MIMAP Closing Conference "Irregularly staying Migrants: Empirical Findings and Methodological Advances" , format: Event, area: Authority

Event MIMAP Closing Conference "Irregularly staying Migrants: Empirical Findings and Methodological Advances"ics, 524 Byte, Start 2025.05.20 12:00 PM End 2025.05.21 01:00 PM Location Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Frankenstraße 210, 90461 Nuremberg Event organiser BAMF Research Centre

Event registration

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The BAMF Research Centre is pleased to host the closing conference of the MIMAP research project ("Feasibility study on the im-/mobility of people obliged to leave Germany") focusing on empirical findings and methodological advances to research the situation of irregularly staying migrants. Registration is now open for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.

Theme

Managing irregularity is a central issue in the political debate on effective migration management. Robust data and research findings are important for informing public debate and guiding the development of effective policies. Thereby, the complexities and challenges associated with irregular migration require a multifaceted research and policy-making approach.

Against this background, the BAMF Research Centre will host the MIMAP Closing Conference, which will focus on empirical findings and methodological advances in the study of different aspects of the situation of irregularly staying migrants. The conference brings together researchers from various disciplines and methodological backgrounds (qualitative, quantitative, ethnographic, mixed methods) who are empirically engaged with irregularly staying migrants or apply innovative methodological approaches to study explicitly hard-to-reach migrant groups.

Programme

The conference will feature a keynote address by Assistant Professor Dr. Albert Kraler, Coordinator of the EU Horizon Europe Project MIrreM (Measuring Irregular Migration and related Policies).

On the evening of the first day, there will be a possibility to join a conference dinner (self-paid).

The programme is available for download below.

Registration

We welcome participants from research, policy and practice to engage in evidence-based discussions on irregularly staying migrants. However, spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Participation is free of charge. Participants are responsible for covering their own travel and accommodation costs. Registration is open until May 2nd, 2025.

The MIMAP research project

This conference marks the conclusion of our three-year research project MIMAP ("Feasibility study on the im-/mobility of people obliged to leave Germany"). In this project, we explored the im-/mobility trajectories (Peitz, 2023), aspirations (Johnson 2024; Stache, Johnson, Peitz, Carwehl, 2025), and living situations of rejected asylum seekers (Stache, 2024). Additionally, we studied the issuance and initial effects of the new residence permit under the Opportunity Residence Act (Peitz & Carwehl, forthcoming 2025). Also, the project probed the applicability of an app-based respondent-driven sampling (RDS) to survey this target group (Peitz, Stache, Johnson, 2024).

Information on travel, hotels and venue

Information on travel, hotels and the conference venue can be found in the download section below.


We look forward to welcoming you in Nuremberg! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us via E-Mail: mimap.conference@bamf.bund.de

With best regards
Your BAMF Research Centre

Address

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Office Address
Frankenstraße 210
90461 Nuremberg