The Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) is an innovative multidisciplinary center that studies the social, economic, environmental, and political dimensions of international migration. 

The Latest From ISIM
  • El Salvador's Opportunity to Address Internal Displacement
    October 7, 2018
    ISIM's Dr. Elizabeth Ferris writes for Refugees Deeply with Walter Kalin of the University of Bern/Switzerland about El Salvador's internal displacement from gang violence and the government's opportunity to pass a transformative law to help internally displaced persons.
  • Responding to Venezuela's Exodus
    September 27, 2018
    On September 19th, ISIM co-hosted a panel of experts to discuss Venezuela's migration crisis at the Healey Family Student Center. Co-sponsors were the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL).
  • Blogs on Global Compact, UNWRA Cuts
    September 24, 2018
    ISIM Research Professor Dr. Elizabeth Ferris has written two blogs for ISIM - one on her time in India and how it influenced her views on the Global Compact, and one on the impact of UNWRA funding cuts.
  • Monday: ISIM Affiliate Speaks on Immigrant Experience
    September 14, 2018
    ISIM Affiliate and Georgetown History Professor Dr. Katherine Benton-Cohen and Columbia Professor Mae Ngai will discuss their recent books and intersecting research on immigrant experiences in the US. Details: Monday, Sep. 17th, CCAS Boardroom, 4 p.m.
  • Rohingya Crisis: One Year Later
    August 29, 2018
    ISIM Advisory Board member Gary Kleiman writes in the Asia Timeson the economic and financial toll of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar, one year after the crisis escalated.
  • Immigration and Changing Identities
    August 9, 2018
    Katharine Donato, together with Kay Deaux and Nancy Foner, co-edit Immigration and Changing Identities, a new issue of the RSF Journal of the Social Sciences
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