XXV Perceptions Journal of International Affairs Spring - Summer 2020

This issue features a selection of papers presented at the international workshop titled “Mixed Migration Flows and the Changing Dynamics of Migration Research” which was held in Istanbul on December 15, 2018 as the first activity of an international workshop series on mixed migration flows and trends. The aim of the workshop was to bring together researchers and practitioners from Türkiye and abroad to discuss and “challenge current conceptualizations of forced and voluntary migration and to explore new conceptualizations and approaches with a view to grasp the complexity of mixed flows.”

The main focus of the workshop was on the state of the art of migration research as well as the conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues and key concepts and categorizations in this field. However, we also received very interesting papers on the policy dimension, which prompted us to include an additional session about this specific issue. Therefore, the workshop was composed of four very lively and participatory sessions on concepts and categories, new perspectives and methologies in migration research, the politics of othering and policy responses to mixed migration flows. 

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