Author Archives: Stefan Rother

About Stefan Rother

Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg -- Freelance journalist -- You can find my CV at the links below:

Interview on the Marrakesh PGA: “Equality of Rights for Everyone, Everywhere”

Posted on November 29, 2018

The People’s Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights (PGA) is a long-established Civil Society event that started in New York in 2007 and will take place for the 13th time this year in Marrakech – right after the … Continue reading →

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Updates on Marrakesh #ForMigration Week(s)– events, themes, locations… #GFMD

Posted on November 23, 2018

(s)A full calendar is awaiting everybody that will come to Marrakech for the migration week(s) starting on December 1 and ending December 11. I have compiled an updated list of the major invents which you can find below. Besides the … Continue reading →

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New Special Issue: “Migration, Civil Society and Global Governance” #ForMigration #GFMD

Posted on August 23, 2018

A Special Issue of the journal “Globalizations” has been published on the theme “Migration, Civil Society and Global Governance”. It was guest edited by my esteemed colleagues Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Branka Likić-Brborić, Raúl Delgado Wise & Gülay Toksöz and focusses specifically … Continue reading →

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Events and dates for the “migration week(s)” in Marrakech – #GFMD application has started #ForMigration

Posted on July 27, 2018

In December, the “migration week(s)” will bring U.N. member states, international organizations, migrant civil society and other stakeholders to Marrakech, Morocco. The major “official” events will be the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular … Continue reading →

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Global Compact #ForMigration has been agreed upon – but questions regarding the modalities of adoption remain

Posted on July 19, 2018

On July 13th, the Global Compact #ForMigration has been agreed upon – but that much-lauded event by no means constitutes the end of the process. The formal adoption will take place in the “Migration Week” in Marrakech. At the center of … Continue reading →

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Out now: Our Special Issue(s) on “Challenging State Sovereignty: A Multi-level Approach to Southeast and East Asian #Migration “

Posted on June 30, 2018

The multi-level dimension of migration governance is gaining increasing attention – and that includes the regional and sub-regional level. As a contribution to this research, Nicola Piper, Jürgen Rüland and yours truly have guest edited a two-part special Issue for … Continue reading →

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Out now: articles on regional ( #ASEAN ) and global governance #ForMigration #GFMD

Posted on April 30, 2018

Two new special issues (SIs) on regional and global migration governance have been published and I had the opportunity to contribute articles to both of them. The first SI is dealing with multi-level “Migration Governance in an Era of Large Movements”, … Continue reading →

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