Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation disseminates information on Call for papers for the international conference  - UN Based Global Approach to Migration and its Implication for Georgia’s migration policy”

The International Conference aims at bringing together local and international scholars and policymakers to discuss migration related research and their application to migration policy worldwide and in Georgia. ICMPD invites papers that analyse various aspects of migration policy making, policy outcomes and impact assessment of migration policies as well as empirical research that may lead to better migration policy outcomes. Presenters are expected to highlight the application of “New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants”, especially its key elements towards a global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration to policy planning and implementation.

Organizers welcome presenters from various disciplines, such as political science, sociology, economics, history, law, anthropology, public administration, demography and social geography. The conference program will be organised into several thematic panels including but not limited to:

• Migration and development
• Identifying and addressing drivers of migration
• Human rights of migrants including labour rights
• Irregular migration
• Diaspora and their links to countries of origins
• Attitudes towards migrants
• Integration and reintegration

Abstracts (250 words, in MS Word format, in English (each abstract should be accompanied by author/authors contact information, and a short – 100 word – biography), must be sent to the organisers by 15 March 2017 at: enigmma@icmpd.org.

Notifications of acceptance: 22 March 2017

Full paper submission (5-6 thousand words): 20 April 2017

Conference: 10 and 11 May 2017 

For further information please visit ICMPD web-page.