Is the Middle East Entering a New Era of Displacement? Israel's year-long onslaught against Gaza and its invasion of southern Lebanon has created a new refugee wave. More than a million people, including Syrian refugees have been displaced across Lebanon. But, where can they go? The Assad regime is in control throughout much of Syria, [...]

Is the War In Gaza Fueling Religious Tensions Across Europe? As fears grow that the conflict in Gaza could widen to neighboring states, there has already been a spillover effect, but in Europe. Several governments have led crackdowns on Muslim groups and institutions, in what officials claim is an attempt to fight the spread of [...]

BROAD-ER: Bridging Migration and Urban Studies  The research project BROAD-ER: Bridging Migration and Urban Studies received 1.4M € from the European Commission Twinning Action fund (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03). Jan Rath is one of the Principal Investigators. Next to him,  one new postdoc researcher has been appointed at the University of Amsterdam: Norma Schemschat. The other PI's are Ahmet Içduygu, Director [...]

Understanding Migration: Metropolis Project Jan Rath. Paul Spoonley and Mihaela Vieru IQ Konkret. Journal on Migration and Labour Market, 2: 40-43. The aim of Metropolis International is to enhance policy through empirical research and to support societies and organizations that are managing the many effects of migration and diversity > Reprinted as ‘Migration verstehen’,  IQ [...]

'Born and raised in the southern part of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in a poor and deprivileged neighbourhood Jan Rath studied anthropology and urban studies and eventually became a professor of urban sociology at the University of Amsterdam. He still holds this position today, while he is also affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam and Koç University [...]

Progress of migration scholarship over 60 years of International Migration by İçduygu, A., J. Rath, D. Sert and A. Üstübici (2021) International Migration, 59(6): 3-7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12934 A posting on Facebook earlier this year –showcasing the 60th anniversary logo of International Migration –elicited one viewer to exclaim: ‘Congrats on 60 years of migration scholarship!’ Such [...]