The call for papers is open for this conference, which will bring together scholars from across disciplines to exchange research and perspectives on the challenges and changes shaping migration in Europe and beyond.
Across Europe and beyond, migration governance is being reshaped by large-scale displacement, geopolitical instability, demographic change, climate crisis, evolving public attitudes, and ongoing efforts to reform asylum and migration systems. Recent developments, including the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, have brought renewed attention to questions of responsibility-sharing, border management, protection, and international cooperation. At the same time, these developments raise broader questions about how states, international organisations, political parties, social movements, cities, civil society actors and migrants themselves shape, contest and negotiate increasingly complex patterns of mobility and displacement.
The 2027 MPC Annual Conference, ‘Governing migration, contesting borders: Power, mobility and protection in Europe and beyond’, will bring together scholars from migration studies, political science, economics, sociology, geography, anthropology, law, international relations and related fields to examine contemporary transformations in migration governance.
While focusing on Europe, the conference situates European developments within wider comparative and global perspectives, encouraging reflection on how migration governance is shaped by transnational dynamics, geopolitical change, political contestation, and struggles over mobility, protection, rights and belonging.
We are currently welcoming theoretical, empirical and methodological contributions from scholars wishing to participate in the conference by presenting a paper. The deadline for submission of applications is Thursday 12 November 2026. To support broad and globally inclusive participation, a limited number of travel and accommodation grants will be available for scholars based in low-income and lower-middle-income countries. Please check all the details in the call for papers.
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