Research Program

CMRS strives to be a hub for scholars throughout the region. It participates in building of an operational scientific community by conducting collaborative research, conferences, seminars and debates with a view to developing comparative analyses on migration and refugee issues. CMRS working papers, country studies, as well in-depth-analyses are published on CMRS website.  

The CMRS research work is developed along two main lines: developing country studies and systematic collection of information and data on migration, asylum seeking and refugees in Egypt and the MEA region, and in depth studies on current and emerging migration and refugee issues. The research work is carried out by a team of researchers in the CMRS and by a network of research partners in the region.

The in-house CMRS research focuses on several refugees and migration related themes. For example, our recent work includes research on transnational linkage and exchange between migrants and refugees originating from Sudan. The in-house CMRS research is often conducted in partnerships with other universities as well as international organizations and civil society groups and financed from various sources.

The regional research network aims to develop a systematic and comparative inventory of the situation regarding migration, asylum seeking and refugees across the MEA, as well as to produce in-depth studies of emerging issues in the region. While CMRS regional network is coordinated from Cairo; the actual research is designed and carried out by our researcher partners in the region. The inception and current work of the regional network has been generously supported by the Ford Foundation. 

Affiliation Opportunities at CMRS