News - Migration and Diaspora Studies - Research, Policy & Public Engagement Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:27:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/aidaibricevic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Aida4-3-scaled-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 News - 32 32 195946387 TRAFF Final Conference in Prishtina, Kosovo /traff-final-conference-in-prishtina-kosovo/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=traff-final-conference-in-prishtina-kosovo Sun, 18 May 2025 16:52:41 +0000 / As I am nearing the end of ethnographic fieldwork for the Swedish contribution to the MORE Project, I was looking for ways to connect my PhD work on decided return migration with my postdoctoral research on return and readmission policies. The notion of “sustainability” of return and reintegration, both on a conceptual level and in policy implementation, came […]

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]]> 727 Book talks /book-talks/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-talks Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:24:11 +0000 / I am grateful for the opportunity to present and discuss my book Decided Return Migration: Emotions, Citizenship, Home and Belonging in Bosnia and Herzegovina at various online and in-person events: October 2024 – PRIO Migration Center/online November 2024 – Istanbul Bilgi University/in-person – Istanbul, Turkiye December, 2024-Özyegin University/in-person – Istanbul, Turkiye March, 2025 – GenSeM […]

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]]> 698 European Labor History Network (ELHN) Conference at Uppsala University /european-labor-history-network-elhn-conference-at-uppsala-university/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=european-labor-history-network-elhn-conference-at-uppsala-university Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:59:18 +0000 / It was great fun presenting a conference paper on returns of retirement, an extension of a blogpost I wrote earlier and based on data collected by the Museum of Yugoslavia and the History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. My paper was part of a panel entitled “Between past and future: memory and the workers’ perspective.” […]

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]]> 651 Book note for “How migration really works” by Hein de Haas /book-note-for-how-migration-really-works-by-hein-de-haas/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-note-for-how-migration-really-works-by-hein-de-haas Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:57:03 +0000 / I must say that 2024 is off to a pretty good start for me! Ordering a book for a university library seems like a simple and ordinary thing to do, but this is a privilege I certainly do not take for granted. In fact, I feel deeply grateful to order books for the Linkoping University […]

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]]> 613 A new beginning /a-new-beginning/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-beginning Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:40:21 +0000 / At a time of horrendous political events, in a world disfigured by deep pain and unimaginable suffering, it feels odd to be writing about a new research project investigating creative alternatives to the existing status quo. Yet, here we are. Thursday and Friday last week In Brussels were packed with presentations and discussions looking at […]

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]]> 569 Migration and Time /migration-and-time/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=migration-and-time Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:47:38 +0000 / Reflecting on this year’s IMISCOE conference and the role of time in understanding migration. After three years of strictly online conferencing, one of the largest international networks for migration research convened in Oslo (in-person and online) around the theme of temporalities in migration studies. This year’s IMISCOE conference offered a chance to reconnect with migration […]

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]]> 415 International Conference on Migration, Diaspora and Development in the Western Balkans – Tirana, Albania /international-conference-on-migration-diaspora-and-development-in-the-western-balkans-tirana-albania/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=international-conference-on-migration-diaspora-and-development-in-the-western-balkans-tirana-albania Wed, 27 Oct 2021 21:07:08 +0000 / Greatly enjoyed excellent presentations of papers on migration, labour market, and education; return and reintegration in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, and Northern Macedonia. More to follow tomorrow on all things Western Balkans – diaspora and development; impact of remittances; brain drain and brain gain. Had a wonderful time presenting my paper […]

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]]> 255 Presentation at MACIMIDE Annual Conference 2021 /presentation-at-macimide-annual-conference-2021/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=presentation-at-macimide-annual-conference-2021 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:20:27 +0000 / Happy to have contributed to a panel on return migration and displacement at this year’s annual conference organised by the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) in collaboration with the Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR). The new “hybrid” format comes with its set of challenges, but the benefits far outweigh the costs, […]

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]]> 217 IMISCOE 2021 – Conference Presentations /imiscoe-2021-conference-presentations/&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=imiscoe-2021-conference-presentations Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:22:16 +0000 / I am excited to announce that I am presenting two papers on return and reintegration at this year’s annual IMISCOE Conference!

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