Migration in the Western Balkans

Russell King is Professor of Geography at the University of Sussex and Visiting Professor in Migration Studies at Malmö University. He is President of the Western Balkans Migration Network, WB-MIGNET. Nermin Oruc is Director of the Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CDESS), Sarajevo, and Visiting Atlantic Fellow at the International Inequalities Network, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is chair of WB-MIGNET.

• 1. Migration in the Western Balkans – Trends and Challenges Russell King and Nermin Oruc 2. From Source to Corridor: Changing Geopolitical Narratives about Migration and EU-Western Balkans Relations Ferruccio Pastore 3. Balkans and Baltics: On Migration as a Factor of Regional Peripheralization Aija Lulle 4. Refugees at the Gates of the EU: Civic Initiatives and Grassroots Responses to the Refugee Crisis along the Western Balkans Route Chiara Milan 5. The Floating Pumpkin Syndrome: Forced Migration, Humanitarian Aid, and the Culture of Learned Helplessness Nina Bosankić, Enisa Mešić and Bojan Šošić 6. The Serbian Diaspora’s Political Views: A Study on the 2017 Serbian Presidential Election Tena Prelec 7. The Effects of Remittances on Education in a Post-Conflict Society: Evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina Nermin Oruc, Ian Jackson and Geoffrey Pugh 8. The Greek Debt Crisis and Albanian Return Migration Kalie Kerpaci and Martin Kuka