In the media

Foto: Een momentopname van de RUNOMI Summer School in 2024, een jaarlijks terugkerende bijeenkomst waarin migratievraagstukken centraal staan. Het thema van dat jaar: digitalisering en migratie.

In public debates, we often hear claims that Islam is at odds with democracy. Rachel Kollar challenges this narrative. Her study shows that Islam is certainly not an obstacle to political participation; in fact, it inspires some Muslims to engage in democracy. This mobilization is driven primarily by the belief that they should be good citizens, stand up against injustice, and ensure that their interests are represented in politics.

RUNOMI member Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Professor of Digital Security and Jurisprudence at Radboud University, raises serious concerns about the Dutch police’s use of the Preselect Recidive algorithm. This system, which predicts youth reoffending based on police records, often produces inaccurate results and reflects biases in law enforcement.

In the second episode of the GS4S mini-series, Colleen Boland and Ksenija Ivanović have a conversation with Tommaso Frattini, a labor economist specializing in economics of migration at the Associazione Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, one of partner organizations at GS4S.

RUNOMI member Lieselotte Blommaert was interviewed for a fact-check article on the online news platform Nu.nl, titled ‘Diversiteitsbeleid kan inderdaad ook nadelig uitpakken’

In the first episode of the GS4S mini-series, Colleen Boland and Ksenija Ivanović have a conversation with Mahdi Ghodsi, an Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), one of partner organizations at GS4S.

In the sixth episode of the CMR Podcast, Tesseltje de Lange and Ricky van Oers (both connected to the centre for Migration Law of the Radboud University) sit down with Pascal Beckers, RUNOMI scientific coordinator. In the episode, they delve into several key research projects within RUNOMI, including DignityFIRM and the Global Strategy for Skills,Continue reading “Podcast: Pascal Beckers on interdisciplinary cooperation within RUNOMI”

RUNOMI member Kaisu Koskela, a postdoctoral researcher and a digital nomad, spoke to the Republic of Estonia’s e-Estonia team about her work on Digital Nomad Visas. In this blog post, she discusses the rise of these visas, her own nomad lifestyle and Estonia’s credentials for location independent workers and entrepreneurs. https://www.e-resident.gov.ee/blog/posts/digital-nomads-and-the-evolving-world-of-remote-work

In Radboud University’s Research News, our RUNOMI colleague assistant professor in Migrant Inclusion, Giacomo Solano, shares his views and his research on the unequal opportunities for migrant entrepreneurship. Read it here: https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/migrant-inclusion-through-entrepreneurship-do-all-migrants-have-the-same-opportunities