Julia Reinold

Dynamic postdoctoral researcher with expertise in diverse research methodologies at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Proven track record in project management and academic writing, mentoring graduate students to successful thesis defenses. Skilled in data analysis and interdisciplinary collaboration, enhancing research quality and increasing public engagement through effective communication strategies.

• Reinold, J. & Czaika, M. (forthcoming). The Pull Factors of High-Skilled Immigration and the Role of Policies. In P. Scholten and M. Schiller (Eds.) Handbook on Migration and Public Policy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
• Mertens, P., Sivonene, S., Reinold, J., & Azhar, A. (forthcoming). Internationalisation in balance – cross-border regional effects on limiting the influx of international students. Maastricht: Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM).
• Engbersen, G. & Reinold, J. (2024). The Netherlands. Migration and Skill Corridors. Link4Skills Country Profile. Warsaw: Kozminski University.
• Snel, E., Engbersen, G. & Reinold, J. (2024). The Complexity of Migration Decisions within Migration Corridors. Link4Skills Report. Warsaw: Kozminski University.
• Hooijen, I. & Reinold, J. (2024). Welkomstcultuur van belang voor talentbehoud migranten. Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving 40 (9): 8.
• Reinold, J. & Siegel, M. (2024). First impressions matter: Feeling welcome and onward migration intentions of highly skilled migrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration. https://doi-org.eur.idm.oclc.org/10.1007/s12134-024-01191-4
• Hooijen, I. & Reinold, J. (2024). Welkomstcultuur belangrijk voor talentbehoud. Vakblad Grensoverschrijdend Werken, (63).
• Reinold, J., Hooijen, I., & Özer, M. (2024). “If you smile, they smile”: Explaining highly educated migrants' feelings of being welcome in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Population, Space and Place, 30, e2759. https://doi-org.mu.idm.oclc.org/10.1002/psp.2759
• Reinold, J., & Hooijen, I. (2023). Strategieën voor talentbehoud in de Euregio Maas-Rijn. Vakblad Grensoverschrijdend Werken, (59), 15-17.
• Reinold, J. (2023). Essays on attracting and retaining highly educated migrants. [Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University]. Maastricht University. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20231005jr
• Cörvers, Frank, Julia Reinold, Saena Chakkar, Francesco Bolzonella & Vera Ronda, 2021, Literature review labour migration. An exploratory study into the shortages of qualified personnel at the upper secondary vocational level and the possibilities and limitations of employing migrants, WODC rapport 3248
• Reinold, Julia, 2021, Highly educated migrants' perceptions of the Euregional welcome culture, Study commissioned by the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) in the framework of the INTERREG-V-A project youRegion
• Hooijen, Inge, Christoph Meng & Julia Reinold, 2020, Be prepared for the unexpected: The gap between (im)mobility intentions and subsequent behaviour of recent higher education graduates, Population Space and Place, 26(2313), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2313
• Reinold, Julia, 2020, The perceived impact of COVID-19 on the employment of (international) workers at Dutch SMEs, Study commissioned by the Expat Centre Maastricht Region
• Merkle, Ortrun, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2020, Shaping the migration journey – the role of corruption, in: Maty Konte and Linguère Mously Mbaye (eds), Migration, Remittances, and Sustainable Development in Africa, Routledge, Abingdon/New York
• Reinold. Julia & Unfried, Martin, 2019, Inventory of Services and Activities for Newcomers in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, Study commissioned by the Euregio Meuse-Rhine
• Reinold, Julia, 2018, The Benefits of the Internationalisation of Higher Education, Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) Blog
• Reinold, Julia, 2018, Migration and Education: International Student Mobility, Tijdschrift VN Forum, 2017-2(Migration and Development)
• Merkle, Ortrun, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2018, Corruption, Gender and Migration, 2018 Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum
• Hooijen, Inge, Christoph Meng, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2017, Competition for talent: retaining graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, European Planning Studies, 25(12): 2212-2231, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1354976
• Marchand, Katrin, Julia Reinold & Raphael Dias e Silva, 2017, Study on Migration Routes in the East and Horn of Africa, Study commissioned by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
• Hoogenboom, Alexander & Julia Reinold, 2017, Cross-border (Im)mobility of Students from Third Countries in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Dossier 4), Maastricht: Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM)
• Merkle, Ortrun, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2017, A Gender Perspective on Corruption Encountered during Forced and Irregular Migration, comissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
• Merkle, Ortrun, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2017, A Study on the Link between Corruption and the Causes of Migration and Forced Displacement, comissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
• Marchand, Katrin, Inez Roosen, Julia Reinold & Melissa Siegel, 2017, Irregular Migration from and in the East and Horn of Africa, Report commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the framework of the EU-funded Better Migration Management (BMM) Programme
• Reinold, Julia, Inez Roosen, Alexander Hoogenboom, Ingrid Westendorp & Katharina Koch, 2016, International Marriage Brokers and Mail Order Brides. Analysing the need for regulation, The study was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and commissioned, overseen and published by the Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs

Accepted for Presentation in 2025

• The Neuchâtel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies “Exploring the Multi-Directionality of Migration and Mobility: Barriers and Opportunities”, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 8-9 July 2025: “Spatial aspirations of skilled migrants in Europe: What drives aspirations to live transnationally?”
• IMISCOE Annual Conference “Decentering migration studies”, Paris, France, 1-4 July 2025: "Spatial Aspirations of Migrants in Destination Countries: Comparing the High-, Medium- and Low-Skilled"
• Migration and Societal Change Conference, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 19-20 June 2025, Panel 48: The Politics of International Student Mobility: Competing Narratives, Policies, and Impacts: “Migration vs. Non-Migration Policies: Examining Effects on High-Skilled Migration Decisions”

Past Presentations

• IMISCOE Spring Conference 2025 on the Regularity of Irregularity, University for Continuing Education, Krems, Austria, 17-19 March 2025: “Indirect Indicators of Irregularity among Highly Skilled Migrants: Evidence from Austria, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands”
• Round Table of Dutch Expat Centres, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 13 March 2025: “Introducing Link4Skills”
• UCANN Annual Conference, Venlo, The Netherlands, 7 March 2025: Workshop on “Internationalisation of Higher Education”
• NCCR – on the move Research Days on “Diverse methodologies in migration and mobility studies” Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 21-22 November 2024: “Diverse Methodologies for Studying High-Skilled Migration Decisions”
• Rencontre Scientifique at the Swiss Forum for Population and Migration Studies (SFM), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 15 October 2024: ““The influence of shifting (political) narratives about migration on onward migration intentions of high-skilled migrants in Switzerland”
• Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Annual Conference, 23 September 2024, Maastricht, The Netherlands: “Migration vs. Non-Migration Policies: Examining deterrent effects on high skilled migrants’ intentions to remain in the Netherlands”
• The Neuchâtel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, July 2024: “Migration vs. Non-migration Policies: Examining Deterrent Effects on High-Skilled Migrants’ Intentions to Remain in the Netherlands Using Experiments”
• Lunch Meeting at the Municipality of Maastricht, March 2024: “Attracting and Retaining Highly Educated Migrants”
• Mini-Conferentie “De euregionale en internationale arbeidsmartkaanpak van Zuid-Limburg: Aantrekken en behouden van (eu)regionaal en internationaal talent”, Geleen, February 2024: Panelgesprek: “Aanpak en doelstellingen”
• Conference for the Handbook on Migration and Integration Policy, Online, January 2024: “The Pull Factors of High-Skilled Immigration and the Role of Policies” (with Prof. Mathias Czaika)
• State of the Art Conference organised by the Dutch Government, November 2023, The Hague: High-Skilled Migration in the Netherlands: Experiences of Companies and Migrants
• Closing Event INTERREG V-A project youRegion, Maastricht, May 2022: Panel Discussion on the Welcoming Culture in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine
• Studio Europa Maastricht MEET-UP 2021: “Women on the challenges of integrating in Limburg”: Introduction to the Photo Project “Expats x Migrants”
• Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Annual Conference 2021: Segregating the Migrant Community: Workshop and Launch of the Photo Exhibit “Expats x Migrants” (with Tetsuro Miyazaki)
• Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Annual Conference 2021: “Feeling welcome: Highly educated migrants’ perceptions of the welcoming environment in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and implications for their spatial aspirations”
• IMISCOE Annual Conference 2021: “Feeling welcome: Highly educated migrants’ perceptions of the welcoming environment in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine and implications for their spatial aspirations”
• LIMES Winter School, March 2021: “Highly Skilled Migration” (with Dr. Lavinia Kortese)
• Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) 5 Year Anniversary, Maastricht, August 2019: “Understanding the Decision of Highly Skilled Migrants to Stay in or Leave the Euroregion”
• Invited Talk at International Days at Thomas Moore University of Applied Science, Antwerp, March 2019: “International Student Mobility: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges”
• Workshop of the IMISCOE Research Cluster International Student Mobility and Migration on “International student mobility and migration: Trajectories, transitions, and social transformations” at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) Hannover, October 2018: “Understanding differences between mobility intentions and behaviour – the case of recent graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine” (with Inge Hooijen)
• Pecha Kucha Maastricht, June 2018: “Do you feel at home in Maastricht?”
• Limburgse Arbeidsmarktdag in Roermond, 24 May 2018: “De Aantrekkingskracht/ het DNA van Limburg” (with Inge Hooijen)
• IMISCOE Annual Conference 2018 in Barcelona, Spain: “Understanding differences between mobility intentions and behaviour – the case of recent graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine”
• Regional Studies Association (RSA) 2018 Annual Conference in Lugano, Switzerland - “Understanding differences between mobility intentions and behaviour – the case of recent graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine”
• Workshop on Human Capital and Regional Development organised by the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) in Maastricht in June 2017: “Competition for Talent: Retaining Graduates in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine”
• 2017 Annual Meeting of the Euregio Women: “Students in the Euregio-Meuse-Rhine” (with Inge Hooijen and Inez Roosen)

• IMISCOE MITRA Standing Committee PhD Training & Symposium Planning, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 12-13 May, 2025; Provide feedback on the work of participating PhD candidates
• Capstone Advisor at University College Maastricht (Academic year 2023/24). Supervision of three students
• PhD Spring School of the Jean Monnet Chair on EU Migration Law and Governance, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 17-18 April 2024; provide participants with guidance for navigating their PhD projects and feedback on their presentations
• Tutor for the course Migration Studies: Flows and Concepts at University College Maastricht (Academic year 2022/23)
• Master’s Thesis Supervisor for students in UNU-MERIT’s MSc Programme Public Policy and Human Development (2017-2022)
• Workshops about designing, conducting and analysing qualitative interviews for the project “Internationalisation of SMEs in Limburg and Drenthe” with Bachelor students from Zuyd University of Applied Science and NHL Stenden (2019/20)
• Mentor for thesis circles as part of UNU-MERIT’s MSc Programme Public Policy and Human Development (Academic year 2018/19)
• Contributed to different assessments of Master and Bachelor students specialising in migration within UNU-MERIT’s MSc programme Public Policy and Human Development and at University College Maastricht (e.g. oral exams and group presentations)
• Tutor in UNU-MERIT’s Capacity Development Programme Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM)(2018)

• Horizon Europe project: Link4Skills (2024-2026)
• Cross-border impact assessment: Consequences of the Internationalisation in Balance Act for Border Regions (2024-2025)
• WODC project: Quick Scan of Medium-Skilled Labour Migration to the Netherlands (2021)
• INTERREG-V-A project: youRegion (2018-2022)
• Euregio Meuse-Rhine/ EURES project: Mapping: Inventory of Services and Activities for Newcomers in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (2018)
• Euregio Rhein/Waal/ EURES project: Inventory of the Situation and Experiences of Cross-border Workers (2018)
• UNIDO Migration Strategy Development (2017)
• GIZ project: Short Term Consultancy “Study on Migration Routes in the East and Horn of Africa” (2017)
• Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility/ITEM Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2017, Cross-border (im)mobility of students from third countries in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine (2017)
• Content for the ITUC Recruitment Monitoring Website (2017)
• UNICEF project: Study on Key Drivers of Changing Prevalence of Child Marriage in South Asia (2017)
• GIZ project: Short Term Consultancy “A Gender-Perspective on Corruption encountered during (forced/irregular) Migration” (2017)
• IOM project: Study on Migration Flows from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Europe for Displacement Tracking Matrix (2016/2017)
• Understanding Intra-Regional Labour Migration in the East Africa Community for East Africa Research Fund for DFID and Sida (2016-2018)
• GIZ project: Short Term Consultancy to study the link between corruption and the causes for (irregular) migration (2016)
• European Parliament project: Study on Mail-Order Brides (2016)
• GIZ project: Study on Current Trends on Irregular Migration from and in the East and Horn of Africa (2016)
• ICMPD/UNDP UNDP-ICMPD Joint Positioning Paper on Migration and Development (2016)
• ILO project: Labour Migration from Nepal (2016)

• National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for migration and mobility studies (nccr – on the move), Visiting Fellowship Fall 2024, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Host project “Narratives of Crisis and Their Influence in Shaping Discourses and Policies of Migration and Mobility” (grant amount: 12,000 CHF)
• University Fund Limburg/ SWOL (2024): “Policy influence on high-skilled migration decisions” (grant amount: 7,500 EUR, reference CoBes24.017)
• Maastricht University Diversity & Inclusivity Grant (2021-2022): “Expats x Migrants” (grant amount: 9,500 EUR)
• University Fund Limburg/ SWOL (2019-2020): “Internationalisation of SMEs in Limburg and Drenthe” (in cooperation with Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences) (grant amount: 5,000 EUR, reference CoBes19.034)

• Interviewed for Dutch documentary “De Waereld in Limburg” for the episode about migration
• Interview Maastricht University News: “Why and how to stop the foreigners leaving” (with Inge Hooijen) (2023)
• Interviewed for the student documentary “EMR: Fortress or Future?”
• Interview Observant: “Yes, but you are a ‘different’ kind of migrant” (2021)
• UNpacked The Podcast: “Should I stay or should I go?” (2021)
• Interview Maastricht University News: “Why not stay for another coffee and a career?” (with Inge Hooijen) (2018)
• Interview Eurekareil: “Goed openbaar vervoer een voorwaarde voor een attractieve grensregio” (2018)
• Interview Aachener Zeitung: “Nach der Uni bleiben die, die von hier sind” (2017)

• Co-Organisation of the Annual Conference of the Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) (2019-2022; 2024)
• Co-Organisation of the Conference “Between narratives and reality: The EU at the gates of a new mandate” (20-21 June 2024, Maastricht).
• Responsible for the UNU-MERIT Migration Newsletter (2017-2022)
• Student Think Tank co-organised with the Institute for Transnational and Euregional cross border cooperation and Mobility (ITEM) and the Municipality of Heerlen (May 2018): “Opportunities for Students in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine”

• Blended PBL and Tutor Training (2023)
• Strategic Training Science Communication: three masterclasses about the strategic and theoretical aspects of science communication (2023)
• Project Management for Experienced Project Leaders (2021)
• Intercultural Communications (2020)
• IMISCOE Summer School (2018)
• Self-Management for PhDs (2018)