Call for papers-WITTGENSTEIN CENTRE CONFERENCE 2025, Demographic Perspectives on Migration in the 21st Century

Deadline: 31May 2025

Research from various disciplines, including demography, economics, sociology, geography, and environmental sciences are welcomed.
Submissions should focus on current and forward-looking analyses, methodological innovations and modelling of migration as well as comparative research investigating the demographic outcomes of migrants in both origin and destination societies.

Topics include but are not limited to:

  • Novel methods for estimating and forecasting migration
  • Migration and (subnational) population change
  • Life course transitions and migration
  • Comparative studies of immigrants’ demographic behaviour
  • Climate and environmental migration, and immobility
  • Demographic and labour force outcomes of migration processes

Paper submission guidelines

Please submit

  • A short abstract (250–300 words) and an extended abstract (2–5 pages) or the full paper.

The short abstracts will appear on the conference website if accepted.

Please make sure your extended abstract includes the title, full name(s), affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es) of each author.

  • Submission deadline : 31May 2025
  • Notifications of acceptance: 30 June 2025
  • All presentations are expected to be held in person.

Read more about the conference and submit your paper here

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