NaDiRa Lecture Series | Educational (Failure): What Does “Migration Background” Have to Do With It?

In Germany, educational success is often linked to students’ immigrant backgrounds. This lecture presents current research findings on this connection and analyzes them from an anti-discrimination perspective within the context of the structural conditions of the German school system.

When: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Where: Mauerstrasse 76, 10117 Berlin

 

 

 

In his lecture, Prof. Dr. Karim Fereidooni examines the validity of transition recommendations as a central aspect of educational decisions and educational trajectories. The lecture concludes with a discussion of reform measures aimed at creating a more equitable educational system.  

  • Lecture: Prof. Dr. Karim Fereidooni is a professor of social science education at Ruhr University Bochum. His research focuses on critiquing racism in educational institutions, school research and political education in a society of migration, and diversity-sensitive teacher education.
  • Moderator: Dr. Anna Aleksandra Wojciechowicz (Research Associate at NaDiRa)
  • Commentary: Prof. Dr. Aileen Edele, Professor of Empirical Teaching and Learning Research in Contexts of Migration-Related Heterogeneity / Director of the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) / Head of the Department of Education and Integration.

 

NaDiRa Lecture Series

The NaDiRa Lecture Series is a public forum with rotating themes designed to discuss fundamental and current contributions to racism research. With an eye toward the upcoming research focus of the National Discrimination and Racism Monitor (NaDiRa), this year’s series brings together renowned scholars in the fields of anti-discrimination education research and the sociology of education. Education is a central sphere of social participation—and at the same time a setting where racist inequalities and discrimination can manifest and be reproduced. The series, initially planned as three lectures, is dedicated to current findings on educational inequalities, the institutional conditions under which inequalities are produced, and anti-racist perspectives on schools, teaching, and educational materials.

Upcoming dates for the 2026 lecture series:

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Who Belongs? On the Representation of Migration, Diversity, and Belonging in Textbooks
With Prof. Dr. Riem Spielhaus

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 | 6:00 p.m.
Ethnic Educational Inequalities Over the Course
of a Student’s Education With Prof. Dr. Claudia Diehl