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The MARS’s research programme is concerned with exploring such pressing questions as (1) whether empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives obtained from the study of non-Western migration locales actually contribute any generally valid lessons or knowledge that can inform the broader field of migration studies today; (2) or, whether these perspectives are marginal cases that are far too spec
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According to the latest World Migration Report, 12 of the 20 top destinations for international migrants in 2020 were countries not belonging to what are considered traditional (western) migrant-receiving countries in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. International organisations currently estimate that the international stock of migrants amounts to about 282 million people. Nearly half
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Our project aims at increasing the fellows' capacity to produce innovative and original research, at establishing long lasting partnerships among the institutions and research teams involved and creating new networks of contacts among partners from different sectors and world regions that would otherwise have few chances to interact. Knowledge sharing mechanisms are thoroughly interrelated with th
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Genc, H. D., & Kahraman, F. B. (2026). Methodology and Semi-Structured Interview Questions of the Study: Migration Direction within the Social Determinants of Health Framework: International Students in Türkiye and South–South Mobility [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18712169
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The latest World Migration Report reveals that, in 2020, 12 of the top 20 destinations for international migrants were non-Western countries. Despite this shift, mainstream literature predominantly concentrates on the experiences and policies of migrants in Western liberal democracies, leading to a noticeable gap in the representation of major non-Western migration destinations in current migratio
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Lund University Project coordinator İstanbul Medipol University Beneficiary Vilnius University Beneficiary Marmara University Beneficiary University of Eastern Finland Beneficiary Leiden University Beneficiary University of Helsinki Beneficiary The Paris Lodron University of Salzburg Beneficiary Society for the Protection of Uzbek Women's Rights (Özbek Kadın Hakları Derneği)
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LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN Rustamjon Urinboyev – Head of NORCA, Principal Investigator of SOCIAL, POLCA, MARS, MOCCA, CENTRAL ASIAN LAW Rustam Urinboyev is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University. Rustamjon works at the intersection of the sociology of law and ethnography, studying migration, corruption, governance, and penal institutions in the context of Russ
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University of Zurich Partner Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Partner Kurultai Consulting Partner General Prosecutor's Office of Republic of Uzbekistan Partner American University in Cairo "Migrant Info" LLC Partner University of Bristol Partner Nazarbayev University Partner Universitas Gadjah Mada Partner Tashkent State University of Law University of Tsukuba Partner University of Ghana Partner P
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Edited Volumes, Monographs and Research Reports Heusala, A.-L., Aitamurto, K. and Eraliev, S., 2024. Global Migration and Illiberalismin Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-26 Eraliev, Sh. (Ed.). (2025). Migration Governance Beyond the West: Historical Legacies, Contemporary Trends, and Future Trajectories. Media-Tryck, Lund
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Sherzod Eraliev, Rustamjon Urinboyev, Daniyar Kaldiyarov, Azamat Mukhtarov, Daniya Nurmukhankyzy (2024). Legal, illegal, digital Usbekische Migranten in Russland und der Türkei in ”Fließbild Politik und Gesellschaft in Zentralasien”. Osteuropa 8-10/2024. Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (Hg.). ISBN: 3-8305-5630-5 Eraliev, S., & Urinboyev, R. (2024). Social Media, Anti-Corruption Activism and Democr
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Heusala, Anna-Liisa, Kaarina Aitamurto, and Sherzod Eraliev. (2024). ‘Introduction: The Mutual Impact of Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe’. In Global Migration and Illiberalism in Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe, edited by Anna-Liisa Heusala, Kaarina Aitamurto, and Sherzod Eraliev, 1–34. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://doi.org/10.33134/HUP-2
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To construct this narrative and clearly articulate the multi-layered framework, the project's research has been divided into three Research Streams. These streams will entail the analysis of non-Western migration locales from (1) multi-level, (2) multi-geographic, and (3) comparative perspectives, as outlined below. RS1: Global context: Situating non-Western immigration and refugee laws and polici
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RS2: Regional context: Regional migration governance regimes, flows, and processes in non-Western settings focus on (emerging) regional migration patterns, tendencies, and dynamics in the context of non-Western migration locales. The focus on regional migration is driven by the understanding that international migration is regionalized, meaning that migration and mobility take place predominantly
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RS3: National context: Migration governance in non-Western, non-democratic migration locales examines the interplay between (a) immigration laws and policies and (b) migrants’ experiences in non-Western, non-democratic migration locales. The analysis of these processes requires us to adopt to a context-sensitive approach due to the fact that many non-Western migrant-receiving countries are nondemo
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About Project rationale Research objectives Aims Novelty Previous Next Play Pause Novelty Project This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101130177 Methodological approaches Project rationale Project acronymMARSGrant agreement101130177StatusOngoing projectFunded underHORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01-01Overall budg
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This website is operated by the Sociology of Law Department of Lund University, located at Allhelgona Kyrkogata 18C, Box 42, 221 00, Lund, Sweden. Home page: http://www.soclaw.lu.seE-mail: rustamjon [dot] urinboyev [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] seMARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective is financed by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe research and innovation progra
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University of Zurich Associated Partner University of Bristol Associated Partner
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Yildirim, O. (2025). Rethinking Turkey’s Refugee Policies. Policy Brief Series in "MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective". Available online: Policy Brief: Rethinking Turkey’s Refugee Policies – MARS: Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective
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Project coordinator Lund University is the largest institution of research and higher education in Scandinavia. It has eight faculties, including engineering, science, law, social sciences, economics, medicine, humanities & theology, performing arts, and several research centers and specialized schools. It is a research-intensive university with over 3500 active researchers. The University has sig
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Associated Partner The University of Zurich is the largest university in Switzerland and a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). Regularly ranked among the top universities in the world, it conducts fundamental and applied research in all substantive areas, organized in seven faculties. UZH is internationally well established and connected via a large network of formalized
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