The Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR) invites abstract submissions for
its 2026 Annual Conference. The conference will be hosted by the Radboud University
Network on Migration Inclusion (RUNOMI) at Radboud University. This event provides
an interdisciplinary platform for scholars at different career stages to share their
research and engage in discussions on pressing issues in migration studies and do
networking for further collaborations.
Please submit your abstracts (250-300 words) to runomi@ru.nl by 17 May 2026. The conference itself will take place on 25 September 2026. Please provide 3 key words and indicate which of the below conference themes is most fitting to your submission. Please also include a title, affiliation(s), and contact details. We welcome empirical, theoretical, and methodological submissions on a wide range of topics, which can include but are not limited to the themes below:
- Mobility and digitalization
This theme explores how digital technologies—from AI-driven migration
governance to online religious networks—are transforming the regulation and
lived experience of mobility. Panels may address migration management and
automation, digital inclusion and education, and digital religions and identities
as forms of mobility. Together, they examine how digital infrastructures reshape
belonging, everyday life, and gendered and racialised inequalities in access to
movement. - Discrimination, racism and discourses about migrants and migration
This theme explores discrimination, racism, and public discourses surrounding
migrants and migration. It focuses on how negative attitudes toward migrants
are expressed and reproduced through xenophobic and racist stereotypes,
prejudices, and discriminatory behaviours across different domains such as
media, politics, labour markets, education, and everyday social interactions.
Contributions may examine systemic forms of discrimination, the rise of
exclusionary and white supremacist rhetoric, and the ways in which migration
discourses and governance can reinforce stigmatization and normative ideas
about belonging. - Circulation of information and misinformation on migration and migrant
communities
This theme connects work on the circulation of information, misinformation, and
disinformation on migration and migrant communities. Papers may explore how
narratives about migration are produced and spread through media, digital
platforms, and social networks, as well as how misinformation circulates within
and beyond migrant communities. These dynamics are important for
understanding how public perceptions of migration are shaped and how
migrants themselves access, interpret, and share information related to
mobility, rights, and integration. - Social class, social networks and mobility
This theme invites scholarly debate on how social class and social networks
(e.g. social capital) shape migrants’ trajectories (from pre- to post-migration)
and affect belonging, inequality, and integration. - Labour migration and labour market inclusion
This theme connects research on labour migration and migrant labour market
inclusion, on for instance, new and old patterns of labour migration, labour
market segmentation, gender differences, high-skilled and low-skilled labour
migration, labour shortages and global strategies for skills, and the labour
market impact of automation. - Migration and integration governance
This theme invites scholarly contributions on the governance of migration and
integration. For instance, work on admission and integration policies, the
exclusionary role of policies, and externalization of migration governance. - Reflexivity and inclusion in methods of migration studies
This theme explores (re)production of knowledge in the transnational field of
migration research. We welcome contributions addressing migration research
agendas themselves, e.g. by examining the knowledge-policy nexus or other
relations shaping scientific and broader inquiry in this field. We also invite
methodology- or method-focused contributions and related ethical
considerations. In particular, we invite studies including intersectionality
applications (engaging with gender, race, ethnicity and other forms of identity),
inclusive co-creation or data digitalization elements.