Role of APMRN

The central focus of the APMRN is the long-term role of migration and increased ethno-cultural diversity as major factors in the social transformation of the societies of the Asia-Pacific region. The aim is to build an international research network which will carry out interdisciplinary research on social and political aspects of international migration and growing ethno-cultural diversity in the region.

The work is carried out by a number of partner institutions or networks in the various countries, and will initially concentrate on Southeast Asia, South Asia, East Asia, the Pacific and Australasia. It is designed to build research capabilities, develop empirical knowledge, further theoretical and methodological work in the social sciences, and to provide broadly-based and reliable information and options for policy-makers at the national and international levels.