Maarit Thiem
Senior Project Coordinator
showForced Migration and Refugee Studies (FFVT)
Research on forced migration and refugees is highly relevant in Germany. As its importance has grown, so has the demand for expertise from civil society, the media and politics. To meet this deman, it is essential to establish strong networks in Germany and worldwide.
The project aims to strengthen interdisciplinary and international research on forced migration and refugees. Through its various activities, FFVT is helping to establish a sustainable infrastructure
for research on forced migration and refugees in Germany, thereby enabling high-quality scientific work. The project brings together research on migration, development, conflict and violence, climate change, health, good governance and human rights. In this way, FFVT facilitates networking between researchers and institutions working on issues related to forced migration.
A key element of the project is dialogue between academia, practitioners, the media and policy-makers. The FFVT website contains a dedicated Ukraine information hub and an interactive database covering nearly 700 research projects in Germany. The Report Globale Flucht (report on global displacement; in German) is published annually as part of the project. To internationalise German research on forced migration and refugees, FFVT co-organises international conferences and offers a global fellowship programme and a summer school in Nuremberg.
Publications
Mielke, K., Schetter, C. „Afghanistan“. In Report Gobale Flucht. Oltmer et. Al (Eds.). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, 2023.
Hrsg.:Jochen Oltmer, Marcel Berlinghoff, Franck Düvell, Ulrike Krause, Andreas Pott Report Globale Flucht. 05/2023.
https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/report-globale-flucht-2023-9783596708901
Merlin Flaig, Katharina Klimova. 10/2022. Forced Migration Studies and Policy Dialogue – Promoting New Ways of Knowledge Production and Policy Transfer.
Project Note, https://ffvt.net/de/publications/forced-migration-studies-and-policy-dialogue-promoting-new-ways-of.
Merlin Flaig, Hanna-Maria Paul. 06/2023. Contested Categories – Issues at the Intersection of Development and Forced Migration Studies.
Project Note, https://ffvt.net/de/publications/contested-categories-issues-at-the-intersection-of-development-and-forced
Yasemin Bekyol, Johanna C. Günther. 07/2023. Systemrelevant und systemisch benachteiligt? (Flucht-)Migration und Gesundheit: Zugang, Teilhabe und Beschäftigung.
Project Note, https://ffvt.net/de/publications/systemrelevant-und-systemisch-benachteiligt-flucht-migration-und-gesundheit-zugang-teilhabe
5th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies
Events
Tuesday, 14th March, 2023
Hybrid
„Systemrelevant und systemisch benachteiligt? (Flucht-)Migration und Gesundheit: Zugang, Teilhabe und Beschäftigung“
Wednesday, 17th May, 2023
Offline
Roundtable on “Forced Displacement and Migration-related Research”
Monday, 27th March, 2023
IN-PERSON
Workshop on “Lived transnationalism in times of violent conflict – Cross-border connections and mobilities of people, goods and capital”
Other events
- Expert Roundtable (hybrid): The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) in Ethiopia: Meaningful Involvement of Regional and District Governments, 27 February 2023, IDOS, DeZIM, Bonn.
- Hybrid event on “Grenzen, Polizei, Strafjustiz: Rassismuskritische Perspektiven/ Borders, policing, criminal courts: Anti-racist perspectives”, 7 December 2022, CHREN Colloquium, Erlangen.
- Online discussion, FFVT on point “Displaced and disconnected? Rohingya refugees’ search for a future in Bangladesh and beyond”, 25 October 2022, BICC, Bonn.
- Konferenz des Netzwerks Fluchtforschung, 28-30 September 2022, BICC, Bonn.
- Workshop on “Forced Migration Studies and Policy Dialogue: Promoting New Ways of Knowledge Production and Policy Transfer”, 15 September 2022, IDOS, Bonn.
- Podium discussion on “Cities of Migrant Solidarity: An International Dialogue”, 1 September 2022, CHREN, Erlangen.
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