Category: Migration & Identity

Conference

From Research to Storytelling: New Approaches to Understanding Migration

Migration is often understood as a straightforward journey from one place to another — but the reality is far more complex. At the “Rethinking Complex Migration” conference in Toronto, researchers and practitioners explored how storytelling, film, and participatory methods can deepen our understanding of migration and generate new forms of knowledge. Our colleague Bernadette Klausberger shares key reflections from a roundtable on creative approaches to migration research.

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Workshop

From Dialogue to Action: Ukrainian Refugees and Local Administration in Conversation

Ukrainian refugees and local administration came together in Dahme-Spreewald to exchange experiences, address shared challenges, and explore practical solutions for integration. Migration Matters contributed with an interactive workshop and will carry these insights forward into future work.

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School workshops

What Does It Mean to Be German? A Workshop on Diversity and Identity

Who gets to call themselves German?

In a recent workshop with 9th graders in Berlin, we explored how young people understand identity, belonging, and migration. What began with simple associations — passports, language, even stereotypes — quickly developed into a deeper conversation about history, discrimination, and the power to define who belongs.

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Migration & Identity

Lesson Plan: Who decides if I belong?

This lesson plan offers high school students an exploration of identity, belonging, discrimination, and migration. Through activities, video screenings, and discussions, students will examine how identity is shaped and the role of discrimination in belonging. The 150-minute lesson encourages students to reflect on their identities in relation to migrants and consider their roles in creating inclusive societies and standing against discrimination.

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MOOC

Advocate Europe

Migration Matters produced a Massive Open Online Course on integration and diversity as part of the Advocate Europe grant.

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Migration

Some think we’ve “had enough of experts”, but why?

Trusting experts is easier to do when we feel like we can relate to them, when they are more accessible and closer to our level of thinking. This doesn’t mean that we wish them to be at our level of expertise, because why then would we need experts?

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