Date: Thursday 12 November

Time: 12:00-15:30

Location: ARC 237BC

This event aimed to provide a platform for researchers to map and create links with non-academic research partners in migration studies. The event included two interactive online presentations from two leading organisations, the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), showcasing pertinent data that facilitate rigorous analyses of migration and internal displacement issues at the global level. The first interactive session focused on the Mixed Migration Centre’s global data collection programme 4Mi, which collects in-depth, survey-based, information on mixed migration through a network of around 165 enumerators in over 20 countries across different migration routes globally. The second interactive session provided an overview of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) and its flagship data products. Specifically, it introduced the Global Internal Displacement Database (GIDD), highlighting the data aggregation process from multiple sources and the rigorous curation, standardisation, and quality control processes that ensure the publication of high-quality datasets. The slides for the two interactive sessions are available here 

Event Programme

12:00-12:20: Participant introductions (participants briefly introduce their area of interest in migration research)

12:20-13:10: “4Mi: Global data collection with people on the move”

Chloe Sydney, Mixed Migration Centre (MMC), Global 4Mi and Data Coordinator (online presentation + interactive activities)

This interactive session will focus on the Mixed Migration Centre’s global data collection programme 4Mi, which collects in-depth, survey-based, information on mixed migration through a network of around 165 enumerators in over 20 countries across different migration routes globally. 4Mi conducts approximately 15,000 in-depth interviews with refugees and migrants on the move annually, capturing novel information on individual profiles, migration drivers, journey experiences, risk factors, and migrant destinations, and making 4Mi uniquely equipped to inform policy and practice.

13:10-13:20: Break

13:20-14:00: “GIDD: Global Internal Displacement Database”

Fanny Teppe, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Data and Analysis Coordinator (online presentation)

This session offers a presentation of GIDD, the Global Internal Displacement Database. GIDD relies on multiple sources (national and subnational government authorities, UN agencies and other international organisations, related global databases, civil society organisations, news media outlets) to collect systematic data on conflict- and violence-induced displacement as well as on disaster-induced displacement at the global level.

14:00-14:10: Break

14:10-15:00: Networking: Empowering Migration Researchers

In this part of the workshop, participants will be invited to speak about their own migration research and data, their experiences and best practices on building partnerships with external stakeholders, and their needs and aspirations as researchers. The discussion aims to open up spaces to scope out opportunities available among those in the room and across the IRT, to pursue interdisciplinary research, effective partnerships and grant capture on migration-focused projects. Researchers at all stages of their careers are welcome to join us for networking and stay on for the festive drinks!

15:00-15:30: Mince Pies and Festive Networking

First published: 28 January 2025

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