Mercator Forum for Migration and Democracy (MIDEM)

Information:

• Project term: since 2017
• Financed by: Mercator Foundation
• Director: Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer
• Scientific coordination: Dr. Oliviero Angeli
• Communication: Johanna Haupt & Maria Mende
• Collaboration of the TU Dresden with Duisburg-Essen University

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The topic of migration has particularly polarised European politics in recent years. The social and political challenges of this development are not yet clear. Studies are needed to examine the relationship between migration and democracy.

The Mercator Forum for Migration and Democracy (MIDEM) is investigating how migration shapes, and is shaped by, democratic policies, institutions and culture. The formats, instruments and processes used in politics to deal with migration in democratic societies are investigated - focussing on individual countries and comparatively at the European level. Central aspects of the research project are the perception of migration by democratic societies and the resultant fractures within society that become visible and potential strategies to combat this.

MIDEM is a project of the Technische Universität Dresden in collaboration with the Duisburg-Essen University, funded by the Mercator Foundation. It is led by Prof. Dr. Hans Vorländer, TU Dresden.

Further information and notes about current events can be found on the project homepage as well as the MIDEM Twitter account.

MIDEM investigates

The work at MIDEM is organised into four interdisciplinary
research groups:
Crisis discourse on migration and integration
Populism
Institutional processing of migration
Migration in urban and regional contexts

MIDEM tasks

• promote national and international networking as well as interdisciplinary communication about migration.
• publish regular country reports and cross-sectional studies on central issues at the interface between migration and democracy.
• develop recommended actions to be implemented at the European level for handling migration in a democratic context.
• advise European, national and local policy and civil society.

MIDEM in the media

Media reports about MIDEM and contributions from MIDEM experts can be found here.

Current publications

• MIDEM Policy Paper - Ansprüche auf Gesundheitsleistungen für Asylsuchende in Deutschland by Katja Lindner (28/04/2021)

• MIDEM Policy Paper -  Arbeitsmigration während der Corona-Pandemie by Manès Weisskircher (14/04/2021)

• LEHRPLANSTUDIE MIGRATION UND INTEGRATION by  Hans Vorländer, Oliviero Angeli, Ender Yilmazel, Francesca Barp (23/03/2021)
• MIDEM Jahresbericht - Emigration in Europa (08/12/2020)
• MIDEM Länderbericht Tschechien by Kristina Chmelar (21/07/2020)
• MIDEM Policy Brief - Die Präsidentschaftswahl in Polen 2020 vby Marta Kozłowska (26/06/2020)
• MIDEM Länderbericht Frankreich by Aimie Bouju (04/03/2020)

Other MIDEM publications can be found here.