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The Migration Conference 2023, Hamburg, Germany – 23-26 August 2023

11th Migration Conference, 23-26 August 2023, Hamburg University, Faculty of Law, Hamburg, Germany

The 11th Migration Conference, TMC 2023 was held from 23 to 26 August 2023 and virtually supported by Zoom sessions as a hybrid conference.

The Migration Conference 2023 was hosted by the Faculty of Law at Universität Hamburg, Germany. The main language of the Conference was English, with special sessions and streams in other languages including German, French, Spanish, and Turkish.

TMC2023 HamburgThe conference was organised in thematic streams of 83 parallel sessions, a plenary session and a roundtable over four days. About 400 participants from over 50 countries have participated.




We thank our hosts, reviewers, participants, supporting organisations and the team of volunteers who collaboratively made the event a success.

Prof Dr Ibrahim Sirkeci and Prof Dr Markus Kotzur
The Migration Conference 2023 Chairs

The TMC 2023 Committees:
Executive Team and Conference Chairs:

  • Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur, Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany (Chair)
  • Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Sirkeci, University of Salford, UK (Chair)
  • Dr. Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany (Coordinator)
  • Prof. Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Philip L Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California Davis, USA
  • Dr. Andrea Romano, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain

Transnational Advisory Committee:

  • Prof Deborah Anker, Harvard University, United States
  • Prof Gudrun Biffl, Krems, Austria
  • Prof Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof Elli Heikkila, Migration Institute of Finland, Finland
  • Prof Mohamed Khachani, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
  • Prof Beatrice Knerr, Kassell University, Germany and Hefei University, China
  • Prof Markus Kotzur, Universität Hamburg, Germany
  • Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, UK
  • Prof Apostolos G Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
  • Prof João Peixoto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
  • Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy

Transnational Scientific Committee:

Africa

  • Agnes Igoye, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Uganda
  • Prof Mohamed Khachani, AMERM & Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
  • Dr Rania Rafik Khalil, The British University in Egypt, Egypt
  • Dr Sadhana Manik, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Prof Claude Sumata, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo
  • Dr Ayman Zohry, Egyptian Society for Migration Studies, Egypt

Americas

  • Prof Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA
  • Dr José Salvador Cueto-Calderón, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico
  • Dr Ana Vila Freyer, Universidad Latina de México, Mexico
  • Dr Pascual Gerardo García-Macías, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
  • Dr Carlos Alberto González Zepeda, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico
  • Dr Torunn Haaland, Gonzaga University, USA
  • Prof Liliana Jubilut, Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil
  • Prof Philip L Martin, University of California Davis, USA
  • Dr Eric M. Trinka, Colby University, USA
  • Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
  • Dr Hassan Vatanparast, Saskatchewan University, Canada
  • Prof Rodolfo García Zamora, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
  • Dr Monette Zard, Columbia University, USA

Asia-Pacific

  • Prof Ram Bhagat, International Institute for Population Sciences, India
  • Dr Amira Halperin, University of Nottingham Ningbo, P.R. China
  • Dr Sadaf Mahmood, The Women University Multan, Pakistan
  • Dr Shweta Sinha Deshpande, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, India
  • Prof Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia, Australia
  • Dr Ruchi Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, India
  • Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah, University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
  • Dr Xi Zhao, Hefei University, P.R. China

Eastern Europe

  • Dr Merita Zulfiu-Alili, South East European University, N. Macedonia
  • Dr Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli University, Turkey
  • Dr Suat Donmez, Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey
  • Dr Olga R. Gulina, Benefit Research GMBH, Germany
  • Prof Dilek Cindoglu, Kadir Has University, Turkey
  • Dr Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Turkey
  • Dr Z. Banu Dalaman, Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey
  • Prof Sevim Atilla Demir, Sakarya University, Turkey
  • Prof Vladimir Iontsev, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
  • Dr İnci Aksu Kargın, Uşak University, Turkey
  • Prof Sebnem Koser Akcapar, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Oksana Koshulko, Hamburg Institute of International, Germany
  • Dr Armagan Teke Lloyd, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
  • Dr Vildan Mahmutoglu, Galatasaray University, Turkey
  • Dr Nermin Oruc, Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Prof Gökay Özerim, Yaşar University, Turkey
  • Prof Irina Savchenko, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
  • Dr Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Deniz Eroglu Utku, Trakya University, Turkey
  • Dr Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya University, Turkey
  • Dr Sinan Zeyneloglu, Kent University, Turkey

Western Europe

  • Dr Nirmala Devi Arunasalam, Global Banking School, United Kingdom
  • Dr Bahar Baser, Durham University, United Kingdom
  • Dr Gülseli Baysu, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
  • Prof Aron Anselem Cohen, University of Granada, Spain
  • Dr Martina Cvajner, University of Trento, Italy
  • Dr Carla de Tona, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Dr Sureya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Dr Deniz Cosan Eke, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Dr Alina Esteves, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Dr Serena Hussain, Coventry University, United Kingdom
  • Prof Monica Ibáñez-Angulo, University of Burgos, Spain
  • Dr Gul Ince Beqo, University of Urbino, Italy
  • Prof Markus Koller, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
  • Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, United Kingdom
  • Dr Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • Dr Altay Manço, Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations, Belgium
  • Dr A. Erdi Öztürk, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Isabella Piracci, Avvocatura Generale dello Stato, Rome, Italy
  • Dr Sahizer Samuk-Carignani, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy
  • Dr Selma Akay Sert, University College London, UK
  • Dr Caner Tekin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Irene Tuzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Dr Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, University of Hamburg, Germany

Near East

  • Dr Yakhnich Liat, Beit Berl College, Israel
  • Dr Simeon Magliveras, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • Dr Bradley Saunders, American University of Bahrain, Bahrain
  • Dr Paulette K. Schuster, Reichman University, Israel
  • Dr Omar Al Serhan, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
  • Dr Md Mizanur Rahman, Qatar University, Qatar

The Migration Conference Technical Organisation Committee

  • Dr Aytac Yerden, Gedik University, Turkey (IT)
  • Ege Cakir, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (Admin)
  • Nihal Yazgan, Transnational Press London, UK (Admin)

Local Organisation Committee:

    • Dr. Ülkü Sezgi Sözen
    • Anastasia Pohler
    • Andrea Hearst
    • Berivan Dalgic
    • Chris Neuffer
    • Christian Kisczio
    • Clara Schulz
    • Constantin Velling
    • Dinah Cassebaum
    • Doreen Matthisen
    • Elisabeth Enyonam Lösche
    • Erkin Özer
    • Eva Laas
    • Felicia Mäurer
    • Florian Lucks
    • Friederike Schwinn
    • Hannah Franz
    • Heva Osman
    • Jan Koch
    • Jannik Luhm
    • Jennifer Steiniger
    • Justine Arnold
    • Konrad Limburg
    • Leah Mathiesen
    • Luisa Nembach
    • Lukas Heimann
    • Melanie Susantija
    • Melina Chana
    • Pascal Schütt
    • Patrycia Skopinski
    • Pauline Weber
    • Serhii Lashyn
    • Shanice Omoghile
    • Stephanie Lange
    • Tabea Judith Borisch
    • Thea Tenckhoff
    • Verena Kahl
    • Zehra Betuel
    • Zeynep Güler Özer

Best Paper Presentation Prizes at the TMC2023 Hamburg, Germany

The following papers were selected as the best paper presentations at the TMC2023 Hamburg:

Best papers in Migration and Integration Track:

  • 264 Majbritt Lyck-Bowen: More than Learning the Lingo? A Review of the Literature on the Roles of Language Cafés in the Integration of People on the Move Settling in Europe
  • 420 Agnieszka Malek: “There is no freedom anymore”. The impact of Canada’s COVID policies on migrants’ return intentions and strategies. A case study of Poles living in Toronto

Best papers in Migration and Identities Track:

  • 111 Ziad Alahmad: A Tale of Two Regions: Perceptions of Syrian Forced Immigrants in Lebanon through a Religious Lens
  • 385 Tasmia Jahangir: Crafting Muslim Selves: Understanding the Authority of Mosques among Pakistani Muslim Diaspora in Australia
  • 297 Nilofar Shidmehr: Art-informed Methodologies in Refugee and Forced Migration Research from the perspective of research about and with Iranian queer refugees

Best papers in Migration, Policy and Law:

  • 151 Jan Bazyli-Klakla: The Experience of First-Hand Contact with Street Level Bureaucracy among Long-Term Slavic Migrants in Poland
  • 392 Stefan Schlegel: Transactions on the market for Services as an Institutional bypass: Implications for the regulation of migration

Keynote Speakers at TMC2023 Hamburg, Germany

  • Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
  • Prof. Dr. Luisa Feline Freier De Ferrari, Universidad del Pacifico

Programme, Book of Abstracts and Publications

The Migration Conference 2023 Programme and Abstracts Book can be downloaded from here. Selected conference papers are invited to edited books following the conference as usual.

News about the Conference
The Migration Conference 2023 hosted in-person and online via Zoom.

Registration Fees

TMC in-person Participant Registration£165.00 – £295.00 [Early Bird – Valid until 15 June 2023]

£175.00 – £375.00 [Late – Valid until 15 July 2023]

TMC Virtual Participant Registration

£65.00 – £150.00 [Early Bird – Valid until 15 June 2023]

£75.00 – £250.00 [Late – Valid until 15 July 2023]

TMC Conference Dinner Ticket

£65.00 [Early Bird – Valid until 15 June 2023]

£75.00 [Late – Valid until 15 July 2023]

Sponsors Registration [ 345.00 GBP (Closes 15 July 2023)

 

Supporters and Sponsors of The Migration Conference
The Migration Conference 2023 has been supported by the following organisations:

Sponsors of The Migration Conference:

  • Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany
  • Refugee Law Clinic, Hamburg, Germany
  • Claussen Simon Stiftung, Germany
  • ZEIT Stiftung, Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany
  • International Business School, Manchester, UK
  • Transnational Press London, UK

Supporters of The Migration Conference:

  • Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany [TMC2023 Host]
  • International Business School (IBS), UK
  • Refugee Law Clinic, Hamburg, Germany
  • Claussen Simon Stiftung, Germany
  • ZEIT Stiftung, Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius, Germany.
  • Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Global Migration Research Centre, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey
  • Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations, Belgium
  • Migration Institute, Finland
  • Migration Policies Research Centre, Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey
  • Ming-Ai (London) Institute, United Kingdom
  • Moscow City University, Russia
  • Polissia National University, Ukraine
  • Research Centre in Economic and Organizational Sociology (SOCIUS), Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Centre for Mediterranean Studies, Germany
  • Sino-German Economic Development and Innovation Research Centre, Hefei University, P.R. China
  • Symbiosis International University, India
  • The Global Mobility Project, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Unidad Académica en Estudios del Desarrollo, Mexico
  • Universidad de Burgos, Spain
  • Universidad Latina de México, Mexico
  • Universidad Tecnica Partocular de Loja, Ecuador
  • University of California, Davis, Gifford Center for Population Studies, USA
  • University of Nottingham, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, China
  • Sustainable Equity and Social Studies Association (SEDER)
  • West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil, Ukraine
  • Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET), Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Yaşar University Jean Monnet Migration Chair, Turkey
  • Association Marocaine d’Etudes & de Recherches sur les Migrations, Morocco
  • Transnational Education Review
  • Migration and Diversity
  • Journal of Ecohumanism
  • Journal of Posthumanism
  • International Journal of Religion
  • Yeiya
  • Göç Dergisi
  • Discrimination
  • Border Crossing
  • Transnational Press London, UK

 

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