MAPS Newsletter – Issue #4
The fourth issue of the MAPS Newsletter presents the research lines developed by the project’s 40 early-career researchers across ten Sub-Saharan African countries. Their projects address interconnected issues including migration governance, climate mobility, health, gender, urban inclusion, and the protection and reintegration of displaced people and returning migrants.
The newsletter also briefly reports on the second MAPS Summer School, held in Dar es Salaam in February 2026, focusing on research methods and strategies.
Further updates include the validation of the researchers’ individual research lines by the European Commission and the launch of national ethics approval procedures. The newsletter also introduces forthcoming training activities: the third MAPS Summer School in Uganda, focusing on migration in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, and online learning modules being developed by the University of Barcelona.
Read the full newsletter to discover the latest MAPS activities and research initiatives.
* The MAPS Project—coordinated by the UNESCO Chair in Migrations, Population, and Development at Sapienza University of Rome— promotes evidence-based policy solutions on migration and displacement and involves a multidisciplinary consortium from Europe and Africa. Partner institutions include six Italian universities hosting UNESCO Chairs (Sapienza, Udine, University Iuav of Venice, Brescia, Ferrara, and Reggio Calabria), the University of Barcelona (Spain), the University of Dodoma (Tanzania), the University of Kabale (Uganda), and AMREF International University (Kenya). Advisory institutions contributing to the MAPS initiative include the IOM Regional Data Hub for West and Central Africa, the Catholic University of Rwanda, and the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).
