On 22 April 2015 there will be a public discussion about asylum seekers in Thuringia and the local district of Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis. It will take place in Mühlhausen (my hometown) and I am very happy to participate with a talk about the international situation of refugees.
Flüchtlingsfrauen. (Un)sichtbar, (un)sicher und (un)abhängig? Zum heutigen Weltfrauentag möchte ich über Flüchtlingsfrauen schreiben. Werden sie in der internationalen Politik gesehen? Vor welchen Herausforderungen stehen sie? Und welche Chancen bietet ihnen gegebenenfalls die Flucht? This post is only available in German. Publiziert auf: FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog Laut UNHCR waren 2013 49% aller…
Annual Conference of the Platform civil Conflict Management The annual conference of the the Platform civil Conflict Management (Plattform für zivile Konfliktbearbeitung) will focus on refugees. The event is co-organized with the Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung (which I represent) and ProAsyl. It take place 16 – 18 April 2015 in Bad Boll, Germany. Further…
Eine Forschung über Flüchtlinge? In Deutschland? Was soll denn Flüchtlingsforschung sein? Und brauchen wir sie in Deutschland? Diese Fragen wurden mir in den vergangenen Jahren häufig gestellt und nachstehend finden Sie meine Antwort. Tatsächlich gibt es seit einigen Jahren Entwicklungen hin zu einer hiesigen Flüchtlingsforschung. Bevor ich jedoch darauf…
New Blog of the Network Refugee Research (Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung) The new Blog ‘FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog‘ went online today and is accessible via https://fluechtlingsforschung.net/blog/ . The aim of the blog is to provide a platform for information and exchange. A wide range of issues regarding forced migration, displacement and asylum is covered mainly…
My article about the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol is published in the German Journal for Human Rights. Abstract (english): The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 and its Protocol of 1967 has proven to be a milestone in the history of human rights.…
Newspaper published Articles about our Research Project The Oberhessische Presse, the local newspaper in Marburg, published two articles about our research project at the Center of Conflict Studies, Marburg University. The articles are in German and accessible online: Sexuelle Gewalt gibt es auch in Lagern. Bedingungen, Ausmaß und Formen von…
CfP: Panel “Gender, Violence and Refugee Communities”, ECAS 2015 8-10 July 2015 in Paris, deadline: January 9, 2015. For many refugees, the end of conflicts does not coincide with the end of violent assaults but escaping war and repression only offers a certain degree of shelter from physical and structural…
Research Ethics in Forced Migration & Refugee Studies On 11 June 2014, the Young Scholars Conference of the annual VAD conference takes place in Bayreuth which includes a panel discussion on Research Ethics (and Academic Integrity). In this context, I speak about “Research Ethics in Refugee Studies. Examples of Ethnographic Research…
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series On 08 May 2014, I participate in the interdisciplinary lecture series “Natur-Räume: Aneignungen, Transformationen und Neuinterpretationen in Religion, Kultur und Gesellschaft” (Nature-Spaces: Adoptions, Transformations and Reinterpretations in Religion, Culture and Society) at the University of Marburg, doing a presentation about “Refugee Settlements as Living and Protection Spaces? Based on the Example…
