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<p>On 17th and 18th November, 2022, the SYLFF Mikrokolleg on Forced Migration hosted an international conference on &lsquo;Gang-Induced Migration: Challenges and Perspectives from Social Science and International Law&rsquo; at Ruhr-University Bochum. The conference invited for an interdisciplinary dialogue between academics and practitioners who work on issues related to gang-induced migration. To this end, the conference organizers, IFHV Ph.D. candidates and SYLFF fellows Rafael Bohlen, Spyridoula Katsoni, and Jan-Phillip Graf, gathered international speakers from over ten different countries to present their research and discuss current and future developments in this field. Central takeaways concerned the scant availability of high-quality data, a lack of cooperation, and scattered policies that fail to address the root causes of gang-induced migration. The organizers hope that the conference supported addressing current challenges in ganginduced migration by inviting for an interdisciplinary dialogue at the crossroads between academia and practice.</p>

On 17th and 18th November, 2022, the SYLFF Mikrokolleg on Forced Migration hosted an international conference on ‘Gang-Induced Migration: Challenges and Perspectives from Social Science and International Law’ at Ruhr-University Bochum. The conference invited for an interdisciplinary dialogue between academics and practitioners who work on issues related to gang-induced migration. To this end, the conference organizers, IFHV Ph.D. candidates and SYLFF fellows Rafael Bohlen, Spyridoula Katsoni, and Jan-Phillip Graf, gathered international speakers from over ten different countries to present their research and discuss current and future developments in this field. Central takeaways concerned the scant availability of high-quality data, a lack of cooperation, and scattered policies that fail to address the root causes of gang-induced migration. The organizers hope that the conference supported addressing current challenges in ganginduced migration by inviting for an interdisciplinary dialogue at the crossroads between academia and practice.