CMS Migration & Research Platform Rebuild
IIMAD (International Institute for Migration & Development) is a global research think tank dedicated to migration studies, demographic analysis, and development policy. Publishing academic research, hosting international conferences, and maintaining a rich repository of migration data, IIMAD required a modern digital platform capable of supporting complex research workflows, multilingual content, and a growing international audience — while migrating cleanly away from their legacy Pew-style system.
70%+
improvement in content publishing efficiency
What We Set Out To Do
Objectives
Migrate the existing platform from a legacy Pew-based CMS to a modern, scalable system
Preserve and restructure all existing research publications, data, and archival content
Build a structured academic publishing workflow for papers, reports, and datasets
Implement event management for annual conferences, webinars, and academic programmes
Enable multilingual content support for an international audience
Improve SEO architecture to increase visibility among researchers and policymakers
How We Built It
Codeeaq's Approach
We executed a structured CMS migration and platform rebuild — carefully transitioning IIMAD's research archive while delivering a modern, scalable digital home for their ongoing academic mission.
CMS Migration
Planned and executed a full content migration from the legacy Pew-style system — preserving publication structures, taxonomy, metadata, and archival integrity throughout the transition.
Research Publication System
Built structured modules for academic papers, policy reports, and data publications — enabling organised categorisation, filtering, and discovery of research outputs.
Event Management
Developed a dedicated events module to manage annual international migration conferences, webinars, and capacity-building programmes with registration and scheduling capabilities.
Data Bank Integration
Integrated a structured data repository allowing IIMAD to publish and maintain their migration datasets as a discoverable, citable academic resource.
Multilingual Content Support
Implemented multilingual content management to serve IIMAD's diverse international audience and extend reach across language communities.
SEO & Content Architecture
Restructured the site's content hierarchy, metadata, and URL strategy in collaboration with the team to improve search visibility among academic and policy audiences.
Platform Delivery
How It Worked
Legacy content was audited, cleaned, and migrated with full taxonomy and metadata preserved
Research teams publish papers, reports, and data through structured, category-driven workflows
Events are managed end-to-end — from creation and promotion through to post-event archiving
International visitors access multilingual content through a localised experience
The data bank serves as a citable, searchable repository for migration datasets
Legacy content was audited, cleaned, and migrated with full taxonomy and metadata preserved
Research teams publish papers, reports, and data through structured, category-driven workflows
Events are managed end-to-end — from creation and promotion through to post-event archiving
International visitors access multilingual content through a localised experience
The data bank serves as a citable, searchable repository for migration datasets
Outcomes
Results
Seamless content migration
with zero loss of archival research publications and metadata
Accelerated publishing workflows
enabling research teams to publish and manage outputs independently
Improved discoverability
through a restructured SEO architecture targeting academic and policy search audiences
Scalable research platform
supporting growing publication volumes, events, and international programmes
Conclusion
The IIMAD migration delivered more than a technical platform upgrade — it gave the institute a modern, researcher-friendly digital home that supports their mission of being a leading voice in global migration and development policy.