The Laboratory of Urban and Regional Migration Policies
The Laboratory of Urban and Regional Migration Policies at the CMR UW is a cross-unit group at the Centre of Migration Research that explores and disseminates the research results on migration and integration in cities and regions. We analyse policies and programs designed and implemented by public and civil society institutions that target people with migration experience in cities and regions in Poland, Europe and beyond.
The Laboratory of Urban and Regional Migration Policies, established in September 2022, is coordinated by Marta Pachocka and Karolina Łukasiewicz. Its scope of activities includes:
- conducting research projects focused on local-level migration policies,
- cooperating with local governments and other organisations (e.g. NGOs and migrant-led organisations) on migration and integration (e.g. Union of Polish Metropolises, the Warsaw City Hall),
- establishing new forms of cooperation with local administration, civil society and other institutions engaged in local-level migration governance
- supporting grant applications regarding local-level migration governance at the CMR, including inquiries, tenders, expert opinions,
- organising seminars/webinars on migration and cities, including the CMR Webinars series on “Cities and migration: managing the crisis” (https://www.youtube.com/@centreofmigrationresearch7081)
If you are interested in contacting us or joining us, please e-mail us at k.lukasiewic@uw.edu.pl and m.pachocka@uw.edu.pl.
Our webinars:
- Migracje i miasta w czasie kryzysu humanitarnego, 08.03.2022,
- Migration and cities: managing the crisis, 18.03.2022,
- Forced migration, relocation and housing, 29.04.2022,
- Forced migration and education, 06.05.2022,
- Forced migrants on the local labour markets, 19.05.2022,
- Forced migrants accessing the healthcare system and social services, 02.06.2022,
- Migracje i miasta: Jak tworzyć lokalne polityki włączające migrantów w życie miast? cz. 1, 17.03.2023,
- Migracje i miasta: Jak tworzyć lokalne polityki włączające migrantów w życie miast? cz. 2, 21.04.2023,
- Migracje i miasta. Działania włączające migrantów – perspektywa średnich i małych miast, 02.06.2023,
- Ukrainian Cities at the Forefront of the Response to the post-2022 Internal Displacement, 12.01.2024,
- Migracje i miasta. Lokalne polityki włączające migrantów, 01.03.2024,
- Regionalny wymiar polityk migracyjnych i integracyjnych, 10.05.2024,
- International integration practices – lessons learned, 02.09.2024
- Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Urban Migration Studies, 13.12.2025
- Centra Integracji Cudzoziemców jako narzędzie lokalnej polityki integracyjnej w Polsce, 21.02.2025
- Migrant entrepreneurship in cities – Polish and international experiences. 30.05.2025
Duration
2022 - 2026
Partners
- Ośrodek Badań nad Migracjami Foundation
- The Union of Polish Metropolises
- The Warsaw City Hall
- Municipality of Wrocław
- The Migration Consortium
- Association for Multicultural Society Integration NOMADA
- Centre for Migration Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
- Department of Political Studies, Institute of International Studies, SGH Warsaw School of Economics
- Multiculturalism and Migration Observatory, Cracow University of Economics
- The MigLab Research Team, The Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
- Committee on Migration Research of Polish Academy of Sciences