DYNAMIG: How migration decisions are made: diverse aspirations, trajectories, and policy effects

Drivers
dynamig

Funding

Horizon Europe

Geographic focus

Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, Morocco, EU

Dates

1 January 2023 – 

31 December 2025

About

How migration decisions are made: diverse aspirations, trajectories, and policy effects. 

Project Outcomes

  • Insights into the extent to which diverse experiences of migrants are taken into consideration when migration policies are made.
  • Analysis of how effective migration policies are in shaping migrants’ decisions and behaviours.
  • Analysis of how social norms, culture and class intersect with gender to influence migration decisions, with a focus on Africa. 
  • Analysis of how migrants use social media to inform their migration decisions

Highlighted Publications and Tools

Podcast – how does gender affect migration 

Coordinator

Tobias Heidland, Professor of Economics, Kiel University and Head, International Development Research Center, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Partners

  • Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany)
  • ECDPM (the Netherlands and Belgium)
  • Elizade University (Nigeria)
  • African Migration and Development Policy Centre (Kenya)
  • Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (Morocco)
  • University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
  • European University Institute – Migration Policy Centre (Italy)
  • Middlesex University Higher Education Corporation (United Kingdom)

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