The 2025 IMISCOE spring conference will take place on 17 – 19 March 2025 in Krems, Austria, and online. The title / topic of the conference is "The Regularity of Irregularity: Rethinking Migration Paradigms". 

The conference is organised by the Department for Migration and Globalisation (DEMIG), University for Continuing Education Krems (Austria). IMISCOE (International Migration Research Network) is the largest interdisciplinary network of scholars in the field of migration. It currently comprises 69 research institutes from different countries across various disciplines, including sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, law, demography, public administration, geography and history.

The conference will be structured around 4 key themes: 

1. Irregular migration processes and journeys: aspirations, capabilities and decision-making in the context of irregularised movements
2. Integration and settlement processes: rethinking societal and systemic inclusion and exclusion
3. Governance of irregular migration: rethinking policy implications
4. Knowledge production on irregular migration

Participation and registration 

The conference is open not only to researchers, but is intended to provide a platform for scholars as well as policymakers, practitioners, and migrants themselves to exchange ideas, share research findings, and engage in conversations. 

As the conference will be hybrid in nature, participants and presenters can join online or in person.

There is no conference free, but travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the participants themselves. 

All participants and attendees are required to register. Registration for the conference is not yet possible. The dates of the registration period will be announced shortly.