TMC 2025 London

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The Migration Conference 2025, London – 11-17 June 2025

13th Migration Conference, 11-17 June 2025, University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

The 13th Migration Conference, TMC 2025 was held from 11 to 17 June 2025 and virtually supported by Teams sessions as a hybrid conference.

The Migration Conference 2025 was hosted by the University of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. The main language of the Conference was English, with special sessions and streams in other languages including Spanish and Turkish.

The conference was organised in thematic streams of 90+ parallel sessions, 3 plenary sessions and 3 roundtables over five days. Over 500 scholars from over 60 countries from New Zealand to Canada, from Argentina to Japan have presented their work in London.

We thank our hosts, reviewers, participants, supporting organisations and the team of volunteers who collaboratively made the event a success.

Ozgur Heval Cinar and Ibrahim Sirkeci 
The Migration Conference 2025 Chairs

 The TMC 2025 Committees:
Executive Team and Conference Chairs:

  • Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, Manchester, UK (Chair)
  • Dr Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (Chair)
  • Dr. Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany (Coordinator)
  • Prof. Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, USA
  • Prof. Dr. Philip L Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California Davis, USA

Transnational Advisory Committee:

  • Prof Gudrun Biffl, Krems, Austria
  • Professor Özgür H. Çınar, University of Greenwich, UK
  • Prof Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof Elli Heikkila, Migration Institute of Finland, Finland
  • Prof Mohamed Khachani, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
  • Prof Beatrice Knerr, Kassell University, Germany and Hefei University, China
  • Prof Markus Kotzur, Universität Hamburg, Germany
  • Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, UK
  • Prof Apostolos G Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
  • Prof João Peixoto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
  • Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy

Transnational Scientific Committee:

Africa

  • Agnes Igoye, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Uganda
  • Prof Mohamed Khachani, AMERM & Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
  • Dr Rania Rafik Khalil, The British University in Egypt, Egypt
  • Dr Sadhana Manik, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Prof Claude Sumata, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo
  • Dr Ayman Zohry, Egyptian Society for Migration Studies, Egypt

Americas

  • Prof Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA
  • Dr José Salvador Cueto-Calderón, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico
  • Dr Ana Vila Freyer, Universidad Latina de México, Mexico
  • Dr Pascual Gerardo García-Macías, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
  • Dr Carlos Alberto González Zepeda, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico
  • Dr Torunn Haaland, Gonzaga University, USA
  • Prof Liliana Jubilut, Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil
  • Prof Philip L Martin, University of California Davis, USA
  • Prof Carla Pederzini, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
  • Dr Eric M. Trinka, Emory & Henry College, USA
  • Dr Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
  • Dr Hassan Vatanparast, Saskatchewan University, Canada
  • Prof Rodolfo García Zamora, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
  • Dr Monette Zard, Columbia University, USA

Asia-Pacific

  • Prof Ram Bhagat, International Institute for Population Sciences, India
  • Dr Jocelyn O. Celero, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
  • Dr Sadaf Mahmood, The Women University Multan, Pakistan
  • Dr Shweta Sinha Deshpande, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, India
  • Prof Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia, Australia
  • Dr Ruchi Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, India
  • Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah, University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
  • Dr Xi Zhao, Hefei University, P.R. China

Central and Eastern Europe

  • Dr Merita Zulfiu Alili, South East European University, N. Macedonia
  • Dr Olga R. Gulina, Benefit Research GMBH, Germany
  • Dr Nermin Oruc, Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Prof Apostolos G Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
  • Prof Irina Savchenko, Moscow City University, Russian Federation

Western Europe

  • Prof Bahar Baser, Durham University, United Kingdom
  • Prof Aron Anselem Cohen, University of Granada, Spain
  • Dr Martina Cvajner, University of Trento, Italy
  • Dr Carla de Tona, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Dr Sureya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
  • Dr Alina Esteves, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Dr Setenay Dilek Fidler, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
  • Prof Monica Ibáñez-Angulo, University of Burgos, Spain
  • Dr Gul Ince Beqo, University of Urbino, Italy
  • Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, United Kingdom
  • Dr Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
  • Dr Altay Manço, Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations, Belgium
  • Dr A. Erdi Öztürk, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Dr Andrea Romano, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Dr Sahizer Samuk-Carignani, University of Pisa, Italy
  • Prof Mario Savino, University of Tuscia, Italy
  • Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy
  • Dr Caner Tekin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Dr Irene Tuzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Dr Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, University of Hamburg, Germany
  • Dr Pınar Yazgan, University of Bolton, United Kingdom

Near East

  • Prof Sebnem Koser Akcapar, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Deniz Yetkin Aker, Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey
  • Dr Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli University, Turkey
  • Prof Dilek Cindoglu, Yasar University, Turkey
  • Prof Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Turkey
  • Dr Z. Banu Dalaman, SEDER, Turkey
  • Prof Sevim Atilla Demir, Sakarya University, Turkey
  • Dr İnci Aksu Kargın, Uşak University, Turkey
  • Prof Yakhnich Liat, Beit Berl College, Israel
  • Dr Armagan Teke Lloyd, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
  • Prof Gökay Özerim, Yaşar University, Turkey
  • Dr Md Mizanur Rahman, Qatar University, Qatar
  • Dr Betul Dilara Seker, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey
  • Dr Paulette K. Schuster, Reichman University, Israel
  • Dr Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Deniz Eroglu Utku, Trakya University, Turkey
  • Dr Nevin Karabiyik Yerden, Marmara University, Turkey

The Migration Conference Technical Organisation Committee

  • Dr Aytac Yerden, Gedik University, Turkey (IT)
  • Ege Cakir, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (Admin)
  • Nihal Yazgan, Transnational Press London, UK (Admin)

Local Organisation Team:

  • Prof Özgür H. Çınar, University of Greenwich, UK (Chair)

Best Paper Presentation Prizes at the TMC2025 Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

The following papers were selected as the best paper presentations at the TMC2025:

Keynote Speakers at TMC2025 London

  • TBC

Programme, Book of Abstracts and Publications

The Migration Conference 2025 Programme and Abstracts Book can be downloaded from here. Selected conference papers are invited to edited books following the conference as usual.

News about the Conference
The Migration Conference 2025 hosted in-person and online via Teams.

Registration Fees

Sponsors Registration [ 345.00 GBP (Closes 1 May 2025)]

Supporters and Sponsors of The Migration Conference
The Migration Conference 2025 has been supported by the following organisations:

Sponsors and Supporters of The Migration Conferences – past and present:

Universities

Organisations and Companies

Cities and Governments

Promoting Journals and Publishers