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Call: Swiss Subsaharan Africa Migration Network - pilot studies and academic exchange

On behalf of the Leading House for the Region Africa, the Swiss Subsaharan Africa Migration Network at Université de Neuchatel has launched a new call - the S-SAM Third call 2019 - targeting late PhD and early postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa or Switzerland to submit proposals for short pilot studies and/or academic exchanges.

Proposals should revolve around:

  • The role of limited and contradictory information in decisions to migrate
  • Aspirations and abilities to migrate
  • Quantitative analysis of Afrobarometer
  • Quantitative or experimental analysis of migration decisions when facing limited or contradictory information
  • Research on the role of trust in migration decisions
  • Novel research on student migration from Subsaharan Africa to Switzerland and Europe

Application deadline is on the 15th September 2019.