Making migration and migration policy decisions amidst societal transformations

PACES为研究和理解人们的移民决定提供了一种开创性的方法，并探讨了这种知识如何更好地为移民政策提供信息。PACES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的学科和方法范式的理论和经验知识，系统地调查了移徙决定、移徙政策和更广泛的社会变革之间的相互作用-这体现在经济、政治、人口、技术和文化变革的相互关联进程中。根据理论综合以及在阿尔及利亚、埃塞俄比亚、意大利、利比亚、斯洛伐克和西班牙收集的定性和定量数据，PACES将制定一个启发式模型，确定在个人生活轨迹和移徙旅程的不同阶段决定居留和移徙的不同条件组合。此外，通过采用变革理论的方法，该方案将系统地调查、确定和跟踪决策者在制定政策设计和目标时所使用的关于移徙决定的假设。通过探讨欧盟和国家政策对劳动力和家庭移民的演变，PACES调查在何种程度上，目前的移民政策是以证据为基础的，以及政策将受益于移民决策研究提供的宝贵见解的领域。通过这样做，PACES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。在经验丰富的合作伙伴组成的跨学科联盟的支持下，PACES与政策制定者、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.