What Respond does

RESPOND (Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond) is a non-profit academic research consortium that operated from December 2017 to November 2020 under a European Union Horizon 2020 grant (call H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2017, Project Reference 770564). It was the first Horizon 2020 project awarded within the Humanities at Uppsala University. The project studied the multilevel governance of mass migration in Europe and beyond, with a particular focus on the policy and political consequences of the 2015 refugee crisis across 11 source, transit, and destination countries: Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

The consortium was coordinated by Uppsala University's Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre and comprised 14 partner institutions, including the Universities of Florence, the Aegean, Warsaw, Cambridge, Göttingen, Glasgow Caledonian, New South Wales, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, Bilgi University, Ozyegin University, Lebanon Support, and the Hammurabi Human Rights Organization. Research outputs were produced using policy analysis, legal frameworks analysis, surveys, interviews, and comparative country case-study methods, and were disseminated as open-access working papers, policy briefs, blog posts, newsletters, an online conference, a digital art exhibition, and a final RESPOND Conference.

The business model is grant-funded rather than commercial: the single Horizon 2020 award funded the 36-month project, and outputs were distributed free of charge via open-access platforms including Zenodo, DiVA, and Academia.edu. The customer base is the academic and policy-research community studying migration governance, refugee policy, and European integration. Project leadership was provided by Project Coordinators Onver Cetrez and Soner O. Barthoma, alongside Principal Investigators at each partner institution. The project has now concluded its funded 36-month period.

Name

Respond

Legal name

RESPOND (Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond)

Website

https://respondmigration.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RESPOND was an EU Horizon 2020 non-profit academic research consortium (2017–2020) coordinated by Uppsala University, studying multilevel governance of mass migration across 11 countries with 14 partner institutions, serving the academic and policy-research community via open-access publications.

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Academic & Policy Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, Migration & Displacement Support (BPAGABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Research Grants, Fellowships & Stipends (International) (EDAIAOAJ)

Keywords

• Migration governance research
• Multilevel governance studies
• Academic policy research
• Refugee policy analysis
• Comparative migration studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Uppsala

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

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B2B

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Services

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Revenue model

1. Research Grant Funding: Funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Research Programme (H2020-SC6-ENG-GLOBALLY-2017) under Project Reference 770564. Project duration of 36 months from December 2017 to November 2020.

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Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RESPOND is a Horizon 2020-funded academic research consortium that conducts comparative, multi-country research on the multilevel governance of mass migration in Europe and beyond. Its core deliverables are open-access research outputs—including working papers, policy briefs, country profiles, blogs, and multimedia exhibitions—produced by 14 partner institutions across 11 source, transit, and destination countries and targeted at the academic research community, policymakers, and the interested public.

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• Global Migration Working Paper Series An open-access working paper series publishing recent comparative research from RESPOND's 14 partner institutions for use by the academic research community studying migration governance.
• Policy Briefs Concise, evidence-based briefs for EU and national policymakers covering border management, reception policies, and refugee integration across partner countries.
• Country Profiles Country-level research profiles covering migration contexts, governance, and policies across 11 source, transit, and destination countries, available as standalone resources on the project website.
• Digital Art Exhibition on Migration An online digital art exhibition hosted at exhibition.respondmigration.com that uses artistic media to communicate migration experiences and policy themes to the broader public.
• Migration Research Newsletter A periodic newsletter distributed to subscribers with project updates and new publications from the RESPOND consortium.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Uppsala UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2017Project coordinator, leading the Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre. Contacts: Onver Cetrez and Soner O. Barthoma.
• University of FlorencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartment of Legal Sciences team including Ginevra Cerrina Feroni, Veronica Federico, Chiara Favilli, Cecilia Corsi, Andrea Terlizzi, Renato Ibrido, and Paola Pannia.
• University of the AegeancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam including Electra Petracou, Nadina Leivaditi, Evangelia Papatzani, Aggelos Ilias focusing on Greece case studies.
• University of WarsawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre of Migration Research team including Barbara Jancewicz, Karolina Sobczak-Szelc, Marta Pachocka, Justyna Szałańska, Konrad Pędziwiatr, Monika Szulecka.
• Göttingen UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam including Sabine Hess, Alexander K. Nagel, J. Eduardo Chemin, Bernd Kasparek, Valeria Hänsel, Matthias Jakubowski.
• Glasgow Caledonian UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute for Society and Social Justice Research team including Umut Korkut, Lena Karamanidou, Simone Baglioni, Daniel Gyollai.
• Austrian Academy of SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute for Urban and Regional Research team including Ursula Reeger (Principal Investigator) and Ivan Josipovic.
• University of CambridgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam including Naures Atto, Catherine Hirst, Helena M. Gellersen focusing on UK case studies and trauma recovery research.
• Swedish Research Institute in IstanbulcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeam including N. Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek focusing on Turkey case studies.
• Bilgi UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkish partner institution contributing to research on migration governance.
• Ozyegin UniversitysupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkish partner institution contributing to research on migration governance.
• Lebanon SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization focusing on Lebanon case studies including research on urban refugees and COVID-19 impacts.
• Hammurabi Human Rights OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIraq partner organization including William K. Warda, Hamed S.A. al-Maffraji focusing on refugee and displaced persons governance.
• University of New South WalessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerContributed research on unaccompanied foreign minors and UN agency engagement in Italy by Valentina Baú.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ICMPD (International Centre for Migration Policy Development): ICMPD is an intergovernmental organization supporting migration governance through research, capacity building, and policy advice. Like RESPOND, it focuses on multilevel migration governance and operates with multinational partners across source, transit, and destination countries.
• European Policy Centre (EPC): EPC is a Brussels-based think tank covering EU policy including migration and asylum. Both organizations produce policy briefs and analysis aimed at influencing EU decision-makers on migration and integration.
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI): MPI is a leading think tank producing independent policy analysis on migration at global, regional, and national levels. Both RESPOND and MPI conduct rigorous, evidence-based research to inform migration and refugee policymaking, with overlapping focus areas including EU governance and integration policy.
• CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies): CEPS is a leading think tank and forum for EU policy research and debate, with extensive work on migration and asylum policy. RESPOND's multilevel governance research on EU migration overlaps directly with CEPS's policy analysis on Schengen, EU enlargement, and refugee integration.
• FRA (EU Agency for Fundamental Rights): FRA is the EU's human rights agency providing EU-wide data and research on fundamental rights including asylum, migration, and integration. RESPOND's policy-relevant research on refugee rights and integration overlaps with FRA's mandate.

Direct peers

• REFUG-ED (Effective practices for education and social integration of refugees and migrants): REFUG-ED is a sister Horizon 2020 project examining refugee education and social integration across Europe. Both are H2020-funded consortia tackling different facets of European refugee integration with comparable research methodologies.
• Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford: COMPAS is an Oxford-based research centre conducting social-science research on migration, including refugee integration, border management, and policy. RESPOND shares COMPAS's social-science methodology and EU/UK regional focus on migration governance.
• IMISCOE Research Network: IMISCOE is Europe's largest research network on migration, integration, and social cohesion, bringing together researchers across member institutions. RESPOND's 14-partner consortium mirrors IMISCOE's model of cross-country academic collaboration on European migration.
• Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM): MIM is a Swedish-based academic institute conducting multidisciplinary research on migration, diversity, and welfare. RESPOND's Swedish leadership at Uppsala and shared focus on European refugee integration make MIM a direct academic peer.

Emerging players

• Hamburg Institute for Social Research (HIS): HIS conducts critical social science research including migration studies. Several RESPOND Göttingen partners (e.g., Sabine Hess) have links to HIS-adjacent networks, and HIS works on governance of migration in Germany and the EU similar to RESPOND's destination-country case studies.

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Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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• Instagraminstagram.com/respond.horizon2020

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries13 records

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