 My name is Jürgen Carling, I'm a research professor of migration studies at the Peace Research Institute of Oslo. The International Organization for Migration, IOM, plays a very important role in connecting migration research and migration policy. One of the vehicles for bridging this gap is the World Migration Report, the IOM's flagship publication. Every report is edited jointly by the IOM's head of research and the leading migration scholar. The chapters draw on a range of expertise from policy and academia. One of the new features that I really like is the direct engagement with the editors of leading migration journals. Peer-reviewed scientific journals are vital to advancing our understanding of migration and the editors of those journals have a bird's-eye perspective on how the field is developing. Bringing their insights from scientific journals to communities beyond academia, including policy communities, is important for all of us who share a vision for a future in which migration more often is to the benefit of all. The World Migration Report is freely available online on the IOM's website.