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When care crosses borders: negotiating family, state, and social norms
In an upcoming seminar at Radboud University, I will explore how migrant families negotiate care arrangements across borders, focusing on transnational care arrangements and the role of self-directed support (PGB). Care is often imagined as something that takes place locally—within a home, a neighbourhood, or a national welfare system. Yet for many migrants from Türkiye…
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Call for Papers “Supporting Health(Care) of Migrant Residents: Access, Equity and Governance”
Date conference: 16 October 2026 Location: Radboud University, Nijmegen (the Netherlands) Abstract Submission Deadline: 24 May 2026 The Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI) and Radboud University invite paper submissions for the conference Supporting Health(-Care) of Migrant Residents: Access, Equity and Governance, taking place on 16 October 2026 in Nijmegen. The event is organized as part of the Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Migration & Health and provides a platform for scholars from different countries…
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Screening ‘The True Mirror: Melisa’
When: 12th of May, 19:30 Where: Lux Nijmegen Join us at Lux Nijmegen for the screening of the film ‘The True Mirror: Melisa’, the artistic envisioning of the PhD Research of our RUNOMI colleague dr. S. Ozasir Kacar. ‘The True Mirror: Melisa’ is a short film directed by Tugba Ozasir (also the main role) and…
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Call for Abstracts DAMR Annual Conference 2026
The Dutch Association for Migration Research (DAMR) invites abstract submissions forits 2026 Annual Conference. The conference will be hosted by the Radboud UniversityNetwork on Migration Inclusion (RUNOMI) at Radboud University. This event providesan interdisciplinary platform for scholars at different career stages to share theirresearch and engage in discussions on pressing issues in migration studies and…
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RUNOMI PhD Autumn School 2026
We are pleased to share the call for the RUNOMI PhD Autumn School 2026, titled “Supporting Health(-Care) among Migrant Residents: Methodological, Ethical and Empirical Dilemmas”, which will take place on 13–15 October 2026 at Radboud University & Radboudumc (Nijmegen, the Netherlands). The Autumn School invites PhD candidates working on migration and health to engage with…
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RUNOMI Annual Congress: Migrant Inclusion and Inequality
Join the 8th edition of RUNOMI’s annual congress on 24 June 2026. This year’s congress is dedicated to the topic of migrant inclusion and inequality. We proudly present the following keynote speakers: Halleh Ghorashi (VU Amsterdam), Mpanzu Bamenga (member of the second chamber for D66) and Mitchell Esajas (New Urban Collective and The Black Archives). Moreover, representatives of all RUNOMI faculties (Nijmegen School…
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RUNOMI World Cafe-Lunch Roundtable: Migration in an Anti-Immigration Climate
Join us for a free lunch and contribute to shape more inclusive and grounded conversations on migration! We are happy to invite students, researchers and teachers for an open dialogue on talking about, living, teaching and researching migration in challenging times. Migration is consistently framed as a problem to be solved, different groups of migrant…
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IMISCOE Research Network event: the “Future of Work”
RUNOMI will host the next IMISCOE Research Network event in collaboration with the Centre of Migration Research and Centre of Excellence in Social Sciences on 13–14 November 2025 at Radboud University, Nijmegen. The event is on the Future of Work: Labor Markets and the “Migrant worker” in Light of Technological Transformation: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue. During…
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Seminar on the recast Blue Card Directive
Directive 2021/1883/EU governs the work and residence conditions and rights of highly qualified non-EU workers and their families. It was adopted to enhance EU states’ chances in the global race for talent. This seminar, which is an initiative of the Centre for Migration Law, will bring together a range of institutional, academic and Member State perspectives on the recast…
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Call for Abstracts: DAMR Conference 2025
DAMR is excited to announce the next DAMR Annual Conference to you, taking place on November 27 at the University of Groningen. As the leading interdisciplinary network for migration scholars in the Netherlands, the DAMR Annual Conference is a platform for exchange, discussing of new research, and networking. Please submit your abstracts (250 words) to…
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RUNOMI Member Grants
ONLY AVAILABLE FOR RUNOMI MEMBERS RUNOMI is able to fund 5 initiatives of RUNOMI members taking place in the year 2025 (so before 1 January 2026) with a grant of maximum €1500. Required is that the initiative adds value for RUNOMI (i.e. is connected to the RUNOMI goals), is interdisciplinary and connects multiple researchers across…
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Symposium ‘Decolonizing’ Data: Epistemologies, Imaginaries, and Sovereignties
Join us for the ‘Decolonising’ Digital Data symposium on October 9th. In this one-day event, we will explore how to critically examine and reimagine prevailing digital practices and infrastructures through a decolonial lens. We will bring together scholars and practitioners who work at the intersection of digital research, critical epistemologies, and data justice. We are…
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Call for Abstracts – ‘𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴? 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴”
Francesco Cerchiaro and Giacomo Solano are inviting researchers to contribute to a timely and critical conversation on high-skilled migration. Co-organized by RUNOMI, GLOCAL Hotspot, and the Sector Plan on Social Inequality and Diversity, the event will explore how high-skilled migrants negotiate mobility, belonging, class, and place across diverse global and local contexts. We welcome abstracts…
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Call for Abstracts: Sectorplan Symposium ‘Decolonizing’ Digital Data: Epistemologies, Imaginaries, Sovereignties
Please send an expression of interest before June 10, 2025 to joost.beuving@ru.nl, and send abstracts for papers (250-400 words) before June 27, 2025 to the same email address. Selected paper-givers will be informed before/during the summer.
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Vacancy: Postdoc Position RUNOMI Research Programme on Labour Migration
Are you a passionate quantitative researcher eager to tackle societal challenges related to labour migrants’ work and living conditions in the Netherlands and beyond? Do you have the organisational and entrepreneurial skills to help expand RUNOMI’s research partnerships and inspire students through teaching? Join us as a postdoctoral researcher in the RUNOMI Labour Migration Research…
