"Θρησκεία, Eθνική Tαυτότητα και Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου", Aθήνα 8-1-2015

Πρόσκληση   Το Ερευνητικό Πρόγραμμα Grassrootsmobilise που χρηματοδοτείται από το Εuropean Research Council, με έδρα του το Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Ευρωπαϊκής και Εξωτερικής Πολιτικής (ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ) σε συνεργασία με το Megaron Plus σας προσκαλεί σε ομιλία και συζήτηση με θέμα:   "Θρησκεία, Eθνική Tαυτότητα και Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου"   την Πέμπτη 8 Ιανουαρίου 2015 και ώρα 19.00 στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών (αίθουσα Δημήτρη Μητρόπουλου)

ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ

Ομιλητής: Heiner Bielefeldt, Ειδικός Εισηγητής των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για την Ελευθερία της Θρησκείας ή της Πίστης, Καθηγητής των Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου και Πολιτικών για τα Δικαιώματα του Ανθρώπου στο Πανεπιστήμιο Erlangen-Nürnberg

Απαντούν οι: Νίκος Αλιβιζάτος, Καθηγητής Συνταγματικού Δικαίου, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών Eva Brems, Καθηγήτρια Δικαίου Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου, Πανεπιστήμιο της Γάνδης Malcolm Evans, Καθηγητής Δημοσίου Διεθνούς Δικαίου, Πανεπιστήμιο του Bristol

Συντονίζει η: Έφη Φωκά, Ερευνήτρια, ΕΛΙΑΜΕΠ και κύρια ερευνήτρια του Προγράμματος Grassrootsmobilise, Επιστημονική Συνεργάτης του Hellenic Observatory, LSE

O Ειδικός Εισηγητής των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για την Ελευθερία της Θρησκείας ή της Πίστης θα δώσει μία ομιλία για τις σχέσεις της θρησκείας, της εθνικής ταυτότητας και των δικαιωμάτων του ανθρώπου, εστιάζοντας στις πιθανές επιπτώσεις της στενής σύνδεσης μεταξύ της θρησκείας και της εθνικής ταυτότητας στη θρησκευτική ελευθερία.  Στην ομιλία θα απαντήσουν οι συμμετέχοντες της στρογγυλής τράπεζας.

Η γλώσσα της εκδήλωσης θα είναι η  αγγλική με ταυτόχρονη διερμηνεία στα ελληνικά.

Είσοδος ελεύθερη με δελτία προτεραιότητας Η διανομή των δελτίων αρχίζει στις 17:30

Ιnvitation   The Grassrootsmobilise Research Programme funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and hosted at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) in collaboration with Megaron Plus invites you to a lecture and panel discussion on:   "Religion, National Identity and Human Rights"   on Thursday 8th January 2015 at 19.00 at the Athens Megaron (Dimitris Mitropoulos conference hall)

PROGRAMME

Speaker: Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief & Professor of Human Rights and Human Rights Politics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Respondents: Professor Nikos Alivizatos, Professor of Constitutional Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Professor Eva Brems, Professor of Human Rights Law, University of Ghent Professor Malcolm Evans, Professor of Public International Law, University of Bristol

Chair: Effie Fokas, Research Fellow, ELIAMEP and Principal Investigator, Grassrootsmobilise Research Programme; Research Associate, Hellenic Observatory, LSE

The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief will give a lecture on religion, national identity and human rights focusing on the potential impact of close religion-national identity links on religious freedom, followed by the brief and spontaneous responses of the panel.

The event will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into Greek.

Free admission with admission ticket Distribution of admission tickets begins at 5:30 p.m.

EURAMES Info Service 45/2014

Dear Madame, dear Sir, dear colleague and friend,

Please find below the following announcements:

CONFERENCES

 1. Symposium:  "Ecologies of Violence and Genealogies of Terror. Assembling the
Biosocial and its Histories in the GCC", IAIS, University of Exeter, UK, 18 May 2015

2. Postgraduate Symposium: "Muslims in the UK and Europe", Centre of Islamic
Studies, University of Cambridge, 29-31 May 2015

3. 15th International Migration Conference: "Migration und Gender/Migration and
Gender", CDMH, Dudelange/Luxemburg, 18 - 20 June 2015

4. Workshop: "Turkey and Britain 1914-1952: from Enemies to Allies",  British
Institute at Ankara, 1 July 2015

5. 11th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and
the Near East (ASTENE), University of Exeter,  17-20 July 2015 

6. Joint International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
and the Islamic Studies Section of the German Oriental Society (DMG) on "The Middle
East and the Islamic World in the Mirror of Humanities and Social Sciences" combined
with the "Fourth PhD Conference on International Development", Ruhr University
Bochum/Germany, 24 - 26 September 2015


POSITIONS

7. Research Officer for "Comparative Political Economy of the MENA Region Program",
Middle East Centre, London School of Economics

8. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professorship in Contemporary Islamic Religion and
Society in Southeast Asia at Harvard Divinity School

9. Two Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Religious Studies, Center for
Religious Studies at Central European University, Budapest

10. Teaching and Research Positions at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), Abu
Dhabi 
  
11. Post-Docs,  PhDs and Visiting PhD's Fellowships Related to "Mobility, Empire and
Cross-Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia", Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

12. Post Doctoral Scholarships on Science, Ethics, and Democracy, Edmond J. Safra
Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University 



OTHER INFORMATION

13. Articles on "Dialogue and Disputation in the Medieval Mediterranean" for Special
Issue of Journal  "Medieval Encounters"
 
14. MA and PhD Fellowships: "The Asian Sphere: Trans-cultural Flows", Hebrew
University and the University of Haifa

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If you want to distribute an announcement via EURAMES Info Service (more than 5500
recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of
the text with no more than 100 words and no attachment. Please send only the most
important information and refer to further details with a link to the respective
website or an email address.

Best regards,

Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz,
Germany

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CONFERENCES

 1. Symposium:  "Ecologies of Violence and Genealogies of Terror. Assembling the
Biosocial and its Histories in the GCC", IAIS, University of Exeter, UK, 18 May
2015
  
This symposium asks how we might go beyond fixed notions of power, history and the
body in order to probe violence in the context of re-generation and
hyper-capitalism. A selection of papers will be published in a high-profile edited
collection of articles which explore the gains which come from applying theoretical
and new conceptual approaches to the Gulf.

 Deadline for paper proposals: 11 February 2015.  Information:
http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/iais/research/centres/gulf/events/ecologiesofviolence/

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2. Postgraduate Symposium: "Muslims in the UK and Europe", Centre of Islamic
Studies, University of Cambridge, 29-31 May 2015

Applications are invited from current Masters and PhD candidates to present their
research on issues pertaining to Muslims in the UK and Europe, from any discipline.
Accommodation will be covered and travel bursaries will be available. 

Deadline for abstracts: 2 February 2015. Information
www.cis.cam.ac.uk/news/post/274-call-for-papers---muslims-in-the-uk-and-europe-postgraduate-symposium-2015.

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3. 15th International Migration Conference: "Migration und Gender/Migration and
Gender", CDMH, Dudelange/Luxemburg, 18 - 20 June 2015

The relations between migration and gender will be analyzed and discussed from an
interdisciplinary and international perspective in this conference. Proposals can be
submitted on the following theoretical and empirical perspectives: 1. Gender
relations in the context of migration; 2. Approaches in research on gender and
migration; 3. Media and public representations of gender and migration; 4.
Sexuality-body identity in the context of migration; 5. Flight migration and Gender;
6. Migration and gender in cultures of memory: exhibitions, museums and public
space.

Deadline for abstracts:  30 December 2014. Information:
www.migrationskonferenz.ch/conference/CFP_IMK15_Migration_und_Gender_141006_E.pdf

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4. Workshop: "Turkey and Britain 1914-1952: from Enemies to Allies",  British
Institute at Ankara, 1 July 2015

This workshop aims to create an active network of scholars from Turkey, the UK and
other nationalities. The participants should draw on and represent their own
historiographical traditions and access a full range of archival and other written
source material from the UK, Turkey and elsewhere.  

Deadline for proposals 31 January 2015. Information  http://fromenemiestoallies.com/.  

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5. 11th Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and
the Near East (ASTENE), University of Exeter,  17-20 July 2015 

Contributions welcome that cover a wide range of disciplines and interests. It is
envisaged the conference will cover many fascinating themes - including, but not
limited to: ASTENE travellers in both directions: visitors from the Middle East in
Europe (and America) and visitors from the West in the East; travels in tandem, or
group travels that were not a package tour; something to write home about - what
travellers chose to write about and how they related their adventures to their
friends and family; etc.

Deadline for abstracts: 15 February 2015. Information www.astene.org.uk

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6. Joint International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO)
and the Islamic Studies Section of the German Oriental Society (DMG) on "The Middle
East and the Islamic World in the Mirror of Humanities and Social Sciences" combined
with the "Fourth PhD Conference on International Development", Ruhr University
Bochum/Germany, 24 - 26 September 2015

This conference is connected with the "Fourth PhD Conference on International
Development" which is hosted by the Institute of Development Studies and Development
Management (IEE), RUB. It offers PhD students with various academic backgrounds the
possibility to present and discuss their specific PhD projects with a regionally
open and interdisciplinary audience. 

The detailed "Call for Papers" will be issued in January 2015. 

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POSITIONS

7. Research Officer for "Comparative Political Economy of the MENA Region Program",
Middle East Centre, London School of Economics

Candidates should have a PhD (completed or close to completion) in the subject area
or equivalent experience; a proven record of research and publication in the subject
area, or clear demonstration of potential to do so;         excellent organisation and
communication skills. Details on the research program:
www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/kuwait/research/projects/Hertog-.aspx 

Deadline for application: 6 January 2015. Information:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/middleEastCentre/kuwait/opportunities/Research-Officer.aspx

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8. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professorship in Contemporary Islamic Religion and
Society in Southeast Asia at Harvard Divinity School

We seek a scholar whose work engages the social, intellectual, political, artistic,
economic, or any other aspect of contemporary Islamic life with specialization in
Southeast Asia. The candidate should demonstrate a deep understanding of the
historical, social, and cultural contexts of Islamic institutions, movements, and
ideas in Southeast Asia with emphasis on the 18th-century to the present. 

Review of applications will continue throughout February 2015. Information
mturner@hds.harvard.edu

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9. Two Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Religious Studies, Center for
Religious Studies at Central European University, Budapest

The fellowship will commence September 2015, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Applicants should be recent holders of doctoral degrees in relevant fields in the
humanities or social sciences. The specific disciplinary and thematic areas of
specialization, including geographical regions and chronological time spans of
research, are in principle open. 

Application deadline: 28 February 2015. Information
ttps://hro.ceu.hu/vacancies/2-year-post-doctoral-research-fellowship-in-religious-studies-ay-2015-2017

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10. Teaching and Research Positions at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), Abu
Dhabi 
  
In June 2015, the EDA will open its doors. The Academy is tasked with developing and
upgrading the skills of current and future UAE diplomats and with developing a
regional center of thought leadership on international affairs. The Academy is
currently hiring teaching faculty (all levels) and senior researchers. The EDA is
looking for outstanding candidates with a PhD in international relations, political
science, international business or another relevant field, with substantial
practitioner experience related to diplomacy. Affinity with the Gulf region and
proficiency in Arabic is desired. For more information and  full job descriptions,
please write to saskia.van.genugten@ae.pwc.com.  

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11. Post-Docs,  PhDs and Visiting PhD's Fellowships Related to "Mobility, Empire and
Cross-Cultural Contacts in Mongol Eurasia", Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

The fellowships of this European Research Council (ERC)  project  are beginning in
2015-16 for outstanding candidates  fluent in Chinese, Arabic and Persian (at least
one of the above) and with a sound knowledge of the history of the Mongol Empire.
The successful candidates will s will take part in a team work, which creates a
prosopographical database of people active under Mongol rule, and can use the 
accumulated data for their own research. 

Deadline: 1 February 2015. Information
http://mongol.huji.ac.il/fellowships-and-funding-opportunities

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12. Post Doctoral Scholarships on Science, Ethics, and Democracy, Edmond J. Safra
Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University 

The Center offers grants to outstanding researchers who study the interplay between
scientific and technological developments, politics, and ethics. The fellowship is
open to researchers from all disciplines and fields, including humanities, cyber and
computer sciences, social sciences, law, medicine and bioethics. Candidates must
have a PhD from a recognized institution in Israel or abroad. Candidates with
permanent positions at universities are not eligible. Grant Amount: $28,000.

Deadline for application: 15 February 2015. Information
www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50302

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SONSTIGE INFORMATIONEN / OTHER INFORMATION

13. Articles on "Dialogue and Disputation in the Medieval Mediterranean" for Special
Issue of Journal  "Medieval Encounters"
 
The issue is edited by Alex Novikoff (Fordham University) and Brian Catlos
(University of Colorado Boulder/University of California Santa Cruz). Submissions
should deal with some aspect of inter-communal or intra-communal debate among
Christians, Muslims, or Jews and engage with the Mediterranean as a category of
analysis, preferably between 600 CE and 1500 CE.

Deadline for proposals: 10 January 2015. Information: www.editorialmanager.com/me/

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14. MA and PhD Fellowships: "The Asian Sphere: Trans-cultural Flows", Hebrew
University and the University of Haifa

This joint graduate program of excellence offers a unique opportunity for
outstanding candidates, at the MA and PhD level, from different disciplines such as
Asian Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Art History, Archaeology,
Geography, Political Science, International Relations, Cultural Studies, History,
Religious Studies, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Economics, and more.
 
Deadline: 27 February 2015. Information http://asia.huji.ac.il/en/article/2157

EURAMES Info Service 44/2014

EURAMES Info Service 44/2014

Dear Madame, dear Sir, dear colleague and friend,

Please find below the following announcements:

CONFERENCES

1. Workshop: "Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media", KU Leuven University, Belgium, 28-29 May 2015

2. Conference and Edited Volume: "9/11 and the Academy", Emory & Henry College, Virginia, 6-7 November 2015

POSITIONS

3. Research Fellow / Project Manager, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law in Heidelberg (MENA Projects)

4. Full Professor/Associate Professor in Arabic Language and Culture, University of Bergen, Norway

5. Fellowship: "Israel in Egypt/Egypt in Israel:  An Investigation of the Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for the Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period",  Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies, January to June 2016

6. Research Fellow at the Council for British Research in the Levant, Kenyon Institute in Jerusalem 

7. Other Positions in the USA

OTHER INFORMATION

8. EURAMES President Received "Jere L. Bacharach Service Award" for Outstanding Work for International Middle East Studies

9.  Articles on "A Safe Refuge? Minorities and the State in Iranian Cyberspace" for Special Issue of  "CyberOrient"

10. Articles for "Journal of Islamic Perspective and Culture"

11. Gulf Research Center (GRC) Provides Important Data on "Gulf Labour Markets and Migration"

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If you want to distribute an announcement via EURAMES Info Service (more than 5500 recipients, only English and French announcements), please apply the usual format of the text with no more than 100 words and no attachment. Please send only the most important information and refer to further details with a link to the respective website or an email address.

Best regards,

Guenter Meyer, Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, Germany

_____________________

CONFERENCES

1. Workshop: "Social Networking in Cyber Spaces: European Muslim's Participation in (New) Media", KU Leuven University, Belgium, 28-29 May 2015

The workshop will address the politics of identity construction and representations of Muslims in Europe through having a look at the updated mediascape based on but not limited by following headlines:

1.  Muslim networks and movements in Western Europe: Formation of transnational communities 2. Social networking and Muslims in the West 3. (Social) Media and Participation: Muslims in Europe

Deadline for Abstracts: 10 January 2015. www.gulenchair.com/articles/call-for-paper-social-networking-in-cyber-spaces-european-muslims-participation-in-new-media

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2. Conference and Edited Volume: "9/11 and the Academy", Emory & Henry College, Virginia, 6-7 November 2015

Conveners: Professors Mark Finney and Matthew Shannon, . The goal of this conference is to facilitate an interdisciplinary conversation about the influence that 9/11 has had on the humanities; visual and performing arts; and the social, physical, and natural sciences. Papers may include following subjects: How has critical scholarship changed across the disciplines since 9/11 and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq? How have disciplinary methodologies changed (or not) since 9/11? Etc.

Deadline for proposals: 1 March 2015. Information: www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=218396

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POSITIONS

3. Research Fellow / Project Manager, "Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law" in Heidelberg (MENA Projects)

MPFPR projects focus on capacity-building and academic research in the fields of public international law, comparative constitutional law and the rule of law in countries in transition. Research fellows are engaged in legal research, the organisation and conducting of project activities such as workshops, as well as liaising with local project partners.

Required qualifications:  Advanced degree in Law is required;  Extensive knowledge of public international law, human rights law and comparative constitutional law;  Ability to deliver high-level academic work; Fluency in English and Arabic is required (written and oral); etc.

Deadline for application: 31 December 2014. Information: www.mpfpr.de/fileadmin/media/pdf/Stellenausschreibungen/AusschreibungResearchFellow_MENA.pdf

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4. Full Professor/Associate Professor in Arabic Language and Culture, University of Bergen, Norway

Candidates sought within Arabic Linguistics or Philology.  By Arabic linguistics we mean scientific studies using modern linguistic theories and methods to gain knowledge about the Arabic language in a historical or synchronic perspective.  By Arabic philology we understand specializations in the history of literature, religion or language history with a clear philological or linguistic approach.  Candidates with documented qualifications in one or more of the Middle East languages in addition to Arabic and competence within Arabic culture in a broad sense will be preferred.

Application deadline:  16 March 2015. Information: http://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/108306/full-professor-associate-professor-in-arabic-language-and-culture (see English version)

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5. Fellowship: "Israel in Egypt/Egypt in Israel:  An Investigation of the Land of Egypt as Concept and Reality for the Jews in Antiquity and the Early Medieval Period",  Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies, January to June 2016

Deadline for application: 9 January 2015. Information: www.ochjs.ac.uk/academics/visiting-academics/visiting-fellows/

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6. Other Positions in the USA

Indiana University - Bloomington - Assistant Professor, Modern Arabic Literature and Culture (19th century-present) - http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50277

Williams College (Massachusetts) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pre-modern/Classical Arabic Literature -

http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=50258

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OTHER INFORMATION

7. EURAMES President Received "Jere L. Bacharach Service Award" for Outstanding Work for International Middle East Studies

During its Annual Conference in Washington, the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) presented the "Jere L. Bacharach Service Award"  to Guenter Meyer (Director of the Center for Research on the Arab World, University of Mainz, and editor of the EURAMES Info Service) ...

"In recognition of his tireless efforts to enhance communication and exchange among the disparate and divided units of European academia,

- And for his efforts to bring together multiple disciplines across time periods, resulting in stronger linkages and greater programmatic density between the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) and the European Association for Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES) and his extraordinary efforts to nurture and implement the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), now a vibrant platform for the exchange of research and scholarship,

- This award celebrates his vision for, and skill at, building new institutional frameworks that have benefited scholars across the globe. It is an honor to recognize Guenter Meyer, a creative, dedicated, and generous colleague". (See http://mesana.org/awards/jere-bacharach-service.html)

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8.  Articles on "A Safe Refuge? Minorities and the State in Iranian Cyberspace" for Special Issue of  "CyberOrient"

Articles are invited which explore how Iranian minority groups have embraced technology to overcome state marginalization, strengthen communities, and push back against entrenched societal prejudices.

Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2015. Information http://iismm.hypotheses.org/16997

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9. Articles for "Journal of Islamic Perspective and Culture"

The Journal invites articles on all aspects of related to Islam and Muslim societies offered in a variety of other disciplines as well, such as culture, history, geography, art, law, anthropology, political science, philosophy, literature, sociology, economics, and women, gender and sexuality studies, architecture and international relations.

Deadline for submissions: 30 January 2015. Information www.macroworldpub.com/dergi_detay.php?dergi_id=56#.VIwRjTN0yUk

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10.. Gulf Research Center (GRC) Provides Important Data on "Gulf Labour Markets and Migration"

"Gulf Labour & Migration News" is a daily news service listing articles published in the English language Gulf press that deal with labour markets and migration issues. The articles are selected by specialised personnel who uses an extensive list of keywords to browse approx. 30 media sources. See http://www.gulfinthemedia.com/gulflm/index.php

The "Demographic and Economic Module" provides a vast number of important data, documents and studies on the population stocks (country of birth and citizenship, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic characteristics, migration-related characteristics, data on population flows and remittances. See http://gulfmigration.eu/glmm-database/demographic-and-economic-module/?search=1&cmct=