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.

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Out now: Reflexivities and Knowledge Production in Migration Studies

This open access book (eds. Janine Dahinden & Andreas Pott) brings together cutting-edge work on reflexive approaches within migration studies and emphasizes the boundedness and political character of knowledge production.

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›The Figure of the Migrant‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Thomas Nail (online)

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Call for Participation: International PhD Spring School ›Production of Migration‹

The Spring School in April 2026 provides a space for PhD researchers to engage critically with the concept of migration – examining how it is produced through cultural, political, social, and historical processes, including the role of research itself.

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›Wie Big Data und Sprache unser Bild von Migration beeinflussen‹

Im Podcast "Zia - Audible Women in Science" spricht Laura Stielike mit Hanna Proner über ihre Forschung, Verantwortung und die Macht von Begriffen. 

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IMIS/SFB Lectures, winter semester 2025/26

We are looking forward to discussing the production of migration and various approaches to reflexive migration research with inspiring guests. The new programme has started on Oct 14 with a lecture by Andrea Bührmann (Sociology, Göttingen).

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›A psychology of racism within the European Context‹ (Topical Issue)

Becker, J., Essien, I., Halabi, S., Scholaske, L., & Veit, S. (2025). Acknowledging the elephant in the room: A psychology of racism within the European Context. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 233, 147-154.

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Upcoming events

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IMIS/SFB Lecture

›The Figure of the Migrant‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Thomas Nail (online)

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›Society of Minorities. Living in Superdiversity‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Maurice Crul and Frans Lelie

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›Figures of Migration and the Production of Society‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Dr. Helge Schwiertz

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IMIS/SFB Lecture

›Unauthorised Migrants and the Production of Ignorance‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Christina Boswell

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