Multiple Facets of Migration Research: Key Questions, Topics, and Avenues yet to Be Explored

Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Marta Pachocka
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Anna Visvizi: School of Business & Economics, Deree College—The American College of Greece, 153-42 Athens, Greece
Miltiadis D. Lytras: School of Business & Economics, Deree College—The American College of Greece, 153-42 Athens, Greece
Marta Pachocka: SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Migration and its diverse forms, including economic migration, irregular migration, forced migration, as well as the plethora of factors that drive people’s decisions to leave their habitat and seek fortune in new places, occupy a dominant position in contemporary research and political debate. Academic literature today brims with contributions elaborating on the complexities and implications of migration, thus not only opening several avenues of research, but also delivering in-depth insights into the phenomenon of migration. This notwithstanding, certain topics require greater attention of the research community if ways of navigating the complex challenges and opportunities specific to migration are to be identified. This overview offers some leads in this respect. Against this backdrop, this introduction also highlights that much more work needs to be done to trigger the momentum for the inclusion of information and communication technology (ICT) in migration research. A case is made that in times of the 4th industrial revolution the nexus between ICT and migration needs to be taken seriously.

Keywords: migration; sustainability; ICT; interdisciplinary migration research agenda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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