As we reach the 60th anniversary of the International Migration Review, a key question for those engaged in migration research remains: has migration studies become more inclusive of knowledges and expertise outside the Global North? In short, the answer is no, and both the passage of time and the persistent awareness of this inequality require urgent and immediate action. In this article, we draw on our experiences as first- and second-generation migrant women, and as practitioner-researchers working in the humanitarian sector, to reflect on the significance of undervalued and unrecognized knowledges and expertise on migration research. We share insights from our recent work with the Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab, an initiative established to conduct migration research that informs humanitarian operations and advocacy, and we reflect on key opportunities and challenges that have impacted our efforts to generate knowledge that is more inclusive of migrants, and of practitioners and researchers from the Global South. In doing so, we highlight the possibility—even if still limited—of doing research that engages more ethically and meaningfully with those whose knowledge and expertise has long been excluded from dominant debates. We do this with a sense of hope and urgency that, by the 70th anniversary of this journal, the landscape of migration research will have changed—as a result of a concerted investment of time, resources and new ways of working—to broaden the questions asked, the objects of study and the methodologies adopted.

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明显的差距：国际移民研究中被低估和未得到承认的知识和专业技能


随着《国际移民评论》创刊 60 周年，从事移民研究的人面临的一个关键问题仍然存在：移民研究是否对北半球以外的知识和专业技能更具包容性？简而言之，答案是否定的，随着时间的推移和对这种不平等的持续认识都需要立即采取紧急行动。在本文中，我们借鉴了作为第一代和第二代移民女性以及作为在人道主义部门工作的从业者研究人员的经验，来反思被低估和未得到认可的知识和专长在移民研究中的重要性。我们分享了最近与红十字与红新月全球移民实验室合作的见解，该实验室旨在开展移民研究，为人道行动和宣传提供信息，并反思影响我们努力创造更具包容性的移民以及来自全球南方的从业人员和研究人员的知识的关键机遇和挑战。在此过程中，我们强调了进行研究的可能性——即使仍然有限——与那些长期以来被排除在主导辩论之外的知识和专长的人进行更合乎道德和有意义的互动。我们怀着希望和紧迫感来做这件事，到本刊创刊 70 周年时，移民研究的格局将发生变化——由于时间、资源和新工作方式的协同投入——以拓宽提出的问题、研究对象和采用的方法。