Professors Beręsewicz and Szymkowiak appointed to task force at UNECE

Dr. Maciej Beręsewicz, Prof. UEP, and Dr. Marcin Szymkowiak, Prof. UEP, from the Department of Statistics at the Poznań University of Economics, have been appointed to the Task force on defining and measuring new forms of international migration at the Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) for 2024-2026.

The main objective of the work of the group, made up of experts from across Europe, will be to study the needs and possibilities of measuring new forms of migration, to search data sources for people leaving one country and arriving in the destination country, and to formulate recommendations for national statistical offices.

In May 2024, at the group’s inaugural meeting at UNECE’s Geneva headquarters, the two researchers will deliver a paper entitled. “Estimation of the number of irregular foreigners in Poland using non-linear number regression models.”