SFB 1604 Production of Migration

Welcome to the Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹!

The Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604) conducts theory-based, post-disciplinary and reflexive research on migration. It investigates how migration is practiced, processed and given meaning at different times and in different contexts.

15 research projects are allocated to the three production media: figures, infrastructures and spaces. The SFB also includes an Integrated Research Training Group and the Reflexivity Lab. The Transfer Project applies and tests the perspectives and findings of the Collaborative Research Centre in practice together with a migration museum.

The research centre is hosted by Osnabrück University, partner institutions in the joint project are the University of Münster, the Goethe University Frankfurt, the Europa-Universität Flensburg, TU Dortmund University, Kiel University, and FU Berlin in cooperation with the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Research Potsdam.

News

Teaser: Publication

›Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism‹

Diekmann, Isabell, Zeynep Demir, Riem Spielhaus, and Andreas Zick, eds. 2026. Anti-Muslim Attitudes and Racism: Observations and Challenges. Cham: Springer.

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Osnabrück Film Festival: Migration Research Meets the Cinema Audience

The “Filmfest Osnabrück – Festival of Independent Film” will take place for the 41st time in early October. From October 6 to 11, the festival will not only screen films—it will also feature discussions about them.

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ARBEIT. SOLIDARITÄT. DEMOKRATIE. Migration in der Transformationsgesellschaft

The 24th Annual Conference of the Cooperation Office for Universities and Trade Unions in Osnabrück will take place in cooperation with the Collaborative Research Center “Production of Migration” (SFB 1604) on November 25, 2026, at Osnabrück University. Please register by November 15!

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Cutting-Edge Research on Global Migration: Two-Million-Euro Project Kicks Off at the University of Osnabrück

Osnabrück University is strengthening its profile in migration research. As of September 1, Dr. Zeynep Şahin-Mencütek has assumed the newly established professorship in “Global Migration and Politics.” An internationally connected scholar, Dr. Şahin-Mencütek joins the university with a prestigious [...]

Out now: ›Production Site‹ – The Podcast About the Societal Production of Migration

How is migration negotiated in society? What perspectives shape academic and public debates? And how can we rethink migration beyond what is taken for granted? In its new podcast, SFB 1604 takes listeners behind the scenes of reflexive migration research.

Upcoming events

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PhD and Postdoc Colloquium in Forced Migration and Refugee Research

15-16 October 2026 – Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), Osnabrück University (on site), organised by SFB 1604 and the BMBF-funded project 'Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Networking and Knowledge Transfer' (FFVT)

Teaser: Lecture

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Nandita Dutta and Leonie Stoll

Dr. Nandita Dutta (Social Geography, SFB 1604): When Knowing Is Producing: The Epistemic and Social Production of Climate Migration 
Leonie Stoll (Sociology, SFB 1604): The Paradox of Antiracism: Strategic Purity and the Practical Circumvention of the Antidiscrimination Trilemma

Teaser: Lecture

Agency of Female Migrants within the Global South-South Migration Corridor: A Feminist Reflection from Case Study of Nepal

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Dr. Meena Poudel (Sociology, Katmandu)

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ARBEIT. SOLIDARITÄT. DEMOKRATIE. Migration in der Transformationsgesellschaft

24. Jahrestagung der Kooperationsstelle Hochschulen und Gewerkschaften in Osnabrück, in Kooperation mit dem Sonderforschungsbereich „Produktion von Migration“ (SFB 1604)