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Funded by: Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens,
Women and Youth

Duration: 2025 to 2027

Project leadership: Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken; Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott

Project staff: Judith Altrogge, Philipp Roman Jung

The TRANSMIT research network of the DeZIM research community analyses migration as a complex, transnational social process. The aim is to better understand the dynamics of this process by analysing the interactions between migration, integration and border and migration policies across countries of origin, transit and destination. TRANSMIT is focussing on two migration routes that are particularly relevant for Germany. Since 2019, the team has been building a comprehensive data infrastructure that enables this kind of transnational research. In the new project phase, this will be further expanded and existing data will be used to analyse selected topics and issues.

The basic module of the project focusses on five topics in relation to each other: Aspirations, gender, labour, health and climate change. In order to be able to deal with these topics comprehensively, the TRANSMIT data infrastructure that has been built up to date will be expanded in a targeted manner through further surveys. TRANSMIT is continuing its work with a multi-methodological approach that combines quantitative and qualitative elements. The research design enables an in-depth analysis of the motivations and experiences of migrants and the political framework conditions of migration. In the upcoming project phase, quantitative surveys in Morocco and Turkey and qualitative surveys in Iran, Senegal, Gambia, Morocco, Turkey and Germany are planned in the basic module. In a focus module, the connection between conflicts and migration in the context of the effects of climate change in Nigeria will also be analysed. A further quantitative survey is planned in Nigeria for this purpose.

The qualitative and quantitative data to be collected in the requested project phase will supplement the existing TRANSMIT data infrastructure. This will be made available to external researchers as part of the service module. In particular, access for young researchers is to be ensured through targeted workshop programmes within the DeZIM FG. In addition to high-ranking scientific publications, the results of the project will also be made available in low-threshold formats such as policy briefs, lunch discussions or an interactive data explorer for politicians and the public in order to ensure the visibility of international migration research in the German discourse.

Consortium partners from the DeZIM research community involved in TRANSMIT

Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM)
German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM Institute)
Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Institute for Migration Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIS)
Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)