About the AuthorJanina Stürner-Siovitz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Interested in migration governance in Africa, Europe, and at the global level, she conducts research on new governance actors, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and the interplay between global, national, and local policy-making.

• City actors in global migration governance – A research puzzle.- Seeking the dialogue between migration, IR, and urban studies.- All the world’s a stage – A role theory research design.- Curtains up – A new role for cities.- Clear the stage – City diplomacy in global migration governance.- Break a leg – Constraints, risks, and recommendations.- The show must go on – Conclusions and outlook.

“Curtain Up is a detailed and timely work which provides an important empirical basis from which research on migration city diplomacy can expand. It will have value for scholars engaged this in this field of enquiry … but equally for policy practitioners … . For a novel area of academic inquiry, Curtain Up presents an astute, informed and readable ‘state-of-play’ that offers an outstanding foundation for future research within urban studies and across disciplinary boundaries.” (Daniel Pejic, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (10), 2023)

About the AuthorJanina Stürner-Siovitz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Interested in migration governance in Africa, Europe, and at the global level, she conducts research on new governance actors, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and the interplay between global, national, and local policy-making.

• City actors in global migration governance – A research puzzle.- Seeking the dialogue between migration, IR, and urban studies.- All the world’s a stage – A role theory research design.- Curtains up – A new role for cities.- Clear the stage – City diplomacy in global migration governance.- Break a leg – Constraints, risks, and recommendations.- The show must go on – Conclusions and outlook.

“Curtain Up is a detailed and timely work which provides an important empirical basis from which research on migration city diplomacy can expand. It will have value for scholars engaged this in this field of enquiry … but equally for policy practitioners … . For a novel area of academic inquiry, Curtain Up presents an astute, informed and readable ‘state-of-play’ that offers an outstanding foundation for future research within urban studies and across disciplinary boundaries.” (Daniel Pejic, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (10), 2023)

About the AuthorJanina Stürner-Siovitz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Interested in migration governance in Africa, Europe, and at the global level, she conducts research on new governance actors, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and the interplay between global, national, and local policy-making.

• City actors in global migration governance – A research puzzle.- Seeking the dialogue between migration, IR, and urban studies.- All the world’s a stage – A role theory research design.- Curtains up – A new role for cities.- Clear the stage – City diplomacy in global migration governance.- Break a leg – Constraints, risks, and recommendations.- The show must go on – Conclusions and outlook.

“Curtain Up is a detailed and timely work which provides an important empirical basis from which research on migration city diplomacy can expand. It will have value for scholars engaged this in this field of enquiry … but equally for policy practitioners … . For a novel area of academic inquiry, Curtain Up presents an astute, informed and readable ‘state-of-play’ that offers an outstanding foundation for future research within urban studies and across disciplinary boundaries.” (Daniel Pejic, Urban Studies, Vol. 60 (10), 2023)