Call for Applications: for 22nd Migration Summer School, Apply by 28 February 2026
The 22nd Migration Summer School will take place between Monday 22 June and Friday 3 July 2026 in Florence. This course offers an intensive, interdisciplinary programme focused on cutting-edge research and policy debates on the governance of international migration, asylum, human mobility, and transnationalism..
Designed for researchers and professionals working in migration-related fields, the Summer School adopts a problem-oriented and interactive approach, encouraging critical engagement with both academic research and real-world policy challenges. High-level scientific expertise is combined with extensive opportunities for participants to exchange ideas, present their own work, and reflect on their professional and career development.
The programme has a global focus and addresses the following themes through contributions from professors and researchers of the Migration Policy Centre, complemented by talks from distinguished keynote speakers:
- Asylum and refugee protection
- Attitudes towards migration
- Citizenship and integration
- Irregular migration
- Labour migration
- Migration drivers
- Migration impacts
- Migration governance
Information for applicants
This edition will take place between Monday 22 June and Friday 3 July 2026. Participants are expected to arrive in Florence on Sunday 21 June and leave on Saturday 4 July 2026.
All participants (excluding participants who are awarded a scholarship) are kindly requested to organise and cover expenses for their travel to and from Florence, as well as their local transportation in Florence.
How to apply
Applications should be made by submitting a completed form by 22:00 CET on 28 February 2026. We regret that applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Applicants may only submit one application, either for a full-paying place or for a scholarship place. Scholarships are not intended for participants who can be funded by their own institutions.
Who should attend
Successful applications to the Summer School will satisfy the following criteria:
- A relevant Master’s degree or equivalent experience;
- A strong professional and/or research background in international migration;
- An excellent working knowledge (speaking and writing) of English;
- The availability to attend the entire teaching sessions of the programme.
Researchers, civil servants, journalists, teachers, and professionals from intergovernmental and governmental agencies working in migration-related areas are warmly encouraged to apply.
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