Migration

IMPULSE Café: Labour market access and discriminatory experiences of refugees and Eastern European migrants in Germany 📅 May 20, 2025 ⏰ 4:00-5:30 PM 📍 University of Bonn, IMPULSE – House for Intellectual Innovation and Creativity (Adenauerallee 131, Bonn) The IMPULSE Café is a new monthly space for researchers in forced migration studies to exchange ideas in a relaxed yet focused setting. Each session features key discussants, a moderator, and an open conversation over coffee. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Discussants: 🔹Prof. Dr. Kerstin Rosenow-Williams & Dr. Alina Bergedieck (H-BRS) – Labor market integration of refugee women 🔹Prof. Dr. Michael Sauer (H-BRS) – Focus on sustainable skilled labor migration 🔹Dr. Jure Leko (BIM e.V.) – Discrimination against Eastern European migrants in the labor market 🔹Kalie Kerpaci (bicc) – Challenges that health professionals from Albania and Kosovo face in Germany 🎤 Moderator: Dr. Benjamin Etzold (bicc / BCDSS)

IMPULSE Café: Mobilities, displacements and transnational entanglements in the wake of Russian aggressions 📅 Date: September 16, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00-5:30 pm 📍 Location: IMPULSE – House for Intellectual Innovation and Creativity (Adenauerallee 131, Bonn) The IMPULSE Café is a monthly space for researchers in forced migration studies to exchange ideas in a relaxed yet focused setting. Each session features two key discussants, a moderator, and an open conversation over coffee. The third session explores mobilities, displacements and transnational entanglements in the wake of Russian aggressions with insights from: 🔹 Dr. Galina Selivanova, University of Bonn Bonn, Forum Internationale Wissenschaft (FIW) 🔹 Inna Șupac, bicc (Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies) 🔹 Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, University of Bonn, Senior Fellow at CASSIS 🎤 Moderated by: Dr. Benjamin Etzold (bicc / BCDSS) Beverages and snacks will be provided.

Living Migration – Shaping Democracy – Strengthening Community(ies) Migration shapes neighborhoods and brings with it new questions, experiences, and challenges. Yet migration is only one facet of social diversity, offering fresh perspectives on fundamental questions of belonging and democratic coexistence. We view migration as an opportunity for democracy and as an impetus to learn from one another and to continuously reshape how we live together as a society. Together, we aim to explore how democratic experiences in local migration contexts can be made visible and utilized—as a resource for a vibrant and resilient democracy. We invite scholars from all disciplines and institutions (universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university research institutes, think tanks), practitioners from NGOs, associations, politics, or city administration, as well as representatives of migrant self-organizations to join us.

IMPULSE Café: Labour Migrants’ Mobility, Networks & Local Impacts 📅 Date: March 18, 2025 ⏰ Time: 4:00-5:30 PM 📍 Location: University of Bonn, House of Imagination & Intellectual Creativity (Adenauerallee 131, Bonn) The IMPULSE Café is a new monthly space for researchers in forced migration studies to exchange ideas in a relaxed yet focused setting. Each session features two key discussants, a moderator, and an open conversation over coffee. This first session explores labour migrants’ mobility, networks, and local impacts with insights from: 🔹 Ayesha Hussain (BCDSS, University of Bonn) – Research on migrant workers in Italy 🔹 Dr. Retno Widyastuti (BIGS Oriental & Asian Studies) – Research on migrant workers in Indonesia 🎤 Moderated by Dr. Benjamin Etzold (bicc / BCDSS) Beverages and snacks will be provided. Interested in contributing to future sessions? Contact benjamin.etzold@bicc.de.

This roundtable brings together experts to discuss responsibility and accountability in (forced) migration studies. It addresses ethical challenges such as data sensitivity, research ethics, and the safety of both researchers and affected communities. In light of the increasing politicization of migration, the event explores how responsibility can be understood and practiced at individual and institutional levels. A short input will be followed by a moderated panel and open exchange on current dilemmas in displacement and migration research. Hosted by the Bonn Platform for Forced Migration Studies – organized by FIW, BORA, bicc, FFVT and BIM e.V. – the roundtable fosters interdisciplinary dialogue between academia and practice.