Strategy

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The Migration Institute’s strategy 2024–2026

MISSION

To study the interaction between migration and society.
To produce, gather, record and make available materials related to migration flows.
To actively participate in migration-related and research-based societal discussion and influencing.

VISION

To be the most recognised and esteemed migration-flow research and memory organisation nationwide.
To conduct nationally and internationally significant migration research.
To be the central actor and innovator of expatriate Finn research and documentation.
To undertake new initiatives and make scientific breakthroughs.

STRATEGY

To develop research activities with a multidisciplinary and multimethodological approach.
To increase the digital accessibility of our materials and services.
To deepen and broaden our cooperation with key parties.
To produce research data as a basis for decision making.
To communicate in a versatile and accessible way, utilizing new ways of communication.
To diversify our Foundation’s fundraising and external research funding.

VALUES

Transparency and openness
Ethics
Fairness
Community

Institute

The Migration Institute of Finland is the only institute in Finland specialising in both the research and documentation of migration flows. Our special task involves documenting the life of Finns…

Research

The Migration Institute of Finland (MIF) is Finland’s leading center for migration research and documentation. As the country’s only institute dedicated exclusively to the study of migration, MIF…

Publications

The Migration Institute of Finland publishes research on migration flows and their impacts and other publications related to the subject area. The publications are available in digital format…

Materials

The Migration Institute of Finland holds diverse materials related to migration flows, a significant portion of which concern Finns living abroad. Some of the materials are available in a…