Doctoral Lecture: “Integrating migrants for integrating regions - Shared challenges around the Mediterranean”

• Date: 21Oct 2025
• Hour: 18:30-20h
• Place: IEMed & Online
• Speaker: Phiipple Fargues (EUI, Florence)
• Chair: Ricard Zapata-Barrero (GRITIM-UPF)

Synopsis

Focusing on two supranational entities with a history of political construct and a sense of shared identity --the European Union and the Arab world --the presentation will address the following question: is migration working for integration from within, at national level in each country, and from without, at the Mediterranean regional level? It will review the most pressing migration-related challenges, whether they are common to all countries or specific to some of them, and conclude on issues to overcome for migration to fully work for progress.

Bio

Philippe Fargues is a Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence), where he was Robert Schuman Chair and Founding Director of the Migration Policy Centre.  He held senior positions at the American University in Cairo and at the French national institute for demographic studies. He taught at Sciences Po-Paris, Harvard, and various universities in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. He served as a consultant to international organizations including ILO, IOM, The World Bank, UNESCO, ESCWA, and the European Commission. His research interests include demography, migration, politics and development. He has published more than 200 academic books, articles and chapters.

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