Editorial: Infrastructures and migration by A.-L. Müller, L. Tuitjer

“…The article provides the reader with an overview of key strands of research in both infrastructure studies and migration studies and develops an infrastructure-sensitive perspective for research carried out in the field of migration studies.…”
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Arts and Refugees: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Vol. 2) by Marco Martiniello, Elsa Mescoli

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Geography, Islands and Migration in an Era of Global Mobility by Russell King

“…The ‘mobilities turn’ in migration studies recognizes the diversification in motivations and time-space regimes of human migration. …”
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Political science and the history of migration by J. Olaf Kleist, Susanne Lachenicht

“…Olaf Kleist points out how political scientists use historical analysis in migration studies in three ways: tracing developments, comparing cases, and analyzing the political use of migration history. …”
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The Concepts of Transnational Social Spaces and Fields in the Study of Migration and Post-Migration Processes by Simona Kuti

“…In contemporary migration studies transnational perspective is more widespread as a result of critical questioning of methodological nationalism in the social sciences. …”
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The would-be migrant: post-socialist primitive accumulation, potential transnational mobility, and the displacement of the present in northeast China by Xiang, B

“…The figure of would-be migrant is not only methodologically revealing for migration studies, but also urges us to rethink how we may engage with rapid social changes.…”

Il ruolo della famiglia nella genesi e nella gestione delle imprese di immigrati by Matteo Rinaldini, Francesca Mattioli, Ilaria Baghi

“…At the beginning we review (inevitably in a partial way) migrants entrepreneurship literature within the migration studies. Migration studies give few importance to the relationship family/firm in relation to migrants entrepreneurs, so another field research , the family firm studies, was identified to define a theoretical framework and conceptual tools useful to achieve the fixed goal. …”
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Gender identity as a barrier to accessing adequate and inclusive healthcare for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's Northern regions by Jasmin Lilian Diab, Bechara Samneh, Dima Masoud, Dima Masoud, Kathleen Cravero

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Crafting Recognition: Understanding Gendered and Ethnicised Experiences in an Arts-Based Integration Project by Stella Grace Conard, Elena Horton

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Restructuring Refuge and Settlement: Responding to the Global Dynamics of Displacement by Volker Türk

“…This was the keynote address at the 2012 Conference organized by the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), hosted by the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) at York University in Toronto.…”
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Główne teorie migracji międzynarodowych: przegląd, krytyka, perspektywy by Krzysztof Jaskułowski, Marek Pawlak

“…The starting point is the assumption that a critical review of theoretical literature is a necessary component of the research process, especially regarding such rapidly growing field as migration studies. The authors analyze the most important theories developed in migration studies (economic theories, structural-historical theories, migration networks and transnationalism) by pointing out their historical contexts, drawbacks and limitations. …”
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Return migration and embedding: through the lens of Brexit as an unsettling event by Grabowska, Izabela, Ryan, Louise

“…This introductory paper, reflecting the Thematic Cluster of four papers, brings together two themes that are important for migration studies: return migration and embedding. Beyond any simplistic assumptions of settlement and permanent integration back into the origin country, following return, or notions of ongoing unfettered mobility back and forth over time, this article knits together data from the cluster papers, focusing on Lithuania and Poland, to explore factors that lead to return, or indeed non-return, and subsequent experiences in the ‘home’ country for those who do return. …”
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Transnationalism. A review of the literature by Gayle Munro

“…This highly discussed term has its origins in migration studies, but has in recent years become increaslingly influential in nationalism studies.…”
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Food Intake and Food Selection Following Physical Relocation: A Scoping Review by Trevor Kouritzin, John C. Spence, Karen Lee

“…Additional factors such as income, vehicle access, cost, availability and perceptions of the local food environment played a role in shaping food selection and food intake.Conclusion: Four internal migration studies were found. The limited evidence base calls for more research. …”
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Youth development and spatial configurations: socio-spatial inequalities in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon by Yara El-Zakka, Jasmin Lilian Diab, Jasmin Lilian Diab

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A portable chemotaxis platform for short and long term analysis by Poh, Yuk Kee C., O'Cearbhaill, Eoin D., Karp, Jeffrey M., Xu, Chenjie, Roes, Isaac, Matthiesen, Mads Emil, Mu, Luye, Yang, Seung Yun, Miranda-Nieves, David, Irimia, Daniel

“…Flow-based microfluidic systems have been widely utilized for cell migration studies given their ability to generate versatile and precisely defined chemical gradients and to permit direct visualization of migrating cells. …”
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Transnational migrants' philanthropy: Its forms, operations, and implications from the perspectives of Ghanaian residents in Europe by Mercy DeSouza, Onallia Esther Osei, Erhabor Sunday Idemudia

“…IntroductionWith the emergence of transnational migration studies in the 1990's, migration studies became involved in showing how migrants maintain transnational connections through money and non-monetary philanthropic contributions in their origin countries. …”
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The Role of Digital Skills in Refugee Integration by Miriam Potocky

“… Two concurrent 21st-century phenomena—the nearly unprecedented number of forced migrants and the near ubiquity of information and communications technology—have given rise to increased scholarship in “digital migration studies.” One area of investigation in this emergent interdisciplinary field is the role of digital skills in refugee integration. …”
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Domesticating ‘transnational cultural capital’ : the Chinese state and diasporic technopreneur returnees by Ren, Na, Liu, Hong

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Causality, contextual frames andinternational migration: combining strong structuration theory, critical realism and textual analysis by Stones, R

“…While firmly endorsing this work, I argue that it is possible to further strengthen the use of structuration in international migration studies by paying more attention to certain tenets of strong structuration theory (SST), synthesised with aspects of critical realism. …”