The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Migration Agency, has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from research institutions and individual researchers to join its IOM Research Partners Panel.
The Panel serves as an internal resource for IOM Headquarters, Regional Offices, and Country Offices, enabling them to identify and collaborate with experts on migration research projects worldwide.
👥 Who Can Apply?
Organizations
- Research institutes
- Universities and university departments
- Research centres and programmes
- Think tanks
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Consulting firms and research consultancies
- Other organizations with expertise in migration research
Individual Researchers
- Academic researchers
- Independent consultants
- Research fellows
- Migration experts
- Practitioners with significant research experience
📚 Areas of Expertise
Applicants should demonstrate experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Migration data, trends and statistics
- Drivers of migration
- Migration and development
- Irregular migration
- Migrant smuggling and human trafficking
- Labour migration
- Diaspora and remittances
- Migrant integration
- Return migration and reintegration
- Public perceptions of migration
- Displacement and forced migration
- Migration and health
- Children in migration
- Family migration
- Migrant rights
- Migration policy and law
🌍 Why Apply?
Selected researchers and institutions will be included in the IOM Research Partners Panel, which is accessible to IOM Headquarters, Regional Offices, and Country Offices. Panel members may be approached to:
- Conduct migration research
- Collaborate on research projects
- Provide technical expertise and policy inputs
- Support evidence-based migration policy and programme development
IOM aims to strengthen the Panel’s geographical, linguistic, and thematic diversity, making this an excellent opportunity for researchers from underrepresented regions and disciplines.
If your work focuses on migration law, refugee law, human trafficking, labour migration, human rights, public policy, or migration governance, this is an opportunity to become part of a global network supporting evidence-based migration research.
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