05/2025: Together with Dr. Nora Ratzmann from the DeZIM Institute, Katrin Menke is organizing the 5th networking meeting of the DeZIM Research Community “Migration and Gender”, on the topic of "Gender, Migration and the Welfare State". The event will take place on November 6–7, 2025, at InZentIM, University of Duisburg-Essen. Contributions addressing the relationship between gender, migration, and welfare states may be submitted as abstracts (approx. 500 words) until May 26, 2025. Further information can be found in the Call for Papers.

03/2025: We are pleased to announce the upcoming GIRA Summer School 2025, titled “Arbeitsbeziehungen im Wandel: Anpassung, Neujustierung, Widerstand”. The event will take place at Ruhr-University Bochum from Monday, 29.09.2025 to Thursday, 02.10.2025. Aimed at doctoral students investigating changes in industrial relations, this summer school offers the opportunity to engage with fellow doctoral students and experienced researchers. We invite interested doctoral researchers to submit their short papers (500 Words) by 31 March 2025. You can find the call for papers here for further details.

Dana Tholen (2025) Gewerkschaftliche Positionierung zu migrantischer Arbeit in Kontexten der Fragmentierung und Prekarität: Einsichten aus der Paketlieferbranche, AIS-Studien 18(1), 43-57. doi: 10.21241/ssoar.102370

Fred N. Ikanda, Abdirahman A. Muhumad & Jana Kuhnt (2025) Refugee securitization and the challenges of formal integration: case of Somali refugees in Kenya and Ethiopia, Comparative Migration Studies 13(5), doi: 10.1186/s40878-024-00419-7

Elena Fattorelli (2024) Administrative control mechanisms in the descent-based family reunification of refugees, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(12), doi: 10.1080/01419870.2024.2345459

Margit Fauser (2024) Mapping the internal border through the city: an introduction, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(12), doi: 10.1080/01419870.2024.2344693