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Building CrisisMigRef: Mapping Migration and Mobility Research in an Age of Crisis

Sargam Goundar — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:29:49 +0000

What counts as a crisis, and who gets to decide? And how do you build a database around a concept that researchers themselves cannot agree on? These were some of the questions behind the development of CrisisMigRef, a database developed during the final phase of nccr – on the move

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Why Migration Narratives Deserve More Than Lip Service

James Dennison — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:10:17 +0000

The word “narrative” increasingly appears in discussions of migration, but its analytical meaning is rarely specified. Campaigners often speak of the need for a “new narrative” on migration, while some narratives, such as “the Great Replacement,” have entered public consciousness. Narratives are not just stories or slogans. They are selective

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Taking a Second Look: Post-Dissertation Reflections on My Dataset

Mathis Schnell — Wed, 21 May 2025 07:30:20 +0000

After finishing my PhD dissertation, I was somewhat disappointed not to have exploited the full potential of my dataset. In other words, months of work can result in valuable datasets that remain largely unexplored once our PhD dissertations are complete. Yet this data holds great potential for further analysis and

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Can You Write a Paper in a Day?

Sara de Athouguia Filipe — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:50 +0000

In the spirit of a hackathon, we, a team of researchers, launched an ambitious project to write a complete academic paper in a day. While facing challenges such as time constraints as well as difficulties in collaborative simultaneous writing, by the end of the day, we kind of succeeded in

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Blind Spots and Uncertainties – Juggling Knowledge During the Pandemic

Petra Sidler — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:15:00 +0000

There are two kinds of uncertainties we as researchers are faced with: There are those things we are aware of that we do not know, but also those we are unaware of that we do not know. Dealing with this range of uncertainties can be demanding in ‘normal’ times and

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