Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations

pace提供了一种开创性的方法来研究和理解人们的移民决定，并探索如何更好地为移民政策提供信息。pace侧重于两个平行的研究组成部分：影响移民决策的因素和支持移民政策的机制。该项目综合了来自广泛学科和方法范式的理论和经验知识，系统地调查了移民决策、移民政策和更广泛的社会转型之间的相互作用-表现在经济、政治、人口、技术和文化变革的相互关联的过程中。根据在阿尔及利亚、埃塞俄比亚、意大利、利比亚、斯洛伐克和西班牙收集的理论综合和定性和定量数据，pace将详细阐述一个启发式模型，该模型将确定在个人生活轨迹和移民旅程的不同阶段影响留下来和移民决定的各种条件。此外，通过采用变革理论方法，pace将系统地调查、确定和跟踪政策制定者在制定政策设计和目标时所使用的关于移民决策的假设。通过探索欧盟和各国劳工和家庭移民政策的演变，pace调查了当前移民政策在多大程度上是基于证据的，以及政策将从移民决策研究提供的宝贵见解中受益的领域。通过这样做，pace寻求为制定更有效的欧盟移民治理模式做出贡献，这些模式也考虑到未来社会转型的不确定性。在一个由经验丰富的合作伙伴组成的跨学科联盟的支持下，pace与决策者、利益攸关方、公民和移民共同参与研究，以产生最大的科学、政治和社会影响。

PACES offers a groundbreaking approach to studying and understanding people’s decisions to migrate and explores how this knowledge can better inform migration policies. PACES focuses on two parallel research components: the factorsshaping migration decision-making and the mechanisms underpinning migration policies. Synthesizing theoretical and empirical knowledge from a broad array of academic disciplines and methodological paradigms, the project systematically investigates the interactions between migration decisions, migration policies and broader social transformation – as manifested in interconnected processes of economic, political, demographic, technological and cultural change. Based on a theoretical synthesis and qualitative and quantitative data collected in Algeria, Ethiopia, Italy, Libya, Slovakia and Spain, PACES will elaborate a heuristic model that identifies different constellations of conditions that shape decisions to stay and migrate at different stages of individual life trajectories and migrant journeys. In addition, by adopting a theories of change approach, PACES will systematically investigate, identify and track the assumptions on migration decisions used by policymakers to formulate policy designs and objectives. By exploring the evolution of EU and national policies towards labour and family migration, PACES investigates the extent to which current migration policies are evidence-based and areas where policies will benefit from valuable insights provided by migration decision-making research. By doing so, PACES seeks to contribute to elaborating more effective models of EU migration governance that also account for the uncertainties of future social transformations. Supported by an interdisciplinary consortium of experienced partners, PACES engages in co-participatory research with policymakers, stakeholders, citizens and migrants to generate maximum scientific, political and social impact.