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International conference and inauguration of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1604
›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹
23-25 October 2024, Osnabrück University
Around 160 migration researchers attended the inaugural conference of the Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604). The SFB (launched in April) was officially opened by Susanne Menzel-Riedl (President of Osnabrück University), Andreas Pott (Spokesperson of the SFB) and Helen Schwenken (Director of the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, IMIS), followed by a panel discussion on the challenges of migration research in times of social polarisation. The discussion then focused on the research programme of the SFB: What does ›production of migration‹ mean? How do certain figures, infrastructures and spaces contribute to the social production, negotiation and problematisation of migration? These questions were presented and discussed by renowned international scholars. At the end of the conference, experts from Germany and abroad provided important inputs for the concrete research work of the 17 subprojects in half-day workshops. The reflection and further development of theoretical and methodological considerations benefited from the interdisciplinary character of the conference, which brought together perspectives from a wide range of disciplines: from geography to law, from history to psychology, from sociology to linguistics.
Conference programme
Opening of the SFB 1604 | Wednesday, 23 October
| 18:00-20:00 | Opening addresses by SUSANNE MENZEL-RIEDL (President of Osnabrück University), FALKO MOHRS (Minister for Science and Culture, Video message), ANDREAS POTT (SFB Spokesperson) and HELEN SCHWENKEN (IMIS Director) | |
Panel discussion ›Migration research in times of social polarisation‹ with JANINE DAHINDEN (Neuchâtel), THOMAS GROß (SFB), STEPHAN LESSENICH (Frankfurt am Main) and ALADIN EL-MAFAALANI (SFB) | ||
| 20:00 | Reception |
International conference | Thursday, 24 October
| 9.00-9.30 | PRODUCTION OF MIGRATION |
ANDREAS POTT (SFB): Introduction into the SFB’s Research Programme | |
| 9.30-11.00 | FIGURES |
CATHERINE S. RAMÍREZ (Santa Cruz): The Figure of the Migrant in the Postmigrant Moment | |
| 11.30-13.00 | MIGRATION RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION |
Round Table with ADRIAN FAVELL (Cork) , MAURICE STIERL (SFB), MARTINA TAZZIOLI (Bologna) | |
| 14.00-15.30 | INFRASTRUCTURES |
THOMAS SPIJKERBOER (Gent): The Global Mobility Infrastructure: Reconceptualising the Externalisation of Migration Control | |
| 15.30-16.00 | VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS |
Presentation ›Building Exhibitions, Changing Places‹ with the Transfer Project Team (SFB) | |
| 16.30-18.00 | SPACES |
PARVATI RAGHURAM (Open University): The Spaces of Migration | |
| 18.00-18.30 | REFLECTION |
Commentaries by CHRISTIANE REINECKE (SFB) and BORIS NIESWAND (Tübingen) |
Project workshops | Friday, 25 October (9-14 hrs)
List of contributors
Invited speakers: | |
Dr. Sebastián Cobarrubias (Geography, ARAID Research Foundation/University of Zaragoza) | |
Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden (Transnational Studies, SFB 1604 Mercator Fellow, University of Neuchâtel) | |
Prof. Dr. Adrian Favell (Social and Political Theory, University College Cork) | |
Dr. Federica Infantino (Migration Studies, Université Côte d'Azur) | |
Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich (Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt & Institute for Social Research) | |
Prof. Dr. Boris Nieswand (Sociology, University of Tübingen) | |
Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet (Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven) | |
Prof. Dr. Parvati Raghuram (Geography, The Open University) | |
Prof. Dr. Catherine S. Ramírez (Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz) | |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Spijkerboer (Migration Law, Gent University) | |
Prof. Dr. Martina Tazzioli (Geography, University of Bologna) | |
Prof. Dr. Henk van Houtum (Political Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen) | |
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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast (Law, JLU Giessen) | |
PD Dr. Peter Birke (Sociology, University of Göttingen) | |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Blätte (Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen) | |
Prof. Dr. Manuela Boatcă (Sociology, University of Freiburg) | |
Dr. Mai-Anh Boger (Educational science, University of Regensburg) | |
Dr. Sebastián Cobarrubias (Geography, ARAID Research Foundation/University of Zaragoza) | |
Ðoan Diane Hoàng Dy (Wink Luke Museum, Seattle) | |
Han Eckelberg (Wink Luke Museum, Seattle) | |
Dr. Stefanie Jannedy (Linguistics,Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin) | |
Prof. Dr. Boris Nieswand (Sociology, University of Tübingen) | |
Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet (Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven) | |
Prof. Dr. Parvati Raghuram (Geography, The Open University) | |
Prof. Dr. Catherine S. Ramírez (Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz) | |
Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak (Geography, University of Vienna) | |
Dr. Linda Supik (Sociology, Münster) | |
Prof. Dr. Martina Tazzioli (Geography, University of Bologna) | |
Dr. Zvezda Vankova (Law, Lund University) | |
Dr. Christa Wichterich (Sociology, Bonn) | |
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SFB Speakers & Moderators: | |
Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani (Sociology, SFB projects A2 & T, TU Dortmund) | |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Groß (Law, SFB project B1, Osnabrück University) | |
Prof. Dr. Christine Lang (Social Geography, SFB projects C3 & IRTG, Osnabrück University) | |
Prof. Dr. Isabella Löhr (History, SFB project A5, FU Berlin & ZZF Potsdam) | |
Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott (Social Geography, SFB spokesperson, projects C1 & C5, Osnabrück University) | |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass (History, SFB projects A3 & T, Osnabrück University) | |
Prof. Dr. Christiane Reinecke (History, SFB project C2, Europa-Universität Flensburg) | |
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneckener (Political Science, SFB project B2, Osnabrück University) | |
Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken (Sociology, SFB dep. spokesperson, B3 & IRTG, Osnabrück University) | |
Dr. Maurice Stierl (Political Sociology/Geography, SFB project C4, Osnabrück University) | |
Transfer Project (Michael Brinkmeier (Professor for Computer Science Didactics, Osnabrück University), Annika Heyen (Project Coordinator), Christoph Rass (PI)) | |
