Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull'Immigrazione
Budget
€579,181
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
2.75 FTE
EU Grants
€407,657
Mission & Goals
FIERI is an indipendent research institute specialising on migration, mobility, diversity and inclusion/exclusion processes. Since its foundation in 2001, it is strongly committed to a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to the study of the social and political transformations associated with growing population mobility and cultural diversity. FIERI adopts a comprehensive view of those changes which goes beyond an exclusive focus on migrants and their descendants, and considers instead the whole society and local communities as transformed by migration and mobility. FIERI is actively engaged in European and international networks and, at the same time, deeply rooted in the Italian context also through proactive interactions with policy, media and civil society.
EU Legislative Interests
As a research institute specialising on migration and migration policies, generating policy-relevant knowledge is a key institutional mission for FIERI. With specific regard to EU-level policies, we monitor and analyse all migration- and mobility-related policies amongst which, in particular: legal migration with special regard to labour migration, the external dimension of migration policies, asylum and international protection, policies on borders and irregular migration, integration, intra-EU mobility, anti-discrimination. In 2025, we have devoted specific research attention to the production and impact of media and societal narratives on migration, to irregular working conditions of migrants and refugees, and to migrants' upskilling and reskilling as a way to cope with labour shortages.
Communication Activities
Several of our projects have a European dimension due to the topic (e.g. research on EU-level policymaking) and/or to the source of funding. Amongst our main ongoing or recently concluded projects that are benefitting of EU funding, are the following: EU-funded projects: - http://www.medreset.eu/ (2016 – 2019). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: EU policies towards and in cooperation with South and East Mediterranean countries in the fields of migration and mobility. - http://ceaseval.eu/ (2017-2019). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: EU policies in the field of asylum and international protection, with particular regard to reception policies. - https://trafig.eu/ (2019 – 2022). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: policies towards forced migration and protracted displacement. - https://whole-comm.eu/ (2021 – 2023). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: analysis of the integration of post-2014 migrants in small and medium-sized towns and rural areas (SMsTRA) through an innovative whole-of-community (WoC) approach. - https://www.bridges-migration.eu/ (2021 – 2023). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: to understand the causes and consequences of migration narratives and how them become dominant over others in public and political debates. - Dignity For Irregular Migrants in EU Farm2Fork Labour Markets (DignityFIRM) (2023-2025). Main policy focus of FIERI’s role in the project: policies at different levels (EU, national, local) to counter illegal employment of migrants with particular regard to the food sector. - https://gs4s.eu/ Global Strategy for Skills, Migration, and Development (GS4S) (2024-2026). FIERI's research role is focused on the potential for re-skilling and up-skilling of migrants as a means to cope with structural labour shortages. In all these projects, and depending on the characteristics and goals of each, FIERI carries out research, dissemination and communication activities targeting different categories (scholars, practitioners, policymakers, general public, students, etc.).
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
FIERI is a founding member of the IMISCOE Network https://www.imiscoe.org/about-imiscoe/members, with an active role in the coordination of Standing Committees and the Editorial Committee FIERI is represented in the steering committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Research Network on Migration (EuroMedMig) https://www.upf.edu/web/euromedmig
Organisation Members
https://fieri.it/en/networks-and-collaborations/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.