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.

Few researchers today would question the necessity of reflexivity or the idea that knowledge production is always situated. In migration studies, in particular, reflexive approaches and the involvement in societal contestations over migration have become highly debated issues, not least because the field has been criticised for its potential to reproduce hegemonic power relations.

This volume, a product of IMISCOE’s Standing Committee ‘Reflexivities in Migration Studies’, contributes to these discussions by opening new and original avenues of inquiry. The contributions in this interdisciplinary anthology offer more than state-of-the-art reflections. Rather than merely identifying pitfalls and theorising the challenges of knowledge production in migration studies, they propose concrete alternatives. By exploring innovative forms of producing knowledge on migration-related questions, they seek to transform the epistemological, theoretical, and methodological foundations of the field.

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Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Termin eine:n Mitarbeiter:in zur Wissenschaftskommunikation (E 13 TV-L, 50%). Die Stelle ist bis zum 23.11.2029 zu besetzen. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 6.11.2025.

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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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IMIS/SFB Lectures im Wintersemester 2025/26

Wir freuen uns darauf, die Produktion von Migration und verschiedene Ansätze reflexiver Migrationsforschung mit spannenden Gästen zu diskutieren. Das neue Programm startete am 14.10. mit einem Vortrag von Andrea Bührmann (Soziologie, Göttingen).

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Neue IMIS-Website online!

Herzlich willkommen auf der neuen Webpräsenz des IMIS! Im neuen Design informieren wir u.a. über unsere Forschugsaktivitäten, unsere Studiengänge und Publikationen.