Call for Papers: Special Issue of the German Journal of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies: Migration, Education, and the Digital Turn
Digital Migration Studies defines a young, interdisciplinary research field that examines the intersection between migration and digital technologies. It deals with how digital media and technologies influence migration, how migrants use them, and how digital practices enable or restrict new forms of mobility, participation, and belonging. With this call for papers, we focus on digital education and educational infrastructures and seek to highlight the connection between (digital) education and integration.
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The 6th Conference of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies entitled “Eroding solidarity? Forced Migration, Protection and Inclusion in a World Beyond Order” will take place from September 28th-30th, 2026 at the University Hildesheim.
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The year 2015 was characterized by large migration movements to Europe. In a new series, the forced migration studies blog looks back on the “long summer of migration” in order to sort the vast findings from the past decade in a multi-perspective and interdisciplinary way: What has changed in politics, media, practice, society and research since the “long summer of migration”? What effects can we observe and what conclusions can we draw? The articles will be published here on an ongoing basis from April to September.
The guidelines aim to support researchers in their ethical considerations, reflections, and practices in the field of forced migration research, regardless of the methods they use. They provide a practical framework for scholars to make ethically sound decisions throughout the research process.
The Ethics Guidelines of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies were published in September 2024 as an Open Access resource, available in both German and English.
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The German Network for Forced Migration Studies (Netzwerk Fluchtforschung e.V.) is a multi-disciplinary network of academics in Germany whose research focuses on forced migration, refuge, and asylum, as well as of international academics concentrating on these subjects with regard to Germany. We collect and distribute relevant information about scholars, research projects, events and publications. Our objective is to enhance academic exchange and collaboration between scholars in Forced Migration and Refugee Studies in Germany and beyond with publication platforms and knowledge transfer formats such as our conferences every two years. Moreover, the network aims to advance research on forced migration, further academic debate about forced migration, refuge and asylum and promote the public and practical relevance of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies.