Who are we?

Welcome to the homepage of the Network Migration in Europe!

What is the Network Migration in Europe!
The Network Migration in Europe is a cooperation between people and institutions aiming to promote Knowledge and Understanding of migration in Europe and to intensify the exchange between research and the practice. It has the goal as a forum for questions on migration of establishing or expanding an international, mostly European, network on this area of study.

Tasks and Paths to Goal Achievement
The network is engaged in promoting a strengthened representation of migration in society, the public arena and culture, in particularly through:

• Network building within existing organisations
• Research in the area of migration and migration history
• Conferences and seminars on the subject of migration in Europe
• Publications in related academic public circles and in the media
• Exhibitions on the subject of immigration and immigrants in Europe
• Documentation and presentation on historical and social scientific knowledge for multiplicators (schools, non-school educational institutions, authorities, media)
• Political education

Above all, the exchange with migrant and minority organisations (NGOs), non-academic institutions and educational bodies, and also with state and semi-state institutions in the area of migration form the main focus of interest.

Origins and Development
Network Migration came into being from the “Working Group on European Migration History” ("Arbeitskreis Europäische Migrationsgeschichte"), an interdisciplinary cooperation existing since 1996, made up of young academics from the areas of history, cultural anthropology, political science and sociology. The network is a registered association (eingetragener Verein) according to German law, but has members in all of Europe who meet in subject oriented working groups. The network is led by a board made up of five members.