S01 E00 In Portrait

In this bonus episode, we take a closer look at the Collaborative Research Centre “Production of Migration" (SFB 1604). What exactly is a Collaborative Research Centre? What does “Production of Migration” mean, and what is “reflexive migration research”? How is this Collaborative Research Centre structured, and why do we refer to it as SFB 1604? And finally: What does all of this have to do with the public debates on migration? Feline Engling Cardoso and Vera Hanewinkel, science communicators at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), guide us through this episode. They’ve gathered insights from various researchers working within this Collaborative Research Centre, who explain the meaning behind the terms and concepts the SFB 1604 uses.

About the Guests

•  Prof. Dr. Andreas Pott, Institute of Geography and Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University, chair of SFB 1604 and Principal Investigator, projects  The Production of Urban Spaces of Migration by Local Administrations and Science (C1) and  The Production of Climate Flight as an Occasion for Theorisation (C5)
•  Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheffer, Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Principal Investigator in SFB 1604, project  The Production of Climate Flight as an Occasion for Theorisation (C5)
•  Dr. Jens Schneider, Institute of Geography and Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University, coordinator of the  Reflexivity Lab of SFB 1604
•  Dr. Nandita Dutta, Institute of Geography at Osnabrück University, postdoctoral researcher at SFB 1604, project  The Production of Climate Flight as an Occasion for Theorisation (C5), and coordinator of the  Reflexivity Lab
•  Dr. Isabell Diekmann, Sociology Department, Paderborn University, SFB 1604 member
•  Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schneckener, Institute of Social Sciences and Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University, Principal Investigator in SFB 1604, project  The Production of Mobility Options: Migration and Border Management in the Framework of the Eastern Partnership of the European Union (B2)
•  Prof. Dr. Christiane Reinecke, Chair of Modern European History, European University Flensburg, Principal Investigator in SFB 1604, project  ›Unmaking Migrants?‹ The Production of the EU’s Internal and External Borders in a Historical Postcolonial Perspective (C2)
•  Annika Heyen, doctoral researcher at the Chair of Contemporary History and Historical Migration Research, Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University, coordinator of the  Transfer Project: Reflexive Migration Research in the Museum. Potentials and Perspectives of Virtual Realities of SFB 1604
•  Prof. Dr. Christine Lang, Institute of Geography and Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) at Osnabrück University, Principal Investigator in SFB 1604, Project  The Production of Spaces of Skilled Migration: Recruitment and Mobility of Physicians (C3), and head of the  Integrated Training Group (IRTG) of SFB 1604

About the Hosts

 Feline Engling Cardoso is a member of the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), where she is responsible for science communication. Before joining IMIS, she worked for several years at the nonprofit organization EXIL e.V., where she led public outreach and an educational project on climate change as a driver of displacement, as well as at the MEDIENDIENST INTEGRATION, a media service on migration.

 Vera Hanewinkel is research assistant at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS). She is responsible for IMIS’ science communication as well as for that of the Collaborative Research Center “Production of Migration” (SFB 1604). She also works on the IMIS project focus MIGRATION in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb).