Dr. Covadonga Meseguer and Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas organized a Roundtable at APSA, 2017, San Francisco: “The Political Economy of Emigration: Building Theories”.

Dr. Covadonga Meseguer participated in the conference “Migration and Political Engagement” organized by the Manchester Migration Lab, Manchester, 9-10 June, 2017. Covadonga presented an early draft of her paper “Remittances and the Fight Against Crime in Mexico”, co-authored with Sandra Ley (CIDE) and Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo (LSE).

Covadonga Meseguer is organizing a 1-Day Workshop on Political Economy and International Migration. This workshop will be held on 20 June at the LSE.

Carolina Garriga de Phillips is scheduled to present the paper “Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and Central Bank Independence” at the Annual Meetings of the International Studies Association and the Midwest Political Science Association