The Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Universiteit van Amsterdam which has existed since 1994.
The research programme promotes the encounter and - where possible - the integration of different perspectives and therefore co-operates with the Departments of Anthropology, Sociology, Communication Science, Political Science, Social Geography, Economic Geography, Econometrics, and Administrative Law and the Department of Socal and Economic History.
The research programme of IMES focuses on the Dutch situation with specific attention given to the city of Amsterdam, but from an international and comparative perspective. A UNESCO programme of comparison of European cities and the cooperation with Metropolis International are examples of this.
