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DeZIM conference for doctoral candidates 2025
DeZIM conference for doctoral candidates 2025
The DeZIM Conference for Doctoral Candidates serves to promote the exchange and support of researchers who are at the beginning of their careers and are currently doing their doctorate, have recently completed their doctorate or are about to start it. The conference offers a platform for the presentation and discussion of doctoral or research projects from the entire field of migration, integration and racism research and also includes workshops on overarching topics of migration and integration research.
Thematic focus
The conference is aimed at researchers from the entire field of migration, integration and racism research. This year, there will also be a thematic focus based on the research topics of the host Institute for Employment Research (IAB): The event will focus on the social conditions and structures for the integration and participation of people with a history of flight or migration in the first decade of their arrival in Germany. We therefore particularly invite contributions on the following exemplary topics and issues:
- Integration policies and participation: Which integration policies at federal, state or municipal level hinder or promote the social, economic and cultural participation of people with a history of flight or migration?
- Access to education and the labor market: Which legal conditions promote or hinder access to education and the labor market and which strategies have proven effective? What role do employers and their associations play in labor market and workplace integration?
- Discrimination and structural barriers:What connections can be identified between discriminatory structures and experiences of racism and participation processes?
- Role of civil society and local actors: What significance do local communities, civil society organizations and municipal initiatives have for the arrival and coexistence of heterogeneous groups?
- Intersectionality and multidimensionality: How do different group affiliations (e.g. gender, age, education) affect integration processes and opportunities for participation?
- Empirical methods and data:Which innovative methods and data sets can be used to develop evidence-based recommendations for action?
Conference report
This year's DeZIM conference for doctoral students took place on October 16-17 in Nuremberg at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).
The conference offered more than 30 young researchers from the DeZIM community a unique platform for networking and exchange on interdisciplinary topics in the field of migration and integration research. The interactive conference program included seven panel discussions, two ethics workshops, and a visit to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).
Prof. Dr. Herbert Brücker and Prof. Dr. Yuliya Kosyakova from the Institute for Employment Research opened the conference with welcoming remarks and a keynote speech entitled “When War Follows You: How Conflict-Induced Violence Shapes Refugee Mobility and Integration.” The central message here was that integration should not be understood as a separate phase, but as a continuation of displacement and flight.
In the panel discussions that followed, participants addressed topics ranging from the granting of work visas and the externalization of border policies to career counseling for new arrivals and health care for refugees, as well as language education and questions of political representation in a post-migrant society.
The focus here was on exchange with peers, scientific dialogue, and critical discussion of one's own research.
The workshops on “Ethical Issues in Migration Research—Between Responsibility and Protection” created a space for reflection on one's own research work and responsibility in dealing with vulnerable groups. Dr. Andrea Chagas, Prof. Dr. Nadine Sylla, and Dr. Norbert Cyrus guided the participants with input and reflective questions to exchange ideas about a priori assumptions and dichotomies in migration and integration research.
A visit to the BAMF during the conference provided insights into the Federal Office's field of activity as well as the tasks and composition of its in-house research center.
The conference once again underscored the relevance of interdisciplinary exchange in migration and integration research and contributed significantly to networking within the DeZIM community. We would like to thank all participants and speakers for a successful and inspiring conference and look forward to further events organized by the DeZIM community.