Our member, Professor Tesseltje de Lange, Professor of European Migration Law and Director at Centre for Migration Law (CMR), Radboud University Nijmegen, with Professor Younous Arbaoui (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) annunce a call for papers titled “From Global Frameworks to Local Practices: The Role of International Labour Migration Law and Private Actors in Shaping National and Regional Migration Governance.”
The call is designed for the forthcoming Special Issue/Edited Volume exploring how international labour migration frameworks (ICRMW, the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), and key ILO conventions) translate into national and regional practices.
While the relationship between these global instruments has been increasingly studied, much remains unknown about how cross-fertilisation between them unfolds in actual labour migration governance. We also seek to shed light on the often-overlooked role of private-sector actors, from employers to recruitment agencies, in shaping legal and policy outcomes.
Contributions from legal, socio-legal, political economy, business, and interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome!
Key questions include:
- To what extent does cross-fertilisation between global instruments occur at national and regional levels?
- Under which conditions does this happen, and when does it not?
- What influence do private-sector actors exert in the development and practice of labour migration governance?
Timeline:
– Abstract submission: 15 January 2026
– Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2026
– First draft submission: Summer 2026
– Online workshop: Summer/Fall 2026
– Final paper submission: Fall/Winter 2026/2027
– Expected publication: Summer/Fall 2027
250 word paper proposals and an author(s) bio can be emailed to Younous Arbaoui (y.arbaoui@vu.nl ) and Tesseltje de Lange (Tesseltje.delange@ru.nl).
