Eleonora Milazzo

Looking forward to it!

Shorts - Co-Lab Shorts are concise blogs that translate complex research into focused summaries and provide practical strategies to connect with policymakers

Check out all the other Shorts summarising
💡 research findings in 800 words or less
💡 engagement tips

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Ten lessons from Türkiye’s responses to large-scale displacement - Co-Lab Türkiye’s response to the Syrian refugee influx offers important lessons learned for managing large-scale displacement.

Another Friday Short from the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab 🩳

⬇️ This week Meltem Ineli Ciger and Dr. Özgenur Yiğit Aksu share 10 lessons learned from city-level responses to large-scale displacement in Türkiye.

@mpc-eui.bsky.social

migrationresearchtopolicy.eu/2025/09/25/l...

When migration shifts, so must your knowledge ➡️ this training keeps you ahead.

Applications are still open! 🔴 Register here: www.eui.eu/apply?id=eff...

📆 6-8 October
📍Florence, Italy

Applications are open for this upcoming training
on how to respond to trade-offs in migration governance.

Topics include migration partnerships, integration, labour migration, irregular migration, reception, refugee pathways, service provision, and research-policy collaboration.

ℹ️ All info below

How do you think about the drivers of international migration?

If you are a migration researcher working in Africa or Europe, considering taking this (anonymous) survey on how we understand the drivers of international migration.

ℹ️ The survey is part of the DYNAMIG project dynamig.org

At the first @mpc-eui.bsky.social of 2025-26 today, @danghez.bsky.social of @kaldorcentre.bsky.social presented an easy-to-follow framework for spotting and countering misinformation about migrants and refugees.

➡️ Available at migrationpolicycentre.eu/events/?id=5...

Really good piece on evidence based policy 'In an era of polarised discourse and policy pressure, the failure of well-funded research to influence decisions leaves space for anecdote, ideology, and misinformation to dominate. It undermines the very promise of evidence-based policymaking'.

🚨 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

Great group of participants in the inaugural Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab training on building more effective engagement between migration research, policies and practices.

Find out more about the project: www.migrationresearchtopolicy.eu

Our SI w/ @federicazardo.bsky.social on #migration governance through funding now published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies! In the intro doi.org/10.1080/1556... we advance a typology & scrutinise transparency, accountability & effectiveness impacts @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social

🎙️ New IMISCOE Migration podcast

I had a chat with @libertychee.bsky.social about the takeaways from my book 'Refugee Protection & Solidarity' (OUP, 2023 shorturl.at/hLUQi). @ulrikebialas.bsky.social joined to talk about age classification and young asylum seekers in Germany.

🎧 shorturl.at/PoLLv

Migration Summer School The next Migration Summer School will take place in Florence from Monday 16 June to Friday 27 June 2025 The course adopts a global perspective, exploring the

⏰ Only 2 days left to apply for the #MPCSummerSchool!

2 weeks of learning, networking and collaborating for scholars and practitioners on global migration governance.

📍 In Florence, at @mpc-eui.bsky.social
🗓️ 16-27 June

All info: www.eui.eu/apply?id=mig...

Mark your calendar and join our next #MigrationCoLab event (in Brussels/online) on March 18th.

🏁 Our team will be launching the Engagement Hub, an interactive platform with practical advice on engagement built by our partners at @migpolgroup.bsky.social

ℹ️ Full programme & registration below

☀️ This morning, participants of the Migration Winter Academy soaked up some Florentine sun while working in groups during the final peer mentoring session of the training.

On this last day, the focus was on bridging #research and #practice.

#MigrationAcademy

❄️The Migration Winter Academy kicked off today with 26 participants! For this 2nd edition, a great number of attendees come from #CivilSociety organisations

This morning, course coordinator Lorenzo Piccoli welcomed participants & introduced the course format, emphasising the participatory approach

The #MigrationCoLab has a new Shorts Series with weekly tips on research-policy engagement 👇

This time Flaminia Delle Cese & Melina Koumpou @rescueorg.bsky.social share their tips for successful one-on-one meetings.

Are you a #policymaker or practitioner working on migration-related topics in #Europe or #Africa?

🧠We're conducting a study to understand how policymakers’ assumptions influence migration #governance

Learn more ✅ loom.ly/Gp4z2qw

The next @mpc-eui.bsky.social seminar is with @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social on relations between migration research, policies & practices.

How to build stronger and more effective engagement: insights on research-policy collaboration

www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

🔉Save the date

At this seminar, @eleonoramilazzo.bsky.social will dive into how researchers distill messages from their work and assess knowledge exchange in Horizon-funded #migration projects.

🗓️29 January 2025
💻Hybrid
Register #MigrationCoLab 📌 loom.ly/fYFL3KA

La migración irregular cae a su nivel más bajo en tres años en la UE Las llegadas irregulares a la Unión Europea han descendido un 38% en un año, según Frontex. #EuropeNews

🎙️Some bits from me on the latest #Frontex data

"Behind these data there are deterrence policies and severe restrictions to rescue operations. Irregular migration does not disappear. Its routes and human cost change."

📰 🎬 @euronews.com shorturl.at/hQtZS
📰 @lesechosfr.bsky.social shorturl.at/QT8bN

Happening today! ➡️ A 2004 US-Canada agreement requires asylum seekers to claim refugee status in the first country they reach.

But does it protect #humanrights and process claims fairly?

Join Hélène Mayrand as she examines it this afternoon at 15:00 CET

💻Online 📌 loom.ly/VZzLUsg

3/3 SURVEY: Do you know any refugee-led organisations #RLO in Europe?
@lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and his team are mapping them. Help them identify their work and amplify their impact.
🌐 Survey in 9 languages (15 mins to fill in): loom.ly/Tm_V-b4

Exhibition of Palestinian photographers at the EUI in January 2025 As of 14 January 2025, the EUI will host a photo exhibition of six Palestinian photographers from Gaza, curated by Italian documentary photographer Paolo Patr

2/3 PHOTO EXHIBITION "I GRANT YOU REFUGE": a tribute to the indomitable spirit of six photographers from the Gaza Strip.
📸 The @eui-eu.bsky.social hosts a photo exhibition of six Palestinian photographers from Gaza.
ℹ️ shorturl.at/vdsws

A round-up of ongoing initiatives around the @mpc-eui.bsky.social:

1/3 RESEARCH IN SHORT RECAP: Eight pieces connecting knowledge with decision-making
🩳 A recap of the first Shorts Series by the #MigrationCoLab: shorturl.at/zavXn
ℹ️ To receive the upcoming series: loom.ly/tDtI9QE

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Great initiative!
The Pirogue (La Pirogue)
Formiche (Ants)
Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti (Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide)

My latest interview for an article published on Politiken (in Danish), featuring excellent critical points by colleagues @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and Luigi Achilli.

Can you help us to make sure that this call reaches as many refugee-led organisations as possible?