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?

Participation

The application process is now closed. The updated programme can be found below. 

Contact

Queries can be directed to Esther Beckey at tagung@dezim-institut.de at any time. At the institutes of the DeZIM research community, the research networking offices are available as contact persons.

Conference organization: Esther Beckey, Marcel Berlinghoff, Andrea Chagas, Laura Goßner and Zeynep Demir