“WU matters. WU talks.”: Mythbusting Migration 

 No sustainable development without migration

Date:              Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time:              6:00 pm
Location:        Ceremonial Hall 1, LC building, Campus WU, and streaming live

*Please note: Registration is required if you wish to attend the event in person on Campus WU.

Few topics have received so much public attention and yet have been so widely misunderstood as international migration. Migration is embedded in the UN Sustainable Development Goals – but what does that mean? Do we live in an era of mass migration? Does migration exacerbate issues such as brain drain, inequality, and social tensions? Will climate change bring about another refugee crisis? And what role do businesses play in the realm of migration and sustainable development? 

 

Keynote & Moderated by:

Milda Žilinskaitė, Senior Scientist, Competence Center for Sustainability Transformation & Responsibility (STaR), WU Vienna

Discussion:

Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Professor of Macroeconomics, WU Vienna

Jason Gagnon, Senior Development Economist and International Policy Advisor

Aida Hajro, Professor of International Business, University of Leeds

Judith Kohlenberger, Head of the Research Institute for Migration and Refugee Studies and Management (FORM), WU Vienna

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