The Working Lives Research InstituteUniversità Ca' Foscari VeneziaIMIR - The International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural RelationsFORBA - The Working Life Research Centre, ViennaTEF ULB, Centre de Sociologie de l'emploi, du travail et de la formationGabinet d'Estudis Socials (GES)Roskilde University
Sixth Framework ProgrammeEuropa - Gateway to the Europea Union

Research aims

  • To deepen understanding of the impact of migration flows on EU labour markets;
  • To theorise the relationship between the presence of ‘informal’ or ‘shadow’ industry labour markets and migration flows;
  • To map and model migrant and refugee pathways into and within the EU;
  • To deepen knowledge of how legal status interacts with migrant labour market positions;
  • To increase understanding of the impact of migration flows on countries of origin;
  • To test key theories concerning human capital and social capital in relation to migration;
  • To explore the particular consequences of migration for women workers and consider the gender impact of undocumented migration;
  • To provide more reliable estimates of migration and refugee flows into the EU.
The project will also challenge existing terminology used in debates about undocumented migration and will produce a glossary of terms.