Centre for Global Migration Studies (CeMig)
Migration is one of the most pressing and complex issues of the 21st century. The Centre for Global Migration Studies (CeMig) brings together scholars of
Göttingen Campus from six different faculties, plus the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG). Together they study the complex challenges of migration on a global scale under very different thematic and regional foci, that by engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration and by pooling together diverse methodological approaches. CeMig strengthens research and teaching in the area of Migration Studies in addition to establishing innovative forms of knowledge transfer.
Interdisciplinary research group "Public Health and Migration":
Online lecture series in the winter term 2024/2025
07.11. 2024 16:15-17:45 (CET)
Dr. Hans Vogt (German Centre for Integration and Migration Research):
"Rassismus in der ärztlichen Ausbildung und Praxis - Zur Produktion von Ungleichheiten in der deutschen Gesundheitsversorgung" (in German)
05.12.2024 16:15-17:45 (CET)
In co-operation with the Office for Integration of the City of Göttingen.
Dr. Sidra Khan-Gökkaya (Board Representative for Migration, Integration and Anti-Racism UKE Group): "Vielfalt und Anti-Rassismus im Gesundheitswesen. Strukturelle Maßnahmen und institutionelle Ansätze" (in German)
19.12. 2024 16:15-17:45 (CET)
PD Dr. med. habil. Amand-Gabriel Führer (Institute of Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics, University Medicine Halle):
"Strukturelle Kompetenz erklärt anhand ethnographischer Beispiele aus der Versorgung von Asylsuchenden" (in German)
Please find more information and register here.
CeMig guest:
Events with Assoc. Professor Medea Badashvili
25.11.2024 10:00 - 12:00 (CET), KWZ 3.601
In cooperation with Erasmus Mundus MA Euroculture.
12th Migration Research Lab "Gender and Migration"
Please find more information here.
25.11.2024 16:15-17:45 (CET), online via Zoom
Public talk: "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: The Human Cost, Refugee Crisis, and Migration Challenges (Case Study: Germany)"
Please find more information here.
Dr. Medea Badashvili is DAAD fellow at CeMig from July to November 2024. She serves as an Associate Professor at Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia, where she also heads the Master Program in Gender Studies. Holding a PhD in Human Geography, BA and MA in Socio-Economic and Political Geography, her research interests encompass a wide array of topics, including labor migration, refugee flows, gender equality, domestic violence, women’s economic and political empowerment. Her extensive teaching portfolio covers the courses on gender and migration, feminist theory, global health politics, agency, gender in Eastern European and post-soviet countries and many others.
Abstract of her research: The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has triggered a global political and security upheaval, causing a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and neighboring regions. Over 8 million Ukrainians have sought refuge in neighboring EU countries and post-soviet states, like Georgia. Medea Badashvili's research will focus on Ukrainian refugees in Germany, where over a million finding shelter and 180,000 in Georgia. Refugees, mainly women, children, and the elderly, face challenges of integration and adaptation. The study aims to explore the life narratives of Ukrainian refugees, particularly in women-headed households, to understand how displacement reshapes power dynamics and family decision-making. By examining issues of integration, assimilation, and maintaining cultural norms, the research seeks to provide insights into the challenges faced by refugees in adapting to their new societies in Germany and Georgia. This comparative study will contribute to understanding the experiences of Ukrainian refugees in different contexts, shedding light on their struggles and resilience in the face of displacement.
Contact: medea.badashvili@uni-goettingen.de; medea.badashvili@tsu.ge
Book Release: Tarek Shukrallah (ed.): Nicht die Ersten. Bewegungsgeschichten von Queers of Color in Deutschland
»Nicht die Ersten« sets out in search of memories and movement histories of queer Black people and People of Colour in Germany from the 1980s to the present day.
More information can be found here.
Podcast: Bewegungsgeschichten: Die Gründung der Karawane für die Rechte von Flüchtlingen und Migrant*innen in München 1998
About the founding of the Caravan for the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in Munich in 1998. A podcast by Alice Hamdi and Mika Wodke from Bewegungsschule.
Click here for the podcast episodes (in German) and background information.