The Sussex Centre for Migration Research (SCMR), one of the University's Centres of Excellence, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) invite you to the 12^th Annual International Migration Conference.

This year's programme features keynote speaker Professor Janine Dahinden (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland) on Migranticization as a Technology of Power, alongside distinguished speakers examining return migration infrastructure, cross-border intimate mobilities, regularisation pathways in Latin America, digital migration brokers, and immigration preferences and political participation.

The conference is taking place on the Third floor of Bramber House on Wednesday 15 October, 9:30am–5:30pm.

Register now. 

Programme:

9.30-10.00: arrival and coffee

10.00-10.20: Paul Statham, SCMR & Editor JEMS, Welcome Introduction

10.20-11.20: Keynote: Janine Dahinden NCCR-on the Move, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Migranticization as a Technology of Power

11.20-12.05: Joris Schapendonk, Radboud University, the Netherlands, Return migration infrastructure and the sleeking of ‘migration governance’

12.05-12.30: Sirijit Sunanta RILCA, Mahidol, Thailand & Paul Statham, SCMR, UK Research Note: Sussex-Mahidol Migration Partnership on Cross-Border Intimate Mobilities

12.30-2pm: Lunch - Global Studies Resource Centre, Arts C

2-2.45pm: Marcia Vera Espinoza, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, Scotland, Governing through Complexity: The Politics and Embodiment of Regularization Pathways in Latin America

2.45-3.30pm: Ayşen Üstübici, Koç University, Türkiye, How digital migration brokers shape aspirations and manage expectations for social mobility?

3.30-3.45pm: Coffee break

3.45-4.30pm: Rahsaan Maxwell, New York University, USA, Immigration preferences and political participation

4.30pm: Closing drinks

Posted on behalf of: Sussex Centre for Migration Research
Last updated: Friday, 10 October 2025