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MPC COVID-19 Lockdown Webinars
Following the Covid-19 lockdown in March, the MPC created a webinar series to discuss the implications of Covid-19 on topics like mobility, asylum, public attitudes, development and gender based violence. The series was extremely successful with over 3700 viewers and 30 speakers from all over the world.
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Conversations about a post COVID19 World
MPC Director, Andrew Geddes chaired this STG Webinar on the implications of Covid-19 on migration flows, asylum, and Schengen.
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BLOG POSTS
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The smaller the better? Migration governance in small and medium-sized towns and rural areas in times of crises
by Tiziana Caponio
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The long-term closure of schools due to COVID-19: Are we set for a less tolerant future?
by Lenka Dražanová
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COVID-19 and Reverse Migration in Nepal
by Upasana Khadka
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The Italian Plan for Regularisation: Real progress for migrants’ rights?
by Letizia Palumbo
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The Politics Of Regularisation Of Migrant Labour In Italy
by Andrea Pettrachin
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“The less we move, the more we can contain the virus”: How COVID-19 fundamentally alters understandings of mobility and the free movement of people
by Leiza Brumat
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The Challenges Faced by Malaysia’s Migrant Workforce during COVID-19 Movement Restrictions
by Laura Foley and Nicola Piper
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Inequality at the Border: How Visa Costs Penalize Citizens of Poor World Regions
by Ettore Recchi and Emanuel Deutschmann
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Us versus them? Covid-19 and its effects.
by Leila Hadj Abdou
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PUBLICATIONS

POLICY BRIEF

Stranded: the impacts of COVID-19 in irregular migration and migrant smuggling
EUI, RSCAS 2020, Sanchez, G and Achili, L.

POLICY BRIEF

Work toward integration: labour inclusion of migrants in Mexico
EUI RSCAS 2019, Achilli, L. and Negro, V.

POLICY BRIEF

Sea Rescue NGOs : a pull factor of irregular migration?
EUI RSCAS 2019, Cusumano, E. and Villa, M.

WORKING PAPER

Decision-making processes and the (non) politicisation οf migration in Sicily
Through analysis of the dynamics of decision-making on migration in Sicily, this EUI working paper written by Andrea Pettrachin within the framework of the MIGPROSP project shows how party elites define strategies to politicise (or not) the migration issue.

WORKING PAPER

Dissecting global air traffic data to discern different types and trends of transnational human mobility
This EPJ Data Science paper, co-authored by the MPC and our Global Mobilities Project has won the American Sociological Association's Global and Transnational Sociology Best Paper Prize for an International Scholar

ARTICLE

Why coronavirus is likely to be bad news for Europe’s radical right
by Andrew Geddes and James Dennison
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PROJECT UPDATES
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MEDAM Assessment Report 2020: ‘European and African perspectives on asylum and migration policy: Seeking common ground’
Asylum and migration issues have recently taken on a new urgency as conditions on the EU’s external border have deteriorated in several member states. This report argues that the EU needs to cooperate with migrants’ countries of origin and transit as equal partners
2020 MEDAM Assessment Report
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The Airport Factor: Assessing the Impact of International and National Aviation Mobility on the Spread of Covid-19
This new project by The Global Mobilities Project team at the MPC was selected by the EUI for funding to promote new research across the humanities and social sciences. The project aims to assess the impact of air travel on the infection rate of Covid-19.
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What Drives Attitudes to Immigration? A New Scientific Hub
Our Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration (OPAM) has created a new web tool that allows to see the effect of diverse factors on attitudes to immigration.
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Global Asylum Governance and the European Union’s Role
What are the characteristics and impacts of emerging international systems and EU asylum governance regimes, and what are their policy implications for EU’s role in the implementation of the UN Global Compact on Refugees? This is the core research question that the H2020 ASILE project will address.
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WHAT'S NEW AT THE SCHUMAN CENTRE
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Launch of the Trade Policy Review with Commissioner Phil Hogan
A video recording of the launch of the Trade Policy Review with EU Commissioner for trade Trade Phil Hogan and GGP Global Economics Director Bernard Hoekman is available
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Covid-19 Projects at EUI
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, EUI launched a competitive selection to promote and fund new research across the humanities and social sciences. Five of the selected projects were proposed by Robert Schuman Centre academics:
  • Citizenship, Migration and Mobility in a Pandemic: A Global Study of COVID-19 Restrictions on Human Movement, Jelena Dzankic (Professor, RSCAS) , Lorenzo Piccoli (Research Associate, RSCAS)
  • Coping with COVID-19: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis of European Policy Responses, Sebastian Diessner (Max Weber Fellow, RSCAS) , Arianna Tassinari (Max Weber Fellow, SPS)
  • Democracy in Lockdown: What Role for the European Parliament in the COVID-19 Crisis?, Ariadna Ripoll Servent (Jean Monnet Fellow, RSCAS)
  • Citizenship Governance in the Age of Covid-19: The Case of Social Credit, Liav Orgad (Professor, RSCAS)
  • The Airport Factor: Assessing the Impact of International and National Aviation Mobility on the Spread of Covid-19, Ettore Recchi (Part-time Professor, RSCAS/MPC) , Lorenzo Gabrielli (Research Associate, RSCAS/MPC), Emanuel Deutschmann (Research Associate, RSCAS/MPC)