Update: COA states that it is ending the pilot of GeoMatch earlier than planned. Researchers and investigative journalists had previously warned against this AI tool.
Scrutinous interdisciplinary research has led to a change in the procedure of investigating private mobile devices of asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
The Jean Monnet Chair in European Law and Migration Policies (EULAMP) will organise 1 December 2026 the first EULAMP Doctoral and Early Career Researchers’ Workshop.
To recognize and promote excellence in student research as well as awareness in our field, the focus area Migration and Societal Change awards the best master’s thesis.
Update: on 28 May 2026, the Inspectorate ordered the government to stop searching asylum seekers' laptops and phones, citing research by Utrecht academics.
On 1 February 2026, Ilse van Liempt will be appointed Professor of Geography of Migration and Urban Inequalities at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning.
On Thursday 10 September, Nisrine Chaer will defend the dissertation ‘The Paradox of Respectability and the Pitfalls of Gender Queer Migration in Lebanon and the Netherlands’.
It is common knowledge that Muslims in the Netherlands face discrimination, but the question is: how widespread is this problem, and what is the best way to investigate it?
