Events

During his invited lecture at Dublin City University on September 18, 2023, Dr. Haithem Afli delivered a captivating presentation that honed in on the profound influence of AI and Data Analytics in propelling the field of Computational Social Sciences forward. Dr. Afli’s discourse illuminated the extraordinary success of the transdisciplinary project, ITFLOWS, emphasizing its central … Continued

Last 19th June, Daniel Morente (UAB researcher) participated in the 5th edition of the Research Conference on EU Studies, organised by Barcelona Center for Europeas Studies (BACES). The conference took place at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra premises, in Barcelona and gathered -both online and in person- researchers from several institutions to discuss and share different … Continued

On 9 June 2023 the UAB hosted the Collaborative European Research Conference 2023 (CERC 2023) at the Sala de Graus of the Faculty of Law. The local organisation has been led by the Institute of European Studies and the Jean Monnet Chair EUPOL. The Collaborative European Research Conference is an annual and multidisciplinary conference that … Continued

On December 12 and 13, Konstantin Boss (UAB) presented the ITFLOWS project during the12th Annual Conference on “Immigration in OECD Countries”, held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. The conference examined the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and analyzing their socio-economic determinants and consequences. Topics of … Continued

On the 30th November at the LSE library, the London School of Economics (LSE) and Brunel University London (BUL) organised an event called “Emerging Technologies in Humanitarian Management,” thanks to ITFLOWS researchers from the BUL Migration Modelling and Simulation Group, Derek Groen, Diana Suleimenova, Alireza Jahani and Yani Xue, who were participating and organizing alongside … Continued

The Bertelsmann Foundation hosted a workshop in Berlin on the 6th of June 2020. At the workshop a group of experts from research, NGOs and policy institutions came together to discuss the role digital trace data in general and Google Trends data in particular can play in predicting different forms of migration. Tobiad Heidland and … Continued

On the 3rd May, Nikos Gkevrekis (CERTH) presented the ITFLOWS Project, particularly the EUMigraTool, at the MEDEA (Mediterranean & Black Sea Security Practitioners Network) Research, Development and Innovation Day. During the half day online event, security stakeholders, industries, academia, research organisations and SMEs were able to present pertinent solutions to MEDEA members and practitioners in high level of … Continued

ITFLOWS project proudly presents that project members (Munster Technological University, FIZ Karlsruhe, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, European University Institute, The Centre for Research and Technology) are organising and steering the 1st Workshop or Natural Language Processing for Political Sciences in 24 June, 2022, Marseille, France. Its venue is co-located with the prestigious natural language processing … Continued

ITFLOWS Scientific Coordinator, Dr Cristina Blasi (UAB), presented the main features of our project and particularly the objectives, scope and functionalities of the EUMigraTool (EMT) as part of the Work-in-Progress seminar series (WIPS). The session was organised by The Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), a research centre at the University of Oxford. During … Continued

On December 15, 16, 17, the ITFLOWS Coordinator -Dr Cristina Blasi- participated in The Spanish Association of Teachers of International Law and International Relations (AEPDIRI) held in Tarragona. The whole conference was based on the theme The International Community Facing the Challenge of Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of the European Union. The 2030 Agenda … Continued

On the 15th of December 2021, ITFLOWS coordinator Dr Cristina Blasi participated in the Mirror Conference 2021 titled ‘Migration in Focus: Addressing Informational Challenges in Humanitarian Actions‘. The conference which was hosted by the EU-funded project MIRROR (Migration-Related Risks Caused by Misconceptions of Opportunities and Requirement), set out to provide an interactive and knowledge exchange platform. Key focuses included fostering … Continued

This 2-day Workshop took place on the 18 & 19 November, and aimed at bringing these experiences together and develop a network of experts working on related problems from different perspectives. The Workshop was technical innature and therefore targeted at practitioners or researchers in fields like economics, political science, data science, computer science or remote … Continued

ITFLOWS FIZ researchers Yiyi Chen and Mehwish Alam co-authored and published a conference paper and poster during the highly prestigious International Semantic Web Conference. The paper itself, focuses on capturing the temporal evolution of migration-related topics on relevant tweets. It uses Dynamic Embedded Topic Model (DETM) as a learning algorithm to perform a quantitative and qualitative analysis of … Continued

The European Consortium For Political Research (ECRP) General Conference took place from the 30 August – 3 September 2021. ITFLOWS researchers Lenka Drazanova and Jerome Gonnot, from the European University Institute (EUI), participated in the event, entitled “Who deserves what and why? The driving forces behind public opinion towards immigrants’ integration“. During this event they … Continued

Rosalina Todorova from the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) presented the ITFLOWS project at the XXI Summer Seminar for Young Public Policy Professionals, held in Albena, Bulgaria between September 6 and September 11, 2021. Organised by the Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, the Seminar explored Post-COVID Recovery Scenarios for Central and South-Eastern Europe. The … Continued

On Saturday 18 September 2021 at 9:00 CET, ITFLOWS is participating in the online conference Global Borderlands: getting to the core of crimmigration, that begins on Thursday 16 and finishes on Saturday 18 September 2021. Cristina Blasi (Coord.), Colleen Boland (UAB), Daniel Morente (UAB), Madalina Moraru (BUL) and Alexandra Xanthaki (BUL) will present in a … Continued

On July 21, 2021 Gergana Tzvetkova from the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) presented the ITFLOWS project at а regular meeting of the Integration Working Group. It was established by UNHCR and the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants and exists since 2017. It aims at ensuring a coordination response to integration-related needs, … Continued

On 7 July 2021 the ITFLOWS Coordinator Dr Cristina Blasi and UAB ethical leader Dr Jorge González Conejero participated in the UAB information session on Cluster 3: Civil Security of Societies, as part of the Horizon Europe framework programme. The session was aimed at giving tools and info to the UAB research staff. The session … Continued

The IOM’s work on ATD is detailed at the ATD Toolkit, prepared by the International Migration Law (IML) Unit. More information on the UNNM Thematic WG can be found here. Dr. Cristina Blasi, coordinator of ITFLOWS, has joined today the Working Group on the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) and participated in the peer learning session of the United Nations … Continued

On 16 June 2021 Dr Cristina Blasi, coordinator of ITFLOWS, participated in the Border Management (BM) Community of European Research and Innovation for Security (CERIS) Working Groups. As an evolution of the European Commission’s Community of Users for Safe, Secure and Resilient Societies (CoU), CERIS seeks a proactive participation of technical experts and civil society , to discuss … Continued

Next 10 June, Cristina Blasi (UAB) -ITFLOWS Scientific Coordinator- will participate in an event on the social effects of armed conflicts, titled “Vidas Truncadas”. The session will discuss the lives of refugees, exiles and marginalised people during war times. The event will take place at the Museu Nacional d’art de Catalunya (Barcelona) and will also … Continued

On May 20th and 21st eleven representatives of EU funded projects related to Border and External Security (BES) participated in a workshop organised by FRONTEX. In addition, members of DG Migration and Home Affairs, the Border Security Observatory and various governments joined the meeting. ITFLOWS Scientific Coordinator, Cristina Blasi (UAB), introduced the ITFLOWS Project to … Continued

On May 19th, members of six different H2020 projects joined together for their first BES Cluster meeting. The ITFLOWS Project was represented by Cristina Blasi (Project Coordinator). The purpose of this Cluster is to convene EU-funded projects related to Border Security and External Security (BES) in order to learn from other each other, share relevant information, collaborate in … Continued

ITFLOWS Project coordinator, Cristina Blasi (UAB), will participate in the Horizon Europe Week 2021. This event is organised by the Catalan Government and will take place from May 31st to June 4th, with a variety of different seminars over the course of one week. In particular, Cristina Blasi will participate in a session focused on … Continued

On May 19th, Lenka Drazanova and Jerome Gonnot, researchers from the European University Institute (EUI), will participate in the MPC webinar entitled “Public attitudes towards immigration and immigrants: what are the factors affecting them and what can we do about it?” This MPC Webinar will examine what are the most influential factors affecting public attitudes … Continued

Today Cristina Blasi, scientific coordination of ITFLOWS, has presented the project to the 113th meeting of the Member States’ National Contact Points of the European Migration Network (EMN). The EMN is an EU network of migration and asylum experts from Member States, coordinated by DG HOME, established in 2008. The event included also presentations from … Continued

On March 22 and 23, the European Commission (EC) Research Executive Agency (REA) organised its second annual “Project to policy kick off seminar” (P2PKOS) for security research. It included participation from 43 projects of the 2019 H2020 Secure Societies call, as well as representatives from the REA, DG HOME (Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs), … Continued

On Wednesday 24th March, at 16:00 GMT, Lenka Dražanová (European University Institute) will participate in IPW’s lecture speaking about factors affecting attitudes to immigration and the work she is currently undertaking as part of ITFLOWS. The lecture will answer these questions, especially focusing on generational and educational differences in attitudes to immigration and why these … Continued

On Monday 14 December at 14:30 CET (13:30 in the UK), Andreas Pottakis, Greek Ombudsman and member of ITFLOW Advisory Board, will discuss the creation of the Nafplio Initiative, an independent mechanism for the external monitoring of forced returns by the EU, and other issues relating to Greece. The Webinar, entitled “Deportation Union: the role … Continued

On 26th November, the ITFLOWS Scientific Coordinator, Dr. Cristina Blasi (UAB), participated in the Nicosia Risk Forum 2020, presenting the ITFLOWS Project. The presentation was entitled “ITFLOWS: Predicting Migration Flows and Preventing Risks of Tension in the EU”. The Nicosia Risk Forum is an innovative event for the area of South-Eastern Europe, which brings together … Continued

Last November 2020, FIZ researchers M. Alam, G. A. Gesese, Z. Rezaie and H. Sack presented the paper MigrAnalytics: Entity-based Analytics of Migration Tweets at the A* ranked conference ISWC 2020. The event took place online from 1 to 6 November 2020. FIZ paper includes initial findings within WP5 of ITFLOWS regarding public sentiment towards … Continued

Mr. Andreas Pottakis, Greek Ombudsman and member of the ITFLOWS expert Advisory Board, will participate in a seminar on the New Pact for Migration and Asylum, released on the 23d September 2020 by the EU Commission. Dr Andreas Potakis will be joined by Ms Chyssa Ηatzi, Senior investigator of the Ombudsman Office. The session will be hosted by Brunel … Continued

On 29 September, two members of ITFLOWS, Tobias Heidland (IfW) and Andre Gröger (UAB), participated in the National EMN Conference 2020 "Forecasting the Future of Global Migration" in Austria. The National EMN Conference, organised in partnership with IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), provided an overview of existing models, studies and tools to predict … Continued