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The MiFOOD Network and the Hungry Cities Partnership (HCP) are delighted to announce the award of a new three-year project grant by the Government of Canada through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF)’s 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Competition. This $2.4 million grant entitled “Remitting for Resilience […]

MiFOOD researchers in Singapore publish a new paper titled “Migrant domestic workers and transnational foodcare chains in pandemic times” in the journal Geographical Research. Drawing on migrant women’s experiences during the pandemic, as they sought to secure access to food for themselves and for left-behind children and family members in Indonesia and the Philippines, the

The MiFOOD team attended the 25th SALISES Conference at the University of the West Indies Mona campus in Kingston, Jamaica from May 1 to May 3, 2024. The conference entitled “Translating Thought into Action: Towards Decolonial Equity and Justice in the Caribbean” approach the theme of decolonial equity and justice through thought-provoking panels that cover

MiFOOD researchers contribute to the newly published book “Research Handbook on Migration, Gender and COVID-19” that investigates the immediate and longer-term implications of the pandemic on gender dynamics and roles in international migration. The book edited by Marie McAuliffe and Céline Bauloz is part of the “Elgar Handbooks in Migration” series. Chapters contributed by MiFOOD

The MiFOOD team in Ecuador organized the workshop and photo exhibit “Migration and Food (In)Security: Resilient Narratives and Post-pandemic Memory”. The project team presented the results from the first year of the MiFOOD Quito project and inauguration of the photo exhibition “Migration and Food Insecurity: Resilient Narratives and Post-Pandemic Memory” in the Centre for Contemporary

On Feb 21, 2024, the MiFOOD network launched its new website mifood.org. The Director of MiFOOD, Prof. Jonathan Crush and research manager Zhenzhong Si gave an overview of the MiFOOD project and outputs. The website developer Jacob Buurma from Vibrant Content talked about the key features and content of the website. The content of the

MiFOOD Team Leader, Professor S Irudaya Rajan, edits Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on return migration to South and South East Asia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This special issue does a comprehensive coverage of several topics related to return migration. It has adopted an interdisciplinary lens in understanding issues related to return migration thereby

The MiFOOD network and the Women Feeding Cities project jointly host a workshop with the University of Namibia in Windhoek on October 16, 2023. The workshop titled “After the Pandemic: Perspectives on International Migration and Food Insecurity” showcases eight presentations highlighting cutting-edge research in the dynamic interactions between migration and food insecurity during and after

MiFOOD co-hosted the International Symposium on Migration and Mobilities with University of the Western Cape and the Migration and Mobilities Interdisciplinary Collective in Africa (MMICA) from October 12th to 13th, 2023. The Symposium responds to the evolving need to examine mobilities on various scales, through collaborative local and global partnerships and interdisciplinary approaches. The symposium thematically

The MiFOOD workshop Migration, Food Security and Crisis Management in the Gulf, held in partnership with Hamid Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, featured lead researchers in the field of migration and food security. This was an exceptional opportunity to discuss some of the most recent studies on the changing dynamics of labour migration to the