Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces

The conference ›Production of Migration: Figures, Infrastructures and Spaces‹ inaugurates the new Collaborative Research Centre ›Production of Migration‹ (SFB 1604). Different panels will discuss the Research Centre’s agenda and conceptual approach. The conference will be the starting point for various collaborations within the research community and with the wider public.

The SFB ›Production of Migration‹ is an interdisciplinary consortium funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), that sets out to collectively develop a reflexive theory of the social production of migration over the next years. Launched in April 2024, around 50 researchers from the fields of geography, history, psychology, linguistics, law and social sciences are investigating various forms, facets and consequences of the social negotiation of migration. Comprising 15 projects grouped in three project areas, the SFB is dedicated to explore what it considers to be central ›media‹ in the production of migration: figures, infrastructures and spaces.
Brief outline of the conference programme:
  • Wednesday, 23 October (from 6 pm): Opening of the SFB 1604 (Opening address, panel discussion and reception) 
  • Thursday, 24 October: Keynotes, commentaries and panel discussions on the concept and perspectives of the SFB 
  • Friday, 25 October: Project workshops (participation by invitation only       

We are looking forward to discussing the agenda and the conceptual approach of the Collaborative Research Centre with, among others: Anna Amelina (Cottbus), Sebastián Cobarrubias (Zaragoza), Janine Dahinden (Neuchâtel), Adrian Favell (Cork), Federica Infantino (Nice), Armin Nassehi (München), Boris Nieswand (Tübingen), Karen Phalet (Leuven), Parvati Rhaguram (Open University), Catherine S. Ramírez (Santa Cruz), Thomas Spijkerboer (Amsterdam), Martina Tazzioli (Bologna) and Henk van Houtum (Nijmegen).
 

The conference is an in-person event and registration is required. Livestreams of the opening event (in German) and the conference sessions (in English) will be available.

Venue: The opening event and the conference will be held in the main building (Castle) of Osnabrück University: Neuer Graben 29, 49074 Osnabrück, Germany.