Training & events

Our training facility hosts executive courses and open-access modules to improve collaboration between migration policy and research.

Upcoming dates

TRAINING

Driving Local Social Change: Building Effective Engagement between Evidence, Policy, and Practice

This in-person training will address the particular dynamics that "local communities across Europe face when using evidence to inform policymaking.

25-27 November 2026

Badia Fiesolana, European University Institute in Florence - Eventbrite

Past events

EXTERNAL EVENT - International Rescue Committee

Children’s rights in migration systems: lessons learned and perspectives for the implementation of the EU Pact

EXTERNAL EVENT - This webinar will bring together practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and civil society representatives to discuss key challenges facing refugee and migrant children in evolving migration systems.

24 June 2026 | 2 PM - 3:30 PM CEST

EXTERNAL EVENT - Centre of Migration Research Webinar

Urbicide and urban resilience in Ukraine: war, environment and migration

EXTERNAL EVENT - This webinar will discuss the concept of urbicide and to further specify its relevance in the context of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, with particular attention to the situation and experiences of Ukrainian cities.

15 May 2026 | 10 AM - 12 PM CEST

Understanding minds on migration

Join Fabienne Keller and James Dennison as they discuss what Europeans think about immigration, drawing on long‑running survey data across EU member states.

Mon 27 Apr 2026 12.30 - 13.30

Policy Dialogue

Brussels School of Governance Lisbon and Rome meeting rooms on the -1 floor and Online - Pleinlaan 5 Boulevard de la Plaine, B-1050 Brussels and Zoom

Communicating migration in a polarised world: What works and what fails

What if the stories we tell about migration shape public opinion far more than the facts themselves?

Wed 15 Apr 2026 17.00 - 18.30

Temporary protection at four: What's next for transition pathways?

Join the first session of the “Lunch Bites” series, a new online lunchtime conversation event that is part of the Migration Research-to-Policy Co-Lab, dedicated to bridging research and policy through focused, concise, and evidence-based exchanges on topical migration issues.

Mon 09 Mar 2026 12.30 - 13.30

Theatre - Badia Fiesolana

Building Effective Engagement between Research, Policy and Practice: A Strategic Approach to Impactful Migration Research - 2nd Edition

Based on the successful experience of the first edition in March 2025, this two-day executive training will develop and strengthen participants’ skills in effective research to policy engagement around migration.

Mon 24 Nov 2025 09.00 - 19.00 | Tue 25 Nov 2025 09.00 - 19.00

EXTERNAL EVENT - Workshop

Chambre des Salariés, Luxembourg City - Badia Fiesolana

Forecasting and Preparedness in EU Migration Governance

EXTERNAL EVENT - This workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore how to prepare and respond effectively to future migration flows.

28 Oct 2025

EXTERNAL EVENT - Webinar

Online - Eventbrite

The local dimension of providing temporary protection to Ukrainian refugees in EU countries

EXTERNAL EVENT - This workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore how to prepare and respond effectively to future migration flows.

21 Oct 2025

Residence Palace (& Zoom) - Wetstraat 155, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Better together: Building engagement between migration research and policy

There is plenty of data on migration, yet it is often overlooked in policy-making. This event will present a new resource that compiles various engagement methods to help researchers and research users foster more effective engagement.

Tue 18 Mar 2025 11.30 - 14.00

Executive Training Seminar

Theatre - Badia Fiesolana

Building effective engagement between research, policy and practice: a strategic approach to impactful migration research in the world of policy

By focusing on the unique challenges of engaging with non-academic stakeholders, this training will empower participants to maximise the impact of their work.

Mon 10 Mar 2025 09.00 - 19.00 | Tue 11 Mar 2025 09.00 - 19.00

EXTERNAL EVENT - Dissemination and discussion event

Megasaray Westbeach Antalya (Türkiye) - Eventbrite

Bridging migration research and Policy in Türkiye and beyond

EXTERNAL EVENT - This event will share identified barriers that limit the use of migration research in policymaking and offer actionable recommendations to strengthen institutionalized research–policy dialogue.

21 January 2025

Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab: where research and policy meet

Join the Migration Research to Policy Co-Lab inaugural event, a project to foster migration data-driven policy

Wed 25 Sep 2024 14.00 - 15.15

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