Scientific and research activities

The scientific and research activities carried out under EUMIGRO in the years 2016–2019 covered among other things the following topics:

• contemporary (after the year 2000) migration trends and patterns in Europe/EU/EU member states,
• causes and determinants of migration movements to/in Europe/EU,
• consequences of migration movements for EU and its member states,
• response of the EU and its member states to migration challenges and problems,
• solutions to the migration challenges and problems at EU and member states’ levels,
• EU and national policies in the field of migration and asylum.

The scientific and research activities included e.g. preparation of various publications; editorial and review experience for academic journals and publishing houses; active participation in various scientific events as a speaker, moderator, discussant, guest lecturer, expert; the role of PhD co-supervisor; the membership in prestigious organizations and associations dealing with migration.

Publications (selected):

Book chapters:

• Molęda-Zdziech M., Pachocka M., Wach D., Local Integration Policy of Migrants. European Experiences and Challenges, in: Local Integration Policy of Migrants. European Experiences and Challenges, eds. J. Franzke, J. Ruano, Palgrave Macmillan 2020 (in production).
• Visvizi A., Pachocka M., Lytras M.D., Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact, “International Migration” 2019, vol. 57 (5), pp. 271-279, doi: 10.1111/imig.12648 (see mire: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.12648).
• Górak-Sosnowska K.,Pachocka M., Islamophobia and the quest for European identity in Poland, in: The Routledge International Handbook of Islamophobia, eds. I. Zempi, I. Awan, Routledge, London, New York 2019, pp. 225-236 (see more: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Islamophobia/Zempi-Awan/p/book/9780815353751)
• Pachocka M., Looking beyond the current migration and refugee crises in Europe: a common policy of the EU and the outlook for the future – in search of solutions, in: European Commission: Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, Migrations: Jean Monnet Seminar 2016, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 2017, pp. 73-84 (see more: https://www.academia.edu/32776583/Looking_beyond_the_current_migration_and_refugee_crises_in_Europe_a_common_policy_of_the_EU_and_the_outlook_for_the_future_in_search_of_solutions).
• Pachocka M., Francja [France], in: Uchodźcy w Europie – uwarunkowania, istota, następstwa [Refugees in Europe – determinants, essence, consequences], eds. K.A. Wojtaszczyk, J. Szymańska, Wydawnictwo Aspra JR, Warszawa 2016, pp. 424–459 (see more: https://www.ksiegarnia-ekonomiczna.com.pl/modules.php?name=Sklep&plik=lista&nazwa=opis&nr_katal=9788375457360&hthost=1&store_id=2).

Journal articles:

• Pachocka M., Misiuna J., La Pologne en Europe au début du XXIème siècle: à la croisée des chemins, „Hérodote" 2017, vol. 164, pp. 145–162 (see more: https://www.academia.edu/33232388/La_Pologne_en_Europe_au_d%C3%A9but_du_XXIe_si%C3%A8cle_%C3%A0_la_crois%C3%A9e_des_chemins).
• Pachocka M., Kuczyńska-Zonik A., Minorities, Diasporas, Refugees in Contemporary Europe, „Yearbook of the Institute of East–Central Europe/ Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo–Wschodniej” 2017, vol. 15, no 3, pp. 7–10 (see more: https://ies.lublin.pl/pub/2019-09/RIESW_1732-1395_15-3-334.pdf).
• Pachocka M., The twin migration and refugee crises in Europe: examining the OECD contribution to the debate, „Yearbook of the Institute of East–Central Europe/ Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo–Wschodniej” 2016, vol. 14(4), pp. 71–99 (see more: https://www.academia.edu/29006795/The_twin_migration_and_refugee_crises_in_Europe_examining_the_OECDs_contribution_to_the_debate).

Editorial positions:

• The Review of European Affairs (2017 – Present) – Founding Editor and Deputy of Editor in Chief
• Studii Europene/ European Studies (2015 – Present) – Co-president of the Scientific Committee
• Eurolimes (2015 – Present) – Member of the Editorial Board
• Studia Europejskie/ Studies in European Affairs (2018, vol. 22(4)) – Guest Editor
• Yearbook of Polish European Studies. (2016, vol. 19) – Thematic Editor
• Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe/ Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej (2017, vol. 15(3), “Minorities, diasporas, refugees in contemporary Europe”) – Guest Editor
• International Migration (2019, Special Section "Managing International Migration: Rethinking Transaction Costs, Red Tape, and Their Impact") – Guest Editor 
• Sustainability (2019, Special Issue “Integrated Migration Management, ICTs' enhanced Responses and Policy Making: Towards Human Centric Migration Management Systems”) – Guest Editor

Referee for academic journals:

• International Migration, Central and Eastern European Migration Review, Migration Studies – Review of Polish Diaspora, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Heliyon, The Review of European Affairs, Polish Political Science Yearbook, Studia Europejskie/ Studies in European Affairs, Yearbook of Polish European Studies, European Review, Law and Politics, Social Security. Theory and practice, Yearbook of the Institute of East-Central Europe, Sustainability, Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

Referee for publishing houses:

• Emerald Publishing, Intersentia, Publishing House of SGH Warsaw School of Economics, IGI Global

International conference speeches and guest lectures (selected, since 2017)

• University of Bari Aldo Moro – Italy (June 2019)
• Fernando Pessoa University in Porto – Portugal (June 2019)
• Metropolis International Steering Committee Seminar 2019 in Ponta Delgada – Portugal (March 2019)
• University of Catania – Italy (October 2018)
• University of Catania – Italy (July 2018)
• ​Central European University in Budapest – Hungary (January 2018)
• University of the Azores in Ponta Delgada – Portugal (November 2017)
• ​Deree-The American College of Greece in Athens – Greece (October 2017)
• University of Nantes – France (June 2017)
• Middlesex University London – the UK (February 2017)
• ​Deree-The American College of Greece in Athens – Greece (February 2017)

PhD Candidate Supervision

• co-supervisor of PhD thesis “Member States contribution to refugee protection provision in the EU: A public goods perspective” by Diego Caballero Velez, University of Pisa
• co-supervisor of PhD thesis “Włoska polityka migracyjna w dobie kryzysu migracyjnego w latach 2014-2018” by Magdalena Rozenek, SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Membership as an migration expert in associations/ organizations/ networks:

• a member and secretary-general of the Board of the Polish European Community Studies Association (PECSA)
• a member of the Board of the Research Committee RC46 "Migration and Citizenship" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
• a member of the Steering Committee of the International Metropolis Project
• a member of the interdisciplinary research network in the field of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE)
• a member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
• a member of the Academic Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
• a member of the Team Europe network of the European Commission Representation in Poland
• a member of the Jean Monnet Community (JMC)