The paper is structured as follows:
It explores some ideas about the relationship between research and policy;
It then outlines the idea of a ‘Community of Practice’ within which information is shared and common understandings develop, although, of course, the nature of these common understandings is crucial;
It then assesses two EU-level networks that both have a strong focus on the production and use of knowledge about migration and its effects. These are European Migration Network (EMN) and the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX). The paper explores practices, their content and assesses scope for ‘boundary interactions’ that could challenge the organisational and conceptual basis for policy-shaping and policy-making on migration.
