Tools for Handling, Measuring and Visualising Migration Data in R

Brisbane, Australia, 12 July 2025

The IUSSP Scientific Panel on Priorities in International Migration Research organized a Pre-conference workshop on Tools for Handling, Measuring and Visualising Migration Data in R at the 30th International Population Conference in Brisbane, Australia 13-18 July 2025. This hands-on workshop, held on 12 July at the University of Queensland, was led by Guy Abel (University of Hong Kong).

Fifteen participants from a diverse set of regions took part. The session focused on practical approaches to working with migration data in R, with participants using key functions from the tidyverse, migest, and rcbayes packages to explore various methods for structuring, estimating, and visualising migration flows. Lectures introduced core concepts and motivated the use of different approaches, which were complemented by R-based exercises that provided participants with hands-on experience in applying the packages to datasets drawn from real-world migration data.