
Sandra Morgenstern
University Konstanz, Germany
Francesca Soliman
PhD candidate, School of Law, University of Edinburgh
Irine Loria
Protection Officer, IOM Bangladesh
Heliodoro Temprano
Adviser, International Economic Relations and Global Governance, European Commission
Laura Foley
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield
13th Summer School 2017
Bianca Benvenuti
Advocacy Officer, Medecins Sans Frontieres
Victor Nyamori
Regional Refugee Coordinator, Amnesty International, International Secretariat -East and Horn of Africa Office, Kenya
Chiara Casarella
Interreg Central Europe, Joint Secretariat, Vienna
Christoph Deuster
Migration and Urbanization Section, Population Division, UN DESA
Maria Giulia Montanari
PhD candidate in Economic Sociology and Labour Sciences, University of Milan
Jeroen Naus
Policy Advisor to a Dutch EPP Member of the European Parliament
Anna Lisa Pantusa
Refugee Status Determination Officer, Italian Ministry of the Interior
Luciana Vaccotti
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Alice Verticelli
PhD Candidate in Political Science, Northeastern University
12th Summer School 2016
Andrea Milan
Data Officer, Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, International Organization for Migration
Paraschos Smigadis
HR Dir. and Head of Secretary's General Office, Ministry of National Defence, Greece & General Staff of National Defence, CY
Nourhan Abdel Aziz
Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo
John Mushomi
Postdoc Fellow, University of Pretoria
Sara Buzzoni
Humanitarian Aid Desk Officer, Turkey Team, ECHO Brussels
James Correia
Corporate Services Executive, British Chambers of Commerce
Dragan Filimonovic
PhD candidate, Faculty of Business and Economic, Basel University
Olivia Hannemann
Gesellschaft für international Zusammenarbeit GmbH, Germany
Coralie Rey
Humanitarian Worker, International Committee of the Red Cross
Katerina Vlasaki
Head of Regional Observatory of Social Integration, Region of Crete
Alberto-Horst Neidhardt
Policy Analyst, European Policy Centre
Anita Cinkotai
Anti-trafficking Expert, Ministry of Interior of Hungary Unit for Anti-trafficking and Horizontal Affairs
Karen Anne Liao
PhD candidate, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
Froilan Malit, Jr.
Associate, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Zayed University, Dubai & Fellow, CIFAL, Philippines
Paola Pannia
PhD, Research Fellow, University of Florence
Fatma Mabrouk
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia & Center of Economic and Social Studies and Researches, Tunisia
Imtiyaz Ali
Public Helath Consultant, IQVIA Consulting and Informarion Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Marianne Gierow
Division for EU affairs, Swedish Ministry for Justice
Cristian Incaltarau
Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
11th Summer School 2015
Heba El Kholy
Director, Lutfia Rabbani Foundation
Aylan Déniz
Research Assistant, Department of Geography, Ankara University
Meltem Ineli Ciger
Assistant Professor, International Law Department, Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Law, Turkey
Felegebirhan Belesti Mihret
PhD, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Mantan Sekmokas
Policy Adviser, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Nina Haelg
Associate Migration Officer, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, UN
Stefania Imperia
Cash Hub Knowledge Manager, British Red Cross
Ulla Siirto
Adviser, Multicultural and Immigration, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Matti Valimaki
Centre for Parliamentary Studies, University of Turku
Eva Singler
Special Officer for Immigration and Welcoming Culture Dept. Fundamental Work and Anti-Discrimination Office of Multicultural Affairs, Frankfurt
10th Summer School 2014
Gulbahor Saraeva
Adj. Prof. and Faculty Member, MA in UN and Global Studies Program, The State University of New Jersey
Louise Munkholm
Post-doc Fellow, Dept. of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University
Gamze Ovacık
LL.M. - Ph.D. Candidate, Bilkent University Faculty of Law
Yasin Kerem Gumus
Assistant Professor, Sakarya University
Rakesh Ranjan
Assistant Professor, Centre for Development Practice and Research, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Saskia Heilemann
Research Associate, IOM Austria
Tetyana Hnatyuk
PhD, Senior Researcher, Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
9th Summer School 2013
Ujwal Bastakoti
AUT University, Auckland
Esra Demirkol
PhD candidate, University of Sussex
Anna Rocheva
PhD candidate, Sociology & Research Fellow, Academy for National Economy and Public Administration
Sara Sadek
Regional Mixed Migration Coordinator, Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, Mixed Migration Center, Danish Refugee Council
Tina Dutta
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Marwadi University
Ijin Hong
Institute for Welfare State Research, Yonsei University, Seoul
Meltem Hamit
National Project Manager, IOM Turkey
Oxana Paduraru
First Secretary, Directorate for European Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova
Juan Carlos Triviño Salazar
Juan de la Cierva Post-Doctoral fellow, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Niovi Vavoula
Lecturer in Migration and Security, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London
Andrei Yeliseyeu
Research Director, East Center
Alex Mocanu
MSc in International Development & Management, Lund University
8th Summer School 2012
Maryam Khazaeli
Australian Capital Territory Government, Canberra
Secil Pacaci Elitok
Research Fellow, Wayne State University, & Visiting Adj. Prof., Michigan State University
Hiba Aref Saida
Field Coordinator, Tamer Institute For Community Education, Palestine
Marame Cissé
Postdoctoral Researcher, Gender Studies and Research Group, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
Muzaffer Seda Yakinol
UN OCHA
Bharte Umesh Laxmanrao
PhD, Asst. Prof., Applied Psychology, University of Mumbai
Suzanne Menhem
Professor, Lebanese University Institute of Social Sciences-II
Iryna Maidanik
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Demography and Social Studies of National Academy of Science of Ukraine
Olga Tkach
Senior researcher, Centre for Independent Social Research, St. Petersburg
Nishanthi Perera
PhD Candidate, Gender and Social Work, University of Otago