European Forum for Migration Studies

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European Forum for Migration Studies
Category: Research institute
Carrier: European Forum for Migration Studies
Facility location: Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg
Type of research: Empirical Social Research
Subjects: Social science
Areas of expertise: Migration and Integration in Germany and Europe
Management: Friedrich Heckmann
Homepage: www.efms.de

The European Forum for Migration Studies (spelling : European forum for migration studies (efms) ) was a social science research institute at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg . Between 1993 and 2019, the efms carried out research on migration and integration issues in Germany and Europe.

aims

Founded in 1993, the efms was one of the first German research institutes in the field of migration and integration . The motivation behind the establishment of the institute was to establish continuous research on these topics and to develop the relevant skills and capacities for practice-oriented research and policy advice. The goals of the efms were in particular to improve knowledge about migration and integration processes, to support the exchange of knowledge between research, administration, politics and the public and thus to contribute to the improvement of migration and integration policy in Germany and Europe.

working area

Research projects

The efms worked on research and service projects in the following areas:

In the development phase, the institute concentrated on migration research. In the second half of the 1990s, efms developed the concept of migration reporting for Germany and, based on a resolution by the German Bundestag , created the migration report in the following years. Research projects on migration theory and irregular migration were added. Later, research was also carried out at the efms on, for example, the immigration of highly qualified people .

The topics of integration, discrimination and evaluation expanded the work spectrum of the efms. It researched the integration of migrants, supports municipalities in the development of integration policy concepts and creates scientific analyzes on racism , xenophobia , discrimination and asylum , among others for the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights . Furthermore, the efms took part in the development of social media for participatory policy-making. In addition, the efms accompanied and evaluated integration projects and programs of state governments, cities and foundations. As an institutional member of the DeGEval - Society for Evaluation, the efms observed the DeGEval standards for evaluation .

European orientation

A European orientation was central to the work of the institute in all projects. The efms was a member of several European networks:

  • IMISCOE Research Network (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe)
  • FRANET, the multidisciplinary research network of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
  • RED (Rights, Equality and Diversity) European Network Combating Racism & Xenophobia
  • EMN (European Migration Network)
  • European network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP)

Structure and sponsorship

The efms was founded by the social scientists Friedrich Heckmann and Wolfgang Bosswick as well as the lawyers Viktor Foerster and Walter J. Weber as an institute at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg . The sponsor of the efms was the non-profit association European Forum for Migration Studies . The efms was scientifically managed by Friedrich Heckmann, Wolfgang Bosswick acted as managing director.

After a phase of start-up funding from the Foundation for Population, Migration and Environment BMU (Zurich), the efms was financed primarily through third-party projects. Clients are u. a. EU institutions, the federal and state governments, municipalities and foundations. In March 2019, the institute ceased operations due to insufficient financial support.

Publications (selection) on migration research

The main publications of the efms are as follows:

Methodological contributions

  • Reiter, Stefanie; Heckmann, Friedrich; Koehler, Claudia; Peucker, Mario: Quantitative Integration Research in Europe - Data Needs and Data Availability. Thematic Study. Created as part of the EU project PROMINSTAT, Vienna 2010

Human rights

  • Peucker, Mario: Discrimination on the basis of Islamic religious affiliation in the context of working life - findings, questions and recommendations for action. Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS), Berlin 2010
  • Lechner, Claudia; Peucker, Mario: Feasibility study " Standardized data collection for the detection of discrimination !? - Inventory and outlook". Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (ADS), Berlin 2010
  • Neske, Matthias: people smuggling . Germany as a transit and destination country for irregular migration. Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart 2007

Migration policy

  • Bosswick, Wolfgang; Heckmann, Friedrich (eds.): Migration Policies: a Comparative Perspective, Foreword by Richard von Weizsäcker , Enke Verlag Stuttgart 1995

Migration theory

Municipalities and the Free State of Bavaria

Germany

  • Heckmann, Friedrich; Krobisch, Verena: Migration and Integration in Germany - Chronology of Events and Debates May 2008 - April 2009. In: Krüger-Pongratz, Marianne / Schiffauer, Werner (eds.) Migration Report 2010, Frankfurt and New York 2011, pp. 201–269
  • Reiter, Stefanie; Peucker, Mario: National Data Collection Systems and Practices. Country Report Germany. Created as part of the EU project PROMINSTAT, Vienna 2009
  • Currle, Edda; Wunderlich, Tanja (ed.): Germany - a country of immigration? Review, balance sheet and new questions. Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart 2001
  • Lederer, Harald: Migration and Integration in Numbers. A manual . Published by the Federal Government Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Bonn 1997

Europe

  • Heckmann, Friedrich; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris: Intercultural policies in European cities. CLIP Network. Dublin 2010
  • Bosswick, Wolfgang; Heckmann, Friedrich; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris: Housing and integration of migrants in Europe. CLIP Network. Strasbourg. Dublin 2007
  • Currle, Edda: Migration in Europe. Dates and backgrounds. Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart 2004
  • Heckmann, Friedrich; Schnapper, Dominique: The Integration of Immigrants in European Societies. National Differences and Trends of Convergence. Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart 2003
  • Heckmann, Friedrich (ed.): Migration and Integration in Europe. Symposium on the 5th anniversary of the efms. efms Bamberg 1998
  • Tomei, Verónica: European migration policy between compulsory cooperation and claims to sovereignty . Europa Union Verlag Bonn 1997
  • Tomei, Verónica: Europeanization of National Migration Policy. A study on the change of governance in Europe. Lucius & Lucius Stuttgart 2001
  • Heckmann, Friedrich; Tomei, Verónica (ed.): Freedom of movement in Europe. Migration and European Policy Aspects of the Schengen Agreement . Europa Union Verlag Bonn 1996

swell

  1. ↑ Brain Gain? Migration and career paths of top foreign researchers in Bavaria , accessed on July 5, 2012
  2. ↑ Integration concept for the city of Dietzenbach , accessed on July 5, 2012
  3. ↑ Study on labor market discrimination against Muslims , accessed on July 11, 2012
  4. ↑ Feasibility study "Standardized data collection for the detection of discrimination !? - Inventory and outlook" , accessed on July 11, 2012
  5. ^ FRANET: Report to the Fundamental Rights Agency , accessed on July 5, 2012
  6. ^ Immigration Policy 2.0 , accessed July 5, 2012
  7. ^ RED (Rights Equality and Diversity) European Network , accessed July 11, 2012
  8. ↑ Model Regions Integration in Hesse , accessed on July 5, 2012
  9. ↑ Frühstart - German and intercultural education in kindergarten , accessed on July 5, 2012
  10. ↑ Members of the IMISCOE Research Network ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 26, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.imiscoe.org
  11. ^ FRANET, the multidisciplinary research network of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) , accessed on June 26, 2012
  12. ↑ The RED portal (RED Early Warning System and RED Atlas of Racism) , accessed on June 26, 2012
  13. ↑ National contact points of the European Migration Network EMN  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bamf.de  
  14. ↑ About CLIP , accessed June 26, 2012
  15. ^ Homepage of the Foundation for Population, Migration and Environment , accessed on June 26, 2012
  16. ↑ Declaration on the closure of the institute. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
  17. ^ Reiter, Stefanie; Heckmann, Friedrich; Koehler, Claudia; Peucker, Mario: Quantitative Integration Research in Europe - Data Needs and Data Availability (PDF; 1.0 MB), accessed on June 26, 2012
  18. ↑ Peucker, Mario: Discrimination on the basis of Islamic religious affiliation in the context of working life - findings, questions and recommendations for action ( memento of the original from June 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 26, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de
  19. ↑ Lechner, Claudia; Peucker, Mario: Feasibility study "Standardized data collection to prove discrimination !? - Inventory and outlook"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de  
  20. ↑ Halisch, Judith; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris: Integration report Schwäbisch Gmünd (PDF file; 846 kB), accessed on July 11, 2012
  21. ↑ Heckmann, Friedrich; Lutz, Anna: The population with a migration background in Bavaria. Status of integration and integration policy measures (PDF file; 2.0 MB), accessed on June 26, 2012
  22. ^ Reiter, Stefanie; Peucker, Mario: National Data Collection Systems and Practices. Country Report Germany (PDF; 382 kB), accessed on June 26, 2012
  23. ↑ Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration , accessed on July 28, 2012
  24. ↑ Heckmann, Friedrich; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris: Intercultural policies in European cities , accessed on June 26, 2012
  25. ↑ Bosswick, Wolfgang; Heckmann, Friedrich; Lüken-Klaßen, Doris: Housing and integration of migrants in Europe , accessed on June 26, 2012

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