Experiences of refugees in German universities (ErgeS)
In-formal opportunities and restrictions of tertiary education reflected in experiences of refugees in German universities (ErgeS)
A joint research project on refugees at universities in cooperation with the University of Oldenburg
Project Management: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Karaka?o?lu (University of Bremen); Prof. Dr. Paul Mecheril (University of Oldenburg)
Research: Lukas Engelmeier (University of Bremen); Noelia Paola Streicher (University of Oldenburg)
Funding: VolkswagenStiftung
Duration: 01.03.2018 - 31.02.2021
This research project aims at investigating the both formal and informal opportunities and barriers refugee students encounter in the framework of their biographical experiences in the transnational academic space. How do they evaluate their experiences? How can we - through their experiences - gain general knowledge about the positioning of German universities in a transnational academic space? It is not the administrative procedure of Universities to integrate refugee students that is the focus of this research proposal, rather refugee students? knowledge and experiences of exclusion and inclusion in the German system of higher education.
With this new focus on the perception of the German system of higher education by refugee students themselves, the project opens up an yet unrecognized perspective in the fields of asylum search and forced migration, global inequality and academic education. This perspective promises the generation of knowledge on the (dis-)functionality of the higher education system in dealing with educational challenges in the transnational educational space along with forced migration.
News
As part of her research semester, Yasemin Karaka?o?lu accepted the invitation of our cooperation partners Prof. Dr. Akiko Ito and Prof. Dr. Hitoshi Sato from the University of Fukuoka and presented the Bremen model to the members of her research group on the “Importance of diversity in teacher education in international comparison”. The hybrid event, which was attended by colleagues from the USA, New Zealand and Sweden, led to a lively exchange about the different national attributions of meaning to diversity and inclusion. The colleagues are planning a return visit to Bremen in 2025 to further develop a joint research project.You can find the announcement of the lecture HERE
Dennis Barasi, René Breiwe, Isabel Dean, Aysun Do?mu?, Rabea Lucille Halimi and Nicolle Pfaff have published a digital documentation of the conference of the Netzwerk Rassismuskritische Schulp?dagogik “Utopien im Hier und Jetzt: Visionen für eine rassismuskritische Schule - Perspektiven für Schulentwicklung & Schulp?dagogik”: HERE
Dennis Barasi, Aysun Do?mu?, Ellen Kollender and Asl? Polatdemir have published the documentation of the event “Pedagogy in times of catastrophe - A solidarity event with educational actors in the Turkish-Syrian border region” in the journal Voluntaris. A digital documentation was also created. The corresponding portfolio contains documentation on the content and course of the event, contact addresses for networking with the invited actors from Anadolu Kültür, Body Movement for Vulnerable Groups, Education Reform Initiative / E?itim Reformu Giri?imi and K?rkayak Kültür, as well as opportunities to donate to the civil society actors in the earthquake region. The portfolio can be accessed under the following link: HERE