The EuroMedMig Network Doctoral Lecture is organized in partnership with the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed – Aula Mediterrània). This series forms part of EuroMedMig’s advanced training programme for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and doctoral students across the Network and beyond.

To maximise access and visibility, each lecture will be recorded and made freely available here: Audiovisual Seminars

Past Cycles

2025-2026 Full Programme and Poster

EuroMedMig Doctoral Lecture Series 2026–2027:

During this academic cycle, a total of seven lectures will be held between October 2025 and May 2026, featuring distinguished scholars and experts on Mediterranean migration and regional dynamics.

26/10 – Gemma Pinyol (GRITIM-UPF, ) – From Cooperation as Aspiration to Externalization as Reality: The Securitization of Euro-Mediterranean Migration Governance 
🕓 18:30–20:00 | 📍 IEMed (Barcelona)

28/01 – Ferruccio Pastore (FIERI, Italy) – A sea of externalisation(s): Comparing long-term trends along bilateral migration corridors: Italy-Albania and Italy-Tunisia
🕓 18:30–20:00 | 📍 IEMed (Barcelona)

15-16 March  – Speakers to be confirmed  – Roundtable: Exceptionality, unaccountability and cruelty: EU externalization vs the rights of the people on the move
🕓 Time TBC | 📍 Place TBC

15-16 April– Doctoral Lecture at the Annual Network Conference
📍 University of Liège, Belgium

22/04 – Mohammed Charef (GRITIM–UPF, Spain) – Les migrations environnementales en Afrique du Nord et au-delà: entre résilience, urgence, vulnérabilité et vide juridique
🕓 18:30–20:00 | 📍 IEMed (Barcelona)

27/05 – Luka Schmid (MSCA Posdoc Fellow GRITIM, UPF, Spain) Dependency and Powerlessness: Towards an Understanding of the (Il-)legitimacy of Border Externalization
🕓 TBC | 📍 UPF (Barcelona)

TBC – TBC Lecture organized by the University of Lisbon
🕓 TBC | 📍 University of Lisbon (Portugal)

All sessions will be held in a hybrid format, allowing both in-person and online participation, and are open to ESRs as well as PhD and Master’s students from Network institutions.

📅 Registration opens one week before each event.
You can register here: EuroMedMig Doctoral Lectures Registration Form.

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