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The MIGRADEMO research team has conducted fieldwork in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey, including semi-structured interviews and household surveys. As part of our dissemination activities, we have organised a series of country-level workshops in Ifrane, Bucharest, and Istanbul with local actors, survey companies, and academics supporting our research on the field in order to thank them and …

MIGRADEMO Workshop Series: A Snapshot from Turkey Read More »

The MIGRADEMO research team has conducted fieldwork in Morocco, Romania, and Turkey, including semi-structured interviews and household surveys. As part of our dissemination activities, we have organised a series of country-level workshops in Ifrane, Bucharest, and Istanbul with local actors, survey companies, and academics supporting our research on the field in order to thank them …

MIGRADEMO Workshop Series: A Snapshot from Romania  Read More »

We are happy to announce that we have completed our fieldwork in Morocco! This is the third and last case of our study, in which we were able to conduct a survey with both migrant and non-migrant households. This time, we included four survey experiments, on the themes of corruption, vote-buying and the dynamics of …

Morocco’s fieldwork: an insight Read More »

by Deniz Pelek During the summer of 2021, Turkey experienced the worst wildfires in the country’s history. Almost 300 wildfires occurred in July and August, resulting in the destruction of thousands of hectares of forest as well as the deaths of eight people and thousands of animals. The inability of the government to respond effectively to …

Home on Fire: Solidarity of Turkish Emigrants during the Summer Wildfires Read More »

By: Chaimae Essousi and Ahmed Kadiri The 2021 Moroccan elections were set in an extraordinary context due to the COVID-19 health crisis. Despite this, 50.35% of the Moroccan population voted in the three elections – municipal, regional and legislative – that took place simultaneously on the 8th of September 2021.  The rather unexpected results saw the National Rally of Independents (RNI) win 102 seats, …

The 2021 Moroccan elections and the political incorporation of MREs: an everlasting debate? Read More »

By Nicolas Fliess – Published on 05/05/2021 Introduction Citizens around the world have responded in different ways to the task of participating in elections during an ongoing pandemic. While these elections offer an opportunity for voters to hold parties accountable for their crisis management, many citizens might feel unsafe to cast a ballot in person. Moreover, …

Party mobilisation and voting abroad during the pandemic: The 2021 Ecuadorian elections Read More »

By Vladimir Bortun – Published on 14/12/2020 For scholars interested in the impact of migration on politics in the country of origin, this electoral year in Romania has delivered several interesting results. As argued in a previous post here, the local elections in September have highlighted the nexus between return migration and local political elites. This …

Romanian legislative elections in the diaspora: record participation and the emergence of the nationalist vote Read More »

By Vladimir Bortun – Published on 07/10/2020 The recent local elections in Romania, held on 27 September 2020, have revealed an interesting dynamics for scholars focusing on the nexus between return migration and political elites. The elections took place in all 41 counties and had a 46% turnout, slightly lower than previous local elections but still higher than …

Local elections in Romania reveal interesting nexus between return migration and local politics Read More »