The 23rd Nordic Migration Research (NMR) conference will take place in-person at the Södertörn University (Huddinge, Sweden) on 12-14 August 2026. The event explores the opportunities and obstacles for multicultural society by highlighting how communities, authorities and civil society intersect in local everyday life: How are the rights and experiences of migrants and minorities shaped, and what social, cultural and political factors influence their living conditions? The theme highlights both barriers and possibilities for collaboration, resilience, and social justice in an era of increasing restriction.

Keynote speakers:
Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor emerita, FBA, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Philip Lalander, professor Social work, Linnaeus University
René León Rosales, Multicultural Centre, Botkyrka & Södertörn University
Rashid Musa, senior teacher and lecturer on racism

While the conference is primarily academic and qualitative in orientation rather than statistical, several panels touch directly on themes relevant to EGRISS’s mandate — displacement data gaps, the categorisation of displaced populations, and the lived realities behind the statistics.