German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)

The German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) conducts research into integration and migration, consensus and conflict, social participation and diversity, as well as discrimination and racism. It consists of the DeZIM Institute in Berlin and a network of research establishments throughout Germany, the DeZIM Research Community.

The DeZIM Institute is a non-university research institution and is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). It is divided into the three research departments IntegrationMigration and Consensus and Conflict. It also includes the Data-Methods-Monitoring Cluster and the Research Data Centre DeZIM.fdz, the Expert Group "Democracy Promotion and Democratic Practice"​​​​​​​ and the National Discrimination and Racism Monitor (NaDiRa).

DeZIM wishes to strengthen German research on integration and migration and give it greater international visibility. For this purpose, it works together with other university and non-university research establishments. DeZIM also wants to have an impact in the areas of politics, civil society and media, and to contribute to making the discourses on integration, migration, discrimination and racism more objective. It advises representatives from the political sphere, the public sector and civil society on these topics.

Annual reports

Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice

All researchers working at DeZIM are bound by the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice.

Further information and the Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Research Practice available to download

Ethics Committee of the DeZIM Institute

The Ethics Committee of the DeZIM Institute reviews the research projects of researchers at the DeZIM Institute to ensure that they are ethically sound.

Further information about the Ethics Committee

History of DeZIM

The German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) was founded in 2017.

Further information about the history of DeZIM