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Migration Department

The Migration Department examines the causes and consequences of migration movements and sheds light on the complexity, processuality and heterogeneity of migration experiences. Migration is viewed as a phenomenon for society as a whole, including mobility and immobility in different contexts. A deeper understanding of migration dynamics also requires the consideration of dynamics in transit and origin countries as well as in other destination regions.

We look at multidimensional causes and consequences of aspirations and abilities regarding (im)mobility, and of migration control processes.

Dr. Zeynep Yanasmayan, Head of the Migration Department

Dr. Zeynep Yanaşmayan
Head of Migration Department

Dr. Ramona Rischke
Co-Head of Migration Department

Mobility aspirations and capabilities: The traditional area of migration and mobility decisions is the focus and the diversity of drivers and how these interact with (im)mobility aspirations and capabilities is emphasized(New approaches to simulating immigration and integration trajectories, Access routes: objectives, interactions and their consequences).
Migration management: This focus highlights how and with what consequences the negotiation, definition and implementation of local, national and transnational norms of migration management take place(Negotiation processes in the international refugee regime - Europe and its partner states, Global norms and local practices - the implementation of the "Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework" in Ethiopia)
Transnational mobilization: The focus here is on how humanitarian and other non-state actors intervene in the field of tension between national and international legal standards.
Migration and social change: The focus is on the effects of refugee migration, including in societies of origin and host societies outside Germany.

Contributions to the further development of theory on the decision-making processes of migrants (and their relationship to the policies of the receiving state)(flight and naturalization policy, transnational perspectives on discrimination, well-being and mobility, return efforts and the life course of refugees in Germany)
Development of data infrastructures in order to be able to respond promptly to current refugee and conflict events. Examples of this are Development of a panel study (7,200 households) on the private accommodation of Ukrainian refugees; development of a survey on the living situations of Afghan refugees in Turkey; in-depth analysis (and one of the first) of the Federal Reception Program Afghanistan (BAP)(local staff and other refugees from Afghanistan in Germany,
Academic contributions on highly politicized topics that have met with an enormous response. Examples include: Effects of sea rescues or analyses in connection with the elections in Turkey.
Monitoring and objectification of German migration and asylum policy through various public contributions and background discussions.