Research Tools

CARIM database on migration

N.B. CARIM web site also available in French

The Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration - CARIM database| contains information on three major dimensions of migration:

Its interactive programmes enable users to address a wide range of questions, by cross-tabulating quantitative data, constructing graphs and maps, comparing texts, etc. [go to the site - voir le site|]

EUCITAC project on Access to Citizenship in Europe

The EUCITAC project on Access to Citizenship in Europe offers a number of databases on citizenship legislation in 33 European and neighbouring countries that are freely available at the EUDO Citizenship Observatory|.

• The country profiles database  collects experts reports on the history and current citizenship legislation in each country.
• The national citizenship laws database collects current and past nationality laws and other relevant texts such as constitutional provisions.
• The international legal norms database provides access to international legal documents, and information on which countries adhere to which international legal norms.  
• The citizenship case law database provides English summaries and full texts in original language of important national or international court decisions concerning matters of citizenship and can be searched by country, year, institution or keyword [available from 2010].
• The databases on  modes of acquisition and mode of loss of citizenship allow scholars to create customised comparative overviews for specific ways of acquiring and loosing citizenship [available from December 2009].
• Citizenship statistics  allows researchers to create customised statistical tables by country, year, or specific mode of acquisition [available from December 2009].
• Citizenship bibliography provides a searchable bibliography of currently more than 4000 titles on matters of citizenship and nationality laws.
• Citizenship links is a database of websites of national, European and international organisations (both governmental and non-governmental), leading academic research centres, networks, projects and journals dealing with citizenship.

MIREM - Migration de retour vers le Maghreb, Return Migration to the Maghreb

N.B. MIREM web site also available in French

The main objective of the MIREM project lies in better taking into consideration the challenges linked to return migration and its impact on development. Analytical tools are provided to better understand the impact of return migration on the Maghreb countries (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia).

The following tools are available on Mirem web-site:

• Database on Return Migrants to the Maghreb: the DREMM is a source of information regarding the processes of reintegration of around one thousand return migrants and their post-return conditions in their countries of origin.
• Field survey on returnees to the Maghreb countries: the field survey provides a large number of comparable datasets allowing the manifold factors shaping returnees’ patterns of reintegration in their country of origin (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) to be better understood.
• Statistics on return migration and readmission: this database contains statistical data and annotated graphs related to return flows and stocks in the Maghreb countries, as well as data related to removed persons.
• Database on readmission agreements: a unique database, updated on a regular basis, of all the bilateral agreements linked to readmission that have been concluded and negotiated to date by the EU-27 Member States and by the Maghreb countries.

  [go to the site [EN] - voir le site [FR]]

Research Data on the Council of the European Union

Web site set up to facilitate cumulative research on the Council of the European Union, contains several sets of data on decision-making and voting in the Council, including data used for research held by former RSCAS Director, Helen Wallace, and fellows

Created by Daniel Naurin (2005-6 RSCAS Marie Curie Fellow) and hosted at Goteborg University. [go to the site|]

MigRes - Migration Resources

Contains data on migration-related issues for scholars and students working on immigration in Europe, course syllabi, a directory of scholars, a selected bibliography, and links to immigration journals and other useful internet resources (description of research centres and networks, governmental organizations and NGOs, databases in Europe, etc.).

Created by Prof. Virginie Guiraudon|, former Joint Marie Curie Professor at the RSCAS and the Political and Social Sciences department, with the help of Lotte Holm. [go to the site|]

The Euro Homepage

This page presents structured information on European policy issues (not only related to monetary and economic union) by directing readers to papers and contributions inserted as links in the page.

Created and managed by Prof. Giancarlo Corsetti|, 1999–2006. [go to the page|]

IDnet database

Contains 900 entries on the subject of identity, with a focus on European identity, covering a wide range of social science disciplines, over the period 1977–2001. [go to the site|] 

Database on EU Member State Compliance with Community Law

Contains more reliable data on Member State infringements of Community law for the period 1979-98 drawn from the Annual Reports of the Commission, the only available source of information.
Created by Tanja Boerzel with the help of Charalampos Koutalakis. [go to the website|]

The Alec Stone Sweet & Thomas L. Brunell Data Sets on the “inputs” and “outputs” of the EU legal system

Since 2002, a data set on Preliminary References in EC Law (1958-1998) has been made available online. During the 6th Framework Programme “NEWGOV - New Modes of Governance Project” (2004-2008), this data set has been expanded and new data sets have been added:

1. The European Court and National Courts: Data Set on Preliminary References in EC Law (Art. 234), 1961-2006;
2. The European Court and Enforcement Actions: Data Set on Infringement Proceedings (Art. 226), 1958-2005; and
3. The European Court and National Courts: Codebook for Data Set on Preliminary References in EC Law (Art. 234), 1961-2006.

These datasets, the relevant codebooks, and some statistical and analytical summaries are available on the website of the NEWGOV Task Force on Legal Issues II [go to the Task Force page|]