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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
The conference ›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹ inaugurates the new Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604). Different panels will discuss the Research Centre’s agenda and conceptual approach. The conference will be the starting point for various collaborations within the research community and with the wider public.
The SFB ›Production of Migration‹ is an interdisciplinary consortium funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), that sets out to collectively develop a reflexive theory of the social production of migration over the next twelve years. Launched in April 2024, around 50 researchers from the fields of geography, history, psychology, linguistics, law and social sciences are investigating various forms, facets and consequences of the social negotiation of migration. Comprising 15 projects grouped in three project areas, the SFB is dedicated to explore what it considers to be central ›media‹ in the production of migration: figures, infrastructures and spaces.
The conference is an in-person event and registration is required. Livestreams of the opening event (in German) and the conference sessions (in English) will be available.
Venue: The opening event and the conference will be held in the main building (Castle) of Osnabrück University: Neuer Graben 29, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany: Map, Travelling information.
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 1604 Spokesperson) and HELEN SCHWENKEN (IMIS Director) | |
Panel discussion ›Migration research in times of social polarisation‹ with JANINE DAHINDEN (Neuchâtel), THOMAS GROß (SFB 1604), STEPHAN LESSENICH (Frankfurt am Main) and ALADIN EL-MAFAALANI (SFB 1604) | ||
The opening event will be held in German, on-site translation into English will be provided. | ||
| 20:00 | Reception |
International conference | Thursday, 24 October
PRODUCTION OF MIGRATION | ||
| 9.00-9.30 | Introduction into the SFB’s Research Programme: ANDREAS POTT (SFB 1604) | |
FIGURES | ||
| 9.30-11.00 | Keynotes | |
[Coffee break] | ||
MIGRATION RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION | ||
| 11.30-13.00 | Round Table with ADRIAN FAVELL (Cork) , MAURICE STIERL (SFB 1604), MARTINA TAZZIOLI (Bologna) | |
| [Lunch break] | |
INFRASTRUCTURES | ||
| 14.00-15.30 | Keynotes Comment: SEBASTIAN COBARRUBIAS (Zaragoza) | |
VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS | ||
| 15.30-16.00 | Presentation ›Building Exhibitions, Changing Places‹ | |
| [Coffee break] | |
SPACES | ||
| 16.30-18.00 | Keynotes | |
REFLECTION | ||
| 18.00-18.30 | Commentaries by CHRISTIANE REINECKE (SFB 1604) and BORIS NIESWAND (Tübingen) | |
| 18.30 | Get-together, food & drinks | |
Project workshops | Friday, 25 October (9-14 hrs)
- Participation by invitation only -
List of contributors
| Dr. Sebastián Cobarrubias | Geograpy, ARAID Research Foundation/University of Zaragoza (ESP) | |
| Prof. Dr. Janine Dahinden | Transnational Studies, SFB 1604 Mercator Fellow, University of Neuchâtel (SUI) | |
| Prof. Dr. Adrian Favell | Social and Political Theory, University College Cork (IRL) | |
| Dr. Federica Infantino | Migration Studies, Université Côte d'Azur (FR) | |
| Prof. Dr. Stephan Lessenich | Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt & Institute for Social Research (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Boris Nieswand | Sociology, University of Tübingen (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet | Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven (NL) | |
| Prof. Dr. Parvati Raghuram | Geography, The Open University (UK) | |
| Prof. Dr. Catherine S. Ramírez | Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz (US) | |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Spijkerboer | Migration Law, Gent University (BEL) | |
| Prof. Dr. Martina Tazzioli | Geography, University of Bologna (IT) | |
| Prof. Dr. Henk van Houtum | Political Geography, Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) | |
| Prof. Dr. Aladin El-Mafaalani | Sociology, SFB 1604 (projects A2 & T), TU Dortmund (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Groß | Law, SFB 1604 (project B1), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Christine Lang | Social Geography, SFB 1604 (project C3 & IRTG), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Isabella Löhr | History, SFB 1604 (project A5), FU Berlin & ZZF Potsdam (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott | Social Geography, SFB 1604 (Spokesperson, projects C1 & C5), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Christoph Rass | History, SFB 1604 (projects A3 & T), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Christiane Reinecke | History, SFB 1604 (project C2), Europa-Universität Flensburg (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneckener | Political Science, SFB 1604 (project B2), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken | Sociology, SFB 1604 (Dep. Spokesperson, projects B3 & IRTG), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Dr. Maurice Stierl | Political Sociology/Geography, SFB 1604 (project C4), Osnabrück University (GER) | |
| Guests of the project workshops, 25 October: | ||
| Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bast | Law, JLU Giessen (GER) | |
| PD Dr. Peter Birke | Sociology, University of Göttingen (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Andreas Blätte | Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Manuela Boatcă | Sociology, University of Freiburg (GER) | |
| Dr. Mai-Anh Boger | Educational science, University of Regensburg (GER) | |
| Dr. Sebastián Cobarrubias | Geograpy, ARAID Research Foundation/University of Zaragoza (ESP) | |
| Ðoan Diane Hoàng Dy | Wink Luke Museum, Seattle (US) | |
| Han Eckelberg | Wink Luke Museum, Seattle (US) | |
| Dr. Stefanie Jannedy | Linguistics,Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, Berlin (GER) | |
| Dr. Marta Jaroszewicz | Political Science, University of Warsaw (PL) | |
| Dr. Veronika Kourabas | Educational Science, Hochschule Niederrhein (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Maren Möhring | History, Leipzig University (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Boris Nieswand | Sociology, University of Tübingen (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Jannis Panagiotidis | History, University of Vienna (AUT) | |
| Prof. Dr. Karen Phalet | Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven (NL) | |
| Prof. Dr. Parvati Raghuram | Geography, The Open University (UK) | |
| Prof. Dr. Patrick Sakdapolrak | Geography, University of Vienna (AUT) | |
| Dr. Linda Supik | Sociology, Münster (GER) | |
| Prof. Dr. Martina Tazzioli | Geography, University of Bologna (IT) | |
| Dr. Zvezda Vankova | Law, Lund University (SE) | |
| Dr. Christa Wichterich | Sociology, Bonn (GER) | |
