We are the regional network of leading institutions and experts from the Western Balkans in the field of migration research.
We are implementing a number of national and regional level research projects, capacity building activities and dissemination projects in migration in the Western Balkans.
We collaborate with a number of national and international stakehoders and donors in implementation of our activities.
Western Balkan Migration Network (WB-MIGNET) invites applications for its Visiting Research Fellow (VRF) in migration. The VRF programme enables doctoral student (PhD students) to spend a period of time conducting research at following. The WB-MIGNET aims to put in place a programme to enable young research with a genuine and active commitment to social science…
Western Balkans Migration Network (further WB-MIGNET), organized the First Regional Winter School “Diaspora for Local Development”, held in Belgrade, Serbia in period of 10 – 11 December 2019 at ENVOY Conference Center. This innovative Winter School aims to involve experts and practitioners from the Western Balkans to establish connections, exchange knowledge and learn from the…
Center for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research – CREDI (member of WB-MIGNET) invites applications for its Internship Programme. CREDI internship program provides students with a unique research experience that introduces all aspects of social science research and includes supported exploration of a research query from research question to a report, as well as data…
The Migration Conference Organizing Committee has been closely monitoring developments of the impact of COVID-19 emergency at local and global levels and has followed advice provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of the North Macedonia. Taking into account the rapid increase of cases worldwide, the Migration Conference Organizing Committee decided to…
University of Bologna, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione and Cantieri Meticci will host the International Summer School Performing arts and migration. Theories and Practices for Inclusive Cities at Arena del Sole Teathre from 9th to 14th June 2020 in Bologna (Italy), The summer school offers an interdisciplinary course on international migration, performing arts and public space.…
As part of our mission to support researchers. policy makers and wider public with evidence on migration issues in the Western Balkans, we are starting to publish a series of visualisations of migration related data available for the Western Balkans. The first visualisation is presenting trends in the annual inflows of remittances to the Western…
The journal Migration and Ethnic Themes published new special issue in December 2019. This special issue of the journal contains selected papers from the Third Annual Conference of the Western Balkans Migration Network (WB-MIGNET), which took place at the University College Effectus for Law and Finance, Zagreb, 25–26 May 2018. Our president of Academic Advisory…
“Are Forced Migrants More Skilled? A Theoretical Model of Self-Selection in Forced Migration” is a title of article that fills a gap in theories of forced migration. Nermin Oruč, WB-MIGNET Coordinator and other authors present a new model, motivated by specific features of forced migration during a conflict which do not feature in existing migration…
