Applications are open for the Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2025. Named in honour of Maria Ioannis Baganha, a prominent scholar and one of the founders of International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE), the Network has awarded this prize annually since 2010 to stimulate and recognize excellent PhD research in the field of migration studies. The award is scheduled to be presented at the 22nd IMISCOE Annual Conference, to be held in Paris and Online on July 1-4, 2025. The winner is expected to attend the Award Ceremony and present their work.

Prize

  • The award includes a cash prize (paid only to a university institutional account) and the opportunity to have the dissertation published in Open Access in the IMISCOE-Springer Research Series, free of charge but subject to the manuscript’s review by the book series’ Editorial Committee. If the winning thesis is article-based, one of the articles can be published free of charge in the journal Comparative Migration Studies upon the manuscript review by the journal’s Editorial Board.

Eligibility

  • Open to all interested candidates whether they are based at an IMISCOE Member Institute or not.
  • Dissertations from all academic disciplines and methodological approaches are welcome.
  • Both monographs and article-based theses are accepted for the award.

Selection Criteria

Nominations must demonstrate a significant contribution to the field of international migration research in one or more of these criteria:

  • Research quality
  • Originality
  • Theoretical contribution
  • Methodological/empirical contribution

Application

Applicants must submit the following:

  • A completed application form.
  • A summary of the dissertation (in max. 2.000 words) and up to 5 keywords .
  • A single PDF file of the dissertation including all appendices, references, notes etc. 
  • A CV (max. 2 pages).
  • A letter of recommendation from a member of the thesis committee who was not the candidate’s supervisor or co-supervisor nor was affiliated to the same institution where the PhD was obtained at the time of the thesis defence. Examiners’ reports are not considered as letters of recommendation.
  • Only for articles-based theses: a letter detailing the candidate’s contribution to the co-authored articles/chapters which were part of the thesis. 

Applications should be submitted by email to the IMISCOE Network Office: info@imiscoe.org by December 2, 2024 at 23:59 CET. Questions concerning the award can be emailed to the IMISCOE Network Office.

For more information, visit Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award.