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IMIS - Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies

Welcome at IMIS!

The Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) is an interdisciplinary, interfaculty research centre based at Osnabrück University. Since the early 1990s, IMIS has focused its academic interest on the various aspects of spatial mobility and intercultural encounters throughout history and in the present day. IMIS's tasks include consolidating and networking interdisciplinary research in the field of migration, and facilitating dialogue between science and practice through its basic research, publications, public events, and the scientific consulting activities of its members.   Read more

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Members of IMIS and the Collaborative Research Centre 'Production of Migration', April 2024

News

IMIS Highlights 2025

2025 was another very productive year at IMIS. In our new annual review, we present some 'highlights' - from research projects, teaching, science communication and the IMIB Master.

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FuturMig Network Meeting at Museum Friedland

The FuturMig team met at Museum Friedland to discuss migration and the future: narratives, temporal perspectives, and implications for education. The Real and Future Lab promotes inclusive perspectives and new visions.

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PhD Spring School

From 14 to 17 April 2026, SFB 1604 will host the International PhD Spring School ›Production of Migration‹ at Osnabrück University. We are very much looking forward to welcoming our guests and to engaging presentations and stimulating discussions.

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Renowned Canadian Humboldt Award winner arrives

Dr. Oliver Schmidtke, Professor at the University of Victoria and winner of this year's Humboldt Research Award, will be conducting research for twelve months at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) and in the Collaborative Research Centre 1604.

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Upcoming events

Teaser, Lecture

Stabilizing Repair: How Institutions Change to Remain the Same

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Kevin Durrheim (Social Psychology, Johannesburg)

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Teaser, Lecture

A Moral Geography Approach to Human Migration

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Dr. Camille Schmoll (Geography, EHESS Paris)

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Teaser, Lecture

Research on Racism? Exploring the Development of an Academic Practice between Empirical Research, Theory and Politics

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Paul Mecheril (Educational Science, Bielefeld)

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