{"id":67206,"date":"2025-11-21T09:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunitiesforyouth.org\/?p=67206"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T09:11:37","slug":"opportunity-to-gain-global-recognition-in-migration-research-apply-for-the-maria-ioannis-baganha-dissertation-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/?p=67206","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity to Gain Global Recognition in Migration Research: Apply for the Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-contents=\"true\">\n<p>The IMISCOE Network has opened nominations for the 2026 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award, a prestigious annual recognition for outstanding PhD research in the field of migration studies. Established in memory of Maria Ioannis Baganha, a leading migration scholar and one of the founders of IMISCOE, the award has been presented since 2010 to celebrate research excellence and promote innovative scholarship in international migration.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Award<\/h2>\n<p>This distinguished award honors a PhD dissertation that makes a significant contribution to migration studies. It is open to applicants from any academic discipline and methodological background, reflecting IMISCOE\u2019s commitment to interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible candidates must have defended their dissertation within the 24-month period prior to the launch of the call on October 9, 2025. Applicants affiliated with IMISCOE member institutions and those from non-member institutions are equally welcome to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Both monograph dissertations and article-based theses can be considered, provided they meet the eligibility criteria. For article-based theses, at least one substantial article must be single-authored.<\/p>\n<h2>Evaluation Criteria<\/h2>\n<p>Nominated dissertations must demonstrate a meaningful contribution to the field through at least one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research quality<\/li>\n<li>Originality<\/li>\n<li>Theoretical contribution<\/li>\n<li>Methodological or empirical advancement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Required Application Materials<\/h2>\n<p>Applicants must submit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A completed application form<\/li>\n<li>A summary of the dissertation (maximum 2,000 words) with up to five keywords<\/li>\n<li>A single PDF of the full dissertation<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)<\/li>\n<li>A recommendation letter from a thesis committee member not affiliated with the candidate\u2019s institution or supervisory team<\/li>\n<li>For article-based theses: a statement detailing the applicant\u2019s contribution to co-authored work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications must be submitted in English. The dissertation itself may be written in any language accepted by IMISCOE member institutions.<\/p>\n<h2>Review Process<\/h2>\n<p>The award review takes place in two stages:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Shortlisting<\/strong> based on dissertation summaries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full evaluation<\/strong> of shortlisted dissertations by a jury member and an external reviewer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The final winner will be announced in June 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>Award Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>The winner will receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A cash prize (transferred to a university institutional account)<\/li>\n<li>The opportunity to publish the dissertation in Open Access within the IMISCOE\u2013Springer Research Series, subject to editorial review<\/li>\n<li>For article-based theses, the option to publish one article free of charge in the journal <em>Comparative Migration Studies<\/em>, pending editorial approval<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The award will be presented at the <strong>23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference<\/strong>, taking place in Girona and online from June 29 to July 2, 2026. The winner is expected to attend and present their research.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Apply<\/h2>\n<p>Application website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imiscoe.org\/news-and-blog\/news\/network-news\/2487-call-for-nominations-maria-ioannis-baganha-dissertation-award-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Applications should be emailed to: <strong><a href=\"mailto:imiscoe.communication@uliege.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline: December 9, 2025 (23:59 CET)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For further inquiries, applicants may contact the IMISCOE Network Office at the same email address.<\/p>\n<p>For other opportunities, click <a href=\"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IMISCOE Network has opened nominations for the 2026 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award, a prestigious annual recognition for outstanding PhD research in the field of migration studies. Established in memory of Maria Ioannis Baganha, a leading migration scholar and one of the founders of IMISCOE, the award has been presented since 2010 to celebrate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,23,28,29,44,31,33,34,26,35,46],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-67206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-africa","8":"category-america","9":"category-asia","10":"category-australia-and-oceania","11":"category-awards","12":"category-continent","13":"category-europe","14":"category-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","15":"category-middle-east","16":"category-south-america","17":"category-null","18":"article","19":"","21":"has-excerpt","22":"has-avatar","23":"has-author","24":"has-nickname","25":"has-date","26":"has-comment-count","27":"has-category-meta","28":"has-read-more","29":"has-title","30":"has-post-media","31":"thumbnail-","32":"has-tfm-share-icons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opportunitiesconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}