(1/3) 🥳 MeDiMi 2.0 here we go! 🤩 @dfg.de announced that our project will be renewed for a second funding period from 2027 to 2031. We are incredibly proud and happy that we can continue our research on the intersection of #HumanRights and #Migration!

Förderentscheidungen zu #Forschungsgruppen durch den DFG-Hauptausschuss im Rahmen der Jahresversammlung: 5 Neueinrichtungen, 5 Verlängerungen. Die neuen Forschungsgruppen erhalten insges. rund 27 Mio. € für die erste Förderperiode. Mehr zu den Themen und Institutionen: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

📢 Publication Alert! 📖 Our first MeDiMi Comic, Birds in Limbo, is out now! Based on collaborative workshops with Egyptian comics artist Amro Okacha and lived experiences, it explores the everyday realities of migration beyond academia. 👉 Read it Open Access: tinyurl.com/3cskdh6x

🎬 Check out the next #MeDiMiInsights video! 💡 Jürgen Bast: Due Process, Underinclusive Legislation, and the #CourtOfJustice in EU #Asylum Procedures 👉 The talk emerges from our legal project on the EU’s #border regimes. 👉 youtu.be/v3h-36VSFcM

(1/3) 🚀 MeDiMi at the first #ACMRL Conference on Migration Law! Last week, several MeDiMi researchers presented their work at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. The conference brought together scholars working on #Asylum, #MigrationLaw, #Mobility, #HumanRights, and the #RuleOfLaw.

📣Oops, they did it again! ⚖️BayVGH und VG Koblenz erklären 🇩🇪 Grenzkontrollen (erneut) für rechtswidrig. Das migrationspolitische Überlastungsnarrativ der BReg fällt krachend durch. ❓Was bedeuten das für die Zukunft der Grenzkontrollen – und den Rechtsstaat? Meine Analyse auf dem Verfassungsblog👇

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An deutschen Binnengrenzen wird weiterhin unionsrechtswidrig kontrolliert. Die Bundesregierung beruft sich auf Überlastung der Ausländerbehörden – weder den BayVGH noch das VG Koblenz hat das überzeugt. LEON ZÜLLIG analysiert die Urteile (feat. Britney Spears). verfassungsblog.de/grenzkontrol...

After years, the 🇪🇺 Commission finally issued an Opinion on 🇩🇪’s border controls. ⚡Its criticism is sharp—but when it comes to the key question of legality, it remains silent. 💡Stefan Salomon and I on why the Commission is tiptoeing around legality and its proposal for more digital surveillance 👇

Verfassungsblog@verfassungsblog.de · last mo.

Schengen is dying by a thousand cuts – and the Commission might just have helped. LEON ZÜLLIG & STEFAN SALOMON on why the Commission's long-awaited opinion on German border controls beats around the bush and reveals a troubling vision for Schengen's future. verfassungsblog.de/commission-b...

(1/2) 📢 Our 4th interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 was Anuscheh Farahat. 💡 Anuscheh has been a longtime friend of MeDiMi. During the conference, she provided thought-provoking feedback as a discussant on our findings.

(1/3) 🎬 Our third interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 is Prof. Hiroshi Motomura from @law.ucla.edu. 💡 Hiroshi greatly enriched our discussions by drawing on his firsthand experience with the situation in the 🇺🇸 and his global expertise in migration issues.

(1/2) 🎬 Our 2nd interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 is Luise Freitag from @uni-goettingen.de. 💡 Luise contributed an insightful presentation on “Change of Arenas? Negotiating #Migrants' Rights before #UN Bodies” in a panel on different fora of legal struggles.

(1/2) 📢 Throwback #MeDiMiConference2026! 🤓 It was a pleasure to present and discuss our findings after 4 years of research on #humanrightization with you. 🎬 During the conference, we interviewed 4 participants. From today onwards, we will share the videos with you.

🚀 Day 2 of #MeDiMiConference2026 has wrapped up! Day 2 highlights: ➡️ Plenary on the “conditions of possibility” of #humanrightization (J. Bast, A. Kessler, @greta-olson.org). ➡️ Plenary on “consequences & ambivalences” ( @laura-holderied.bsky.social, E. Gutiérrez Rodríguez, B. Bunk). (1/3)

🚀 #MeDiMiConference2026 has launched in Giessen! After 4 years of research, 90+ scholars are here to engage with the theory of #humanrightization 🌐 Day 1 highlights: ➡️ Keynote on MeDiMi’s research agenda (J. Bast, L. Holderied). ➡️ Plenary session on the dynamics of humanrightization. (1/3)

📣 Masterclass for PhD students 📚 In the context of the #MeDiMiConference2026, we had the pleasure to host Prof. Hiroshi Motomura from #UCLA for a pre-conference event. 💡 We reflected on his recent book “ #Borders and #Belonging: Toward a Fair #ImmigrationPolicy.” 👏 Thanks to all participants!

🚨 New publication on our key concepts! 📚 Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Jürgen Bast & Laura Holderied: “ #Humanrightization of Migration Discourses: A Conceptual Framework ” 👉 Published Open Access in Journal of Human Rights Practice, 18(1), 2026: doi.org/10.1093/jhum....

Die Vortragsreihe „Konflikte in Gegenwart und Zukunft“ startet in das Sommersemester 2026 und lädt ein, aktuelle relevante Fragen rund um das Thema Frieden zu diskutieren. Das Programm wird von Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel organisiert und moderiert. @trace-center.de @unimarburg.bsky.social

🚨 Reminder: Registration for the #MeDiMiConference2026 is still open until April 12, 2026! 📖 The complete program with all panelists is now online: www.medimi.de/de/topic/106.... 🤩 We are excited to discuss the conditions, forms, and consequences of #humanrightization with you!

(1/2) 📢 Masterclass with Prof. Hiroshi Motomura (@law.ucla.edu) for PhD Students in Migration Law, Politics, and Ethics 📆 06.05.2026, 2–6 p.m. 📍 JLU Giessen ⏰ Expression of interest via medimi@recht.uni-giessen.de by 19.04.2026. Details below 👇

📢 Registration for the #MeDiMiConference2026 is now open! ➡️ Join us in exploring legal, political, and everyday struggles over the human rights of migrants in today’s societies. 🗓️ 7–8 May 2026 📍 @jlugiessen.bsky.social ⏰ Register by 12 April 2026! 👉 Details: www.medimi.de/conference

(1/2) 🚨 MeDiMi Working Paper No. 3 is out now! 📚 Jürgen Bast & Janna Wessels: “The Trajectory of the European Court of Human Rights in Migration Matters” 👉 Available on the MeDiMi website: www.medimi.de/de/article/2...

🚨 Reminder! ⏱️ Only one week left to submit your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026! More info 👇

Research Group MeDiMi@for-medimi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 Call for Papers! ▶️ #Humanrightization in #Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences 📄 We look forward to your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen ⏰ Deadline: 23 February 2026 Details: 👇

Die DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Menschenrechtsdiskurse in der Migrationsgesellschaft“ (MeDiMi) veranstaltet vom 7.–8. Mai 2026 in Gießen eine Konferenz mit dem Titel „Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences“.... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30455

📣 Call for Papers | DeZIM-Konferenz 2026 🗓 07.–09.10.2026 | 📍 Bielefeld Unter dem Titel „Die umkämpfte Normalität der Migration“ lädt die DeZIM-Konferenz interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus Wissenschaft, Politik & Praxis ein. 🔗 www.dezim-institut.de/veranstaltun...

This talk works to contextualize events in Minneapolis within the current administration’s discursive strategy of attacking Renée Good and Alex Pretti and denying responsibility for their deaths after they were shot by ICE agents.

📣 Lecture alert! 👩‍🏫 👩‍🏫 Our researchers @greta-olson.org and Simona Adinolfi on “The Affective Resonances of Images of #Migration versus Migrants’ #HumanRights” 📅 29 January, 6 pm. 📍Institut für #Anglistik / #Amerikanistik, Universität #Osnabrück, Neuer Graben 29/Schloss, Raum 11/211 Details 👇

📣 Call for Papers! ▶️ #Humanrightization in #Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences 📄 We look forward to your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen ⏰ Deadline: 23 February 2026 Details: 👇

🚨 Reminder: #MeDiMiConference2026 is coming up in May 2026! 🚨 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen 👉 Stay tuned for the #CallforPapers coming up in January 2026! 👉 In case you missed it: Check out the MeDiMi Working Paper No. 2: www.medimi.de/de/article/2...

MeDiMi Working Paper Nr. 2 | 2025

Vermenschenrechtlichung. Thesen zu einer Theorie migrationsgesellschaftlicher Diskurspraxis. Diskussionspapier

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(1/2) 🚨 Publication alert! 📚 Laura Holderied: “Visual Politics of Flight and War. Imag(in)ing Deservingness and Agentic Victimhood of Ukrainian Refugees After Russia’s 2022 Invasion” 👉 Published in International Political Sociology, 19(4), 2025: academic.oup.com/ips/article-...

Visual Politics of Flight and War. Imag(in)ing Deservingness and Agentic Victimhood of Ukrainian Refugees after Russia’s 2022 Invasion

Abstract. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and people started to flee the war, differences in treatment between Ukrainian refugees and non-Whit

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(1/2) 🎬Check out the next #MeDiMiInsights video! 💡Dariuš Zifonun, Tasnim Jabaly, and Sebastian Weste: “Reflections on the Everyday Culture of Human Rights” 👉 The talk presents key interim results from our sociological project on “doing human rights” in the everyday (🗣️ 🇩🇪). 👉 youtu.be/Hl9msPPsOQY

(1/3) 📢 Publication alert! 📝 Adriana Kessler and Frederik von Harbou (2025) #Menschenrechte im deutschen #Migrationsrecht. Argumente und Akteure, Asylmagazin, Issue 10–11, 17–24.