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NEWS AND EVENTS

THE RMS HUB WELCOMES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR AN EDUCATIONAL VISIT ON MIGRATORY AND REFUGEE FLOWS IN GREECE AND THE EU

On 23 January 2025, the RMS Hub had the pleasure of welcoming for a third consecutive year a group of US high school students from the Packer Collegiate Institute in New York to its premises in Athens. This was an informative visit aimed at enhancing the students’ understanding of migration and refugee flows in Greece and the European Union.

Participation of the NKUA’s School of Law in the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition

PARTICIPATION OF THE NKUA’S SCHOOL OF LAW IN THE HELGA PEDERSEN MOOT COURT COMPETITION

We are delighted to announce the participation of the team from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in the Regional Round of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition 2023-2024, held in Dublin on 23-25 February 2024. Comprised of undergraduate students Ioannis Panos and Michail Efstathios Vidiniotis Mastoras, our team secured…

Workshop on “Life, Precarity, and Futurity in time of the Pandemic: Health, Democracy and the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Europe during and after COVID”

WORKSHOP ON “LIFE, PRECARITY, AND FUTURITY IN TIME OF THE PANDEMIC: HEALTH, DEMOCRACY AND THE EXPERIENCES OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE DURING AND AFTER COVID”

On Monday 18 December 2023, the Institute of European Integration and Policy of the NKUA in collaboration with the Institute of European Studies of the UC Berkeley organized a workshop on “Life, Precarity, and Futurity in time of the Pandemic: Health, Democracy and the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Europe during and…

INTERVIEW OF DIRECTOR GAVOUNELI ABOUT THE MESSENIA MIGRANT BOAT DISASTER

The RMSHub would like to express its deepest regret for the tragic shipwerck of the fishing vessel in the south-west coastal area of Pylos. 

You can see the interview of the Director of the Refugee and Migration Studies Hub, Maria Gavounelion about the migrant boat disaster on CBC Television here.

As the Greek National Commission for Human…

DIRECTOR GAVOUNELI ON THE LIFO POLITICS PODCAST DISCUSSING THE RECORDING MECHANISM OF INCIDENTS OF INFORMAL FORCED RETURNS

The Director of the Refugee and Migration Studies Hub, Maria Gavouneli, in her role as the President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights, was invited on the LIFO Politics podcast by journalist Vasiliki Siouti to discuss the newly established Recording Mechanism of Incidents of Informal Forced Returns.

You can listen to the…

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OPENING CEREMONY - PRESS REVIEW

On 11 July 2022, we successfully launched our first Summer School on Refugee and Migration Studies. The opening ceremony took place at the ceremony hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, with the presence of the Minister of Education, the Rector of the University of Athens as well as Deans and Professors from several…

PARTICIPATION OF THE RMS HUB IN THE WEBINAR ‘STUDY IN GREECE VIRTUAL FAIR: EXPANDING BRIDGES BETWEEN GREEK AND USA UNIVERSITIES’

Δευτέρα 24 Ιανουαρίου 2022

On the occasion of the International Day of Education, on 24 January 2022 at 18:00 (Athens time), the General Secretariat for Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs & the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs join forces to organise the webinar: ‘Study in Greece Virtual…

SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION: ΤΗΕ COOPERATION BETWEEN HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND UOA OFFICIALLY BEGAN THROUGH THE NEW UOA HUB OF EXCELLENCE FOR ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION

On Wednesday, 19 January 2022 we formally announced the Memorandum of Understanding concluded between the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Harvard.

FXB CENTER FOR HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES AN INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSE ON MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES IN GREECE

FXB CENTER FOR HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES AN INTENSIVE SUMMER COURSE ON MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES IN GREECE

The François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Refugee and Migration Studies Hub at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and with the support of the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece and the U.S., has launched a three-week (11-31 July…