›Infrastructures of Circulation: Migrant Health Assessments and Preparatory Training in Southeast Asia and East Africa‹

[19.12.2024] We are pleased to invite you to the next IMIS/SFB Lecture (joint event of SFB 1604 and the Research Training Group ›Cross-border Labour Markets: Transnational Market Makers, Infrastructures, Institutions‹ (RTG 2951). Prof. Dr. Johan Lindquist will talk on ›Infrastructures of Circulation: Migrant Health Assessments and Preparatory Training in Southeast Asia and East Africa‹.  The lecture will take place on Monday(!), 13 January, 18.00-19.30h in room 15/E16 (EW-Gebäude, Seminarstraße 20). It can also be streamed via the IMIS Youtube Channel.
Johan Lindquist is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. His research focuses on the relationship between transnationalism and migration, with a particular focus on Indonesia and Southeast Asia; more information.

Out now: IMIS Working Paper on Gender Norms and the 'Backway'

[29.11.2024] Out now: Altrogge, Judith/Jaw, Sait Matty/Gassama, Fatoumata (2024): Gender Norms and the ‘Backway’. Migration Aspirations, Experiences and Social Tensions around Women’s Land Migration from The Gambia towards Europe. IMIS Working Paper 20, Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien (IMIS) der Universität Osnabrück. Osnabrück: IMIS.
As part of the research project ‘Transnational Perspectives on Migration and Integration’ (TRANSMIT), this paper examines Gambian women who embark on land migration to Europe, known as the ‘backway’. The focus lies on the negotiation processes between them and their social environment. Gender norms which traditionally assign women a passive societal role often clash with their ambitions for a better life, economic independence, and gender equality. - Based on four cases, we analyse the decisions and experiences of four women as well as the perception thereof by their family members and community representatives before, during, and after the journey. This reveals an ambivalent position: while families often reject women’s ‘backway’ migration as a violation of gender norms, they also value the economic contributions these women make. Understanding female migrants’ decision-making requires close examination of gender norms, social pressures and how women navigate them. The experiences of Gambian women on the ‘backway’ route emphasise the need to further highlight gender inequality and acknowledge the agency of female migrants in restrictive environments. See https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/ds-2024112911835 / All IMIS Working Papers

Journal of Migration Studies: issue 1/2024 online now

[26.11.2024] Vol. 1/2024 of the Journal of Migration Studies (ZMF) is online now: It comprises four essays and two discussion papers from different disciplines. The new journal is a freely accessible open access journal and is published twice a year. All contributions are subject to a review process for quality assurance. The journal offers a forum for the scolarly examination of the background and conditions of spatial movements of people in the past and present as well as of social change induced by migration processes in contexts of origin, transit and destination. Read more

Journal of Migration Studies (ZMF): Call for Special Issues

[15.11.2024] The Journal of Migration Studies (Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung, ZMF) is a peer-reviewed open access journal in English and German language, published twice a year by the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University. It offers a forum for the scholarly examination of the background and conditions of spatial movements of people in the past and present as well as of social change induced by migration processes in contexts of origin, transit, and destination. Contributions present new findings from various disciplines and fields of research, discuss concepts or formulate theoretical proposals.
We invite scholars in migration research to submit proposals for special issues (6-9 contributions) or special thematic sections in a regular issue (3-5 contributions). Proposals can be submitted at any time, without a specific deadline. Call for Special Issues / ZMF website

Job offer in the Collaborative Research Center "Production of Migration" (SFB 1604): Doctoral researcher in project C1

[1.11.2024] The project ›C1 – The Production of Urban Spaces of Migration by Local Administrations and Science‹ of the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604) is seeking to appoint a Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d), Salary level E 13 TV-L, 75 %. The position begins as soon as possible and ends on December 31, 2027.
Project C1 investigates the co-production of urban spaces of migration by municipalities and science. It aims at a reflexive analysis of the scientific spatialisation of migration in cities and urban neighbourhoods and its interrelation with the spatialised knowledge produced in and by cities.
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Winter term 2024/25: Lecture series of the Master's program "International Migration and Intercultural Relations" (IMIB)

[15.10.2024] In the winter semester 2024/25, IMIS invites you to its annual lecture series of the Master's program "International Migration and Intercultural Relations" (IMIB). Under the title “Migration: Production Processes, Diversity and Social Impact”, the lecture series offers a wide range of international perspectives on current topics in migration research. Part 1 of the lecture series will take place digitally in cooperation with the English-language joint Master's program EuMIGS, part 2 in presence at IMIS. For more information, see the program.

International conference and inauguration of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1604

[17.7.2024] The international conference ›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹ and inauguration of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1604 took place from 23-25 October at Osnabrück University. More information and programme, Statements & Interviews

Programme of the IMIS/SFB Lecture Series

The interdisciplinary IMIS/SFB Lecture Series will continue in the winter semester with lectures by Teresa Piacentini, Eva G. T. Green, Johann Lindquist as well as Ewald Frie and Boris Nieswand. The schedule and lecture topics can be found here. The lectures will take place in room 15/E16.

Germany's first collaborative research center on migration launches

[10.5.2024] What is migration? The new Collaborative Research Center (Sonderforschungsbereich - SFB) "Production of Migration" at Osnabrück University is investigating this question, because the answer to this question is anything but simple: Why, for example, is the Swedish woman living in Germany not referred to as a migrant, but the children and grandchildren of Turkish immigrants born in Germany are? What is the difference between migration and mobility? How and why do terms for immigrants and their descendants change? In the coming years, the SFB will address such questions. eit. Press release / more information on the SFB

New joint project "Futures of Migration"

[3.5.2024] Another success for migration research in Lower Saxony: The University of Osnabrück, under the leadership of IMIS and with the participation of the Universities of Göttingen and Hildesheim, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media/Georg Eckert Institute and the Friedland Museum, has successfully applied for the new Lower Saxony cooperation format of a Wissenschaftsraum (Science Space) "Futures of Migration" (FuturMig). - What do migration-related future scenarios look like? What social progress and what fears are associated with migration? What ideas are there for shaping the migration society in a solidary and sustainable way? These are questions that the participating academics will address. They will be focussing on the production of "migration futures" in educational contexts.- The project will be funded with almost three million euros over the next five years. With the "Science Spaces" funding programme, the state of Lower Saxony and the Volkswagen Foundation are supporting cooperation between universities in Lower Saxony and non-university research institutions. 16 projects have received funding approval.
More information: Press release, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur / Press release, Osnabrück University

IMIS/SFB Lectures in the Summer semester 2024

[28.3.2024] Three IMIS/SFB Lectures will take place in the summer semester 2024: On 14 May,
 Assoc. Prof. Luna Vives González, Montréal University/Canada will talk about "Evolving Maritime Search and Rescue along the Border of the EU: Death, Resistance, Hope", followed on 28 May by Prof. Dr. Steven Vertovec, Director of the Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen: "Superdiversity and the Production of Social Complexity", and on 25 June by Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Director of the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), Berlin: "Postmigrant Knowledge Production", with a commentary by Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden, Transnational Studies, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland & SFB Mercator Fellow

The lectures take place in room 11/212, Neuer Graben 19/Schloss, 49069 Osnabrück. Program

Major success for migration research in Osnabrück: DFG approves a new Collaborative Research Center at the University

[24.11.2023] It is an outstanding recognition of the achievements of migration research in Osnabrück: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has selected the proposal to establish the Collaborative Research Center "Production of Migration" at the University of Osnabrück for funding. The research strength of the location and the innovative concept of the network of 17 sub-project leaders from Osnabrück, Berlin/Potsdam, Flensburg, Frankfurt am Main and Münster were convincing. Osnabrück University will receive around 8.3 million euros to implement the project for the first funding phase until the end of 2027. Press release / more information on the CRC