Our Odysseus member from Lithuania Lyra Jakuleviciene (professor at Mykolas Romeris University) would like us to share with you the invite for contributions to the EU Migration and Asylum Law Conference, to be held on 23-24 April 2026, at Mykolas Romeris University, in Lithuania. The aim of the Conference is to enhance the academic debate on the preparations for the implementation of the new EU Migration and Asylum Pact, its challenges, the content and implications of new concepts in EU Asylum and Migration Law for individuals and the EU Member States’ national law.
The Conference will take stock of the preparations for the implementation of the Pact in selected EU Member States, highlight remaining challenges and discuss the approaches how to address it. It will focus on new and important directions in the field of migration and asylum related to the new concepts in the recent policy reform. It will bring together academics and practitioners to exchange, discover and debate the latest thinking and developments in the EU asylum and migration law and policy. It will serve a platform for advancing research and dissemination of policy impact in the field.
Contributions are welcomed on:
- Theoretical and conceptual foundations related to the new concepts in EU asylum and migration law (solidarity, pre-entry screening, ‘non-entry fiction’, ‘instrumentalization’, ‘externalisation’ and ‘return hubs’)
- Transdisciplinary critical perspectives and approaches on possible implications for individuals and states as a result of new concepts that blur the delimitation between asylum seekers and other migrants
- The political discourse on asylum and migration and its significant influence on the legal framework and policies in this area
- Legal and policy responses towards the extent such new concepts could be reconciled with refugee law and human rights standards and the values of the European Union
- The challenges of preparation for implementation of the Pact and its possible solutions.
Scholars at all levels and from all regions are encouraged to apply. Submit your 500-word abstract by 30 March 2026 (EOB) via email (see below). Senior scholars will feature in the Conference program on 23 April, while doctoral students may present their papers on 24 April.
Presentations in person and online will be considered. Selected presenters may be considered for publication of their contributions in a leading international journal of Mykolas Romeris University. More information and submission to: EUAsylumpactconference@mruni.
You may also find more information on Mykolas Romeris University’s website.
