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How I’ve used mixed methods (or not) over 20 years of doing migration research
Mixing is often uneven, and that’s fine. Continue reading How I’ve used mixed methods (or not) over 20 years of doing migration research
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Pathways to an ERC Grant: Learning from Success and Failure
I applied for an ERC grant, failed, applied again and succeeded. Here I share my insights. Continue reading Pathways to an ERC Grant: Learning from Success and Failure
Towards an open-minded view of migration and mental health
There’s more to the connection between mental health and migration than you might think. Continue reading Towards an open-minded view of migration and mental health
Survey methods in migration research
We invite applications to a new PhD course on survey methods in migration research. Continue reading Survey methods in migration research
Pursuing big dreams in Ghana
We had not foreseen that ‘big’, ‘dream’, and ‘big dreams’ would all be important concepts. Continue reading Pursuing big dreams in Ghana
We are hiring!
We are recruiting a research assistant to work on quantitative analysis and research communication. Continue reading We are hiring!
Autumn 2021
Fieldwork at last, and the first analyses of rich data on migration and development. Continue reading Autumn 2021
On conjunctures in transnational lives: Linear time, relative mobility and individual experience
How does transnational family life unfold in time and space, and how does it matter to questions of power, agency and experience? Continue reading On conjunctures in transnational lives: Linear time, relative mobility and individual experience
Five books for better ethnographic writing
Good ethnographic texts grow out of ‘envisioning scenes as written’, claims one of these books. Continue reading Five books for better ethnographic writing
What makes people want to migrate? One chart sums it up
Worse-off individuals in worse-off societies are more likely to look abroad. But that’s just one trend in a motley picture. Continue reading What makes people want to migrate? One chart sums it up
Jørgen Carling 
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