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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C4 C5 Publication

›Modern Slavery and Migration‹

Dutta, Nandita, and Maurice Stierl. 2025. Modern Slavery and Migration: A Conversation on the Production of Invasive Figures and Racist Imaginaries. Sociology.

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›Spatio-scientific imaginaries‹

Dutta, Nandita. 2025. Spatio-scientific imaginaries. Climate and Development: 1–6.

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Visiting Home(s) in Heidelberg

Aurora A. Sauter participated in the 'Reconfiguring Place and Belonging in Socioecological Transformations' workshop at the SFB 1671 'Heimat(en)' in Heidelberg.

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Out now: Reflexivities and Knowledge Production in Migration Studies

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

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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: Andrea Bührmann, Thomas Nail, Maurice Crul/Frans Lelie, Helge Schwiertz, Christina Boswell & Fabrice Langrognet.

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›Figures of Migration and the Production of Society‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Dr. Helge Schwiertz

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Teaser: Workshop

Workshop on spatial imaginaries of migration (studies)

Workshop with Dr. Josh Watkins (National University of Singapore)

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Von der „multikulturellen Stadt“ zur Debatte ums „Stadtbild“. Politisch-administrative und wissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf Migration und Kommune

Vortrag und Diskussion mit Daniel Cohn-Bendit und Claus Leggewie

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›Unauthorised Migrants and the Production of Ignorance‹

IMIS/SFB Lecture with Prof. Dr. Christina Boswell

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