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GRITIM-UPF

GRITIM-UPF is an Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Pompeu Fabra University. It is made up of researchers from different disciplines, who are interested in aspects of innovation and management of change processes arising from human mobility and immigration.  

The group's main objectives are to promote theoretical and applied research related to political and social agendas and, in particular, to contribute to the following area of research:  Discrimination, Interculturalism and Diversity, Migrations in the Mediterranean, Urban Governance, Women migrant activists, Refugees, and International Law.

GRITIM-UPF releases a Working papers series among its many other publications and is also involved in multiple ongoing projects. 

Pompeu Fabra University

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) has been ranked the best university in Spain since 2015 and the 16th best young university in the world in 2022 by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

The University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Spain. It has occupied first place in the national ranking of scientific productivity since 2009. Academically, UPF is known for its selective student admission as more than half of the degrees offered have among the highest university entrance grades in the Catalan university system.

UPF excels in national and international rankings, especially in the studies of economics, political science, and law.