Challenges and pitfalls of co-creative methods applied to migration studies Co-creative methods are increasingly used to understand and facilitate integration processes of migrants in immigrant societies. This volume aims to contribute to the debates on the ways in which co-creative methods may advance migrant integration. More specifically, the contributions investigate how co-creative research strategies can provide insights into how integration processes into various domains of immigrant society (e.g. language learning, housing, employment) are shaped, and how they can contribute to policy making and new policy practices. Because co-creative methods are relatively new approaches to research and policy making, the authors evaluate and demonstrate the pitfalls and benefits of using them. Starting with a theoretical and methodological overview of co-creative methods, empirical chapters document and critically assess ongoing research experiences and studies to incorporate co-creative methods in academic research across Europe. Co-creation in Migration Studies analyses the use of co-creative methods in migrant research and policy making, reflects upon the conditions required to successfully implement these methods, and offers new insights and recommendations for future research and policy making practices. Co-creative methods are increasingly used to understand and facilitate integration processes of migrants in immigrant societies. This volume aims to contribute to the debates on the ways in which co-creative methods may advance migrant integration. More specifically, the contributions investigate how co-creative research strategies can provide insights into how integration processes into various domains of immigrant society (e.g. language learning, housing, employment) are shaped, and how they can contribute to policy making and new policy practices. Because co-creative methods are relatively new approaches to research and policy making, the authors evaluate and demonstrate the pitfalls and benefits of using them. Starting with a theoretical and methodological overview of co-creative methods, empirical chapters document and critically assess ongoing research experiences and studies to incorporate co-creative methods in academic research across Europe. Co-creation in Migration Studies analyses the use of co-creative methods in migrant research and policy making, reflects upon the conditions required to successfully implement these methods, and offers new insights and recommendations for future research and policy making practices. Prelude Lore Van Praag Introduction to the use of co-creative research methods in migration studies Hanne Apers, Lena Richter and Lore Van Praag Part I: The use of co-creative methodologies in academic research The use of co-creative methods for the development of local policy implementation with migrant newcomers in the MICADO project in Antwerp Hanne Apers and Lore Van Praag Co-creation and decision-making processes with migrants: some evidence from the MICADO co-creation experience in Bologna Maurizio Bergamaschi, Teresa Carlone and Carolina Mudan Marelli Complex arrival procedures as a challenge in migration studies: a comparative analysis of quantitative and qualitative methodologies within migration research Rosa Thoneick, Marie Malchow, Ingrid Breckner and Jörg Noennig Design-driven co-creation for migrants’ integration in European Cities: REBUILD project Maria Amata Garito, Alessandro Pollini and Alessandro Caforio Generating self-esteem and fostering social recognition: co-creating innovative practices for newcomers’ integration in Brussels Chloë Angé and Andrea Rea ICT Enabled Public Services for Migration (MIICT): how co-creative practices advanced migrants’ integration in the EU 169 Fidel C. T. Budy, Karen Latricia Hough and Yara Abdel Samad Part II: The use of co-creative research methods in policymaking Co-creating asylum reception in a living lab: learning from the experiences of refugees and locals Rianne Dekker, Karin Geuijen and Caroline Oliver How can universities commit to designing and implementing inclusive practices for forced migrants? Emanuela Dal Zotto and Valentina Fusari Involving children and young people in policymaking: a children’s rights-based approach to co-creative practice in REFLECTOR 247 Ellen Van Vooren and Sara Lembrechts Conclusion Lore Van Praag About the Authors