Writing Retreat Barcelona – Street-Level Bureaucracy in Migration Policy

Date: 25.06.2026 - 26.06.2026
Seminar / course
Keywords: street-level bureaucracy; migration governance; frontline discretion; policy implementation; informal practices; local innovation; migrant rights; accountability; normative positioning; crisis and uncertainty
Format: onsite
Language(s): English
Location: Barcelona , Spain
Event Fee: Free

Organizer(s):
Democratization and Migration Research Group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , The IMISCOE SC on Migration Policy and Governance & the TransDeM – Transnational Relations

This writing retreat brings together migration scholars to examine how frontline actors—border guards, immigration officers, social workers, and other street-level professionals—shape migration governance through everyday discretion, interpretation, and informal problem-solving. Through empirically and theoretically informed contributions, the retreat explores implementation practices, local adaptations, normative orientations, and accountability questions arising from street-level work, fostering peer-to-peer exchange and collaborative writing in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (25–26 June 2026)

https://www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blog/news/news-from-members/2576-call-for-papers-writing-retreat-barcelona-street-level-bureaucracy-in-migration-policy

Post created by: Virginia Signorini