| Second
Round of the PME - Metropolis Research Initiative
"Governance and Flows of International
Migration"
The call in the second round asked for proposals for
pre-studies on the following topics:
- Domestic support for international governance of migration
flows. Many in the field of international migration
are discussing the potential for an international body,
perhaps modeled on the World Trade Organization, to
improve the way that migration is managed and to improve
the results for both sending and receiving societies.
As was the case for states entering into multilateral
trade agreements, states taking part in an international
migration agreement would need strong domestic
support. This is especially so because such an agreement
would likely imply that the state relinquish, to
an international regulatory body, some sovereignty over
its borders and who is allowed to cross them. Proposals
for this topic should examine the domestic conditions
that would make it feasible for states to enter into
such sovereignty-reducing agreements. It would be expected
that proposals would consider the lessons learned from
other multinational regulatory regimes such as NAFTA,
the European Union, and the Nordic Passport Union. It
would also be expected that the proposed studies consider
the impact on the domestic support for a migration agreement
of such variables as citizenship laws and their effects; the role
of media in shaping public and political opinion; and
the implications of different modes and degrees of immigrant
integration.
- Possibilities and limits of influencing migration
flows. The proposed research should further our understanding
of migration systems, more specifically how different
policies (immigration and asylum, labor market, citizenship,
education) influence migratory flows between developing
and developed countries. The goal is to arrive at a
clearer picture of the nature and extent to which these
policies (not limited to migration policies) are able
to influence migration and its component flows. A significant
area of interest is our understanding of the factors
that influence migrants' decisions on their destination.
Three projects were selected for funding in the
second round. They are:
1) Wayne Cornelius, University of California-San Diego
and
Antonio Izquierdo Escribano, Universidad de A Coruna
“Explaining
outcomes of immigration control policies: A comparative
study of Mexican migration to the U.S. and Latin American
/ North African Migration to Spain”
2) Anna Triandafyllidou, Hellenic Foundation for European
and Foreign Policy
“Immigrants,
policies and migration systems: An ethnographic comparative
approach”
3) Randall Hansen, University of Toronto and the International
Organization for Migration
"Inter-state
cooperation, domestic politics and migrant integration"
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