Workshop
Ukraine: 21 Months of Displacement – What Do We Know So Far?
November 27 - 28, 2023, IMIS Osnabrück, online
It is now about 21 months ago that Russia attacked Ukraine. The war is already dragging on longer than many initially assumed. As a result, several million Ukrainians and no few foreign residents in Ukraine were displaced internally and internationally, including a large number who were deported to Russia many of whom are now trying to move on. Some of the displaced persons moved on to other countries whereas others even return home. On the one hand, the duration of the war prolongs the period of uncertainty for displaced persons whilst on the other hand compels people to make plans, at least for the near future.
Initially, research and policy relied on assumptions and scenarios, ad hoc observations, provisional and often flawed statistics and non-representative surveys. Meanwhile, however, more and more studies and surveys are coming out that are scientifically sound and thus represent reliable evidence for policy making.
We aimed to (a) take stock of the state of research on migration and integration of displaced persons in and from Ukraine and identify emerging trends and results, even if only preliminary, (b) facilitate feeding evidence into the public domain, and (c) identify research gaps and encourage future research collaboration. To this end we organised a two-day workshop - on-site, online and hybrid.
The expert workshop on Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 was upon invitation only.
The panel debate on Monday 27.11. 5-7pm, was open to the public and will be streamed on our Youtube-Channel soon.
- Workshop Report (PDF)
- Summary of the Panel Debate (PDF)
- Key Messages from the Panel Debate (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Parusel Sweden (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Bülbül Turkey (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Poetzschke; Weiß Families in D and PL (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Siegert; Tanis Regional Distribution (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Ratzmann Womens Perspective (PDF)
- Paper Abstract Ancite-Jepifánova Family Reunification (PDF)
Monday, November 27, 2023
Arrival / Login
Welcome & Introduction
Marcel Berlinghoff & Franck Düvell
Panel 1.1: State of Research: Comparative Perspective (1): EU
Marta Jaroszewicz (University of Warsaw): Poland
Dušan Drbohlav, Josef Novotný, Anna Levková and Tereza Chmelařová (Charles University, Prague): Czechia
Bernd Parusel (SIEPS, Stockholm): Sweden
Lucinda Fonseca (Lisbon University): Portugal
Chair: Viktoria Sereda (Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin)
Panel 1.2: State of Research: Comparative Perspective (2): Non-EU
Osman Bahadır Dincer and Zeynep Sahin Mencutek (BICC, Bonn): Moldavia
Hasan Basri Bülbül (Boğaziçi University, Istanbul): Turkey
Juanita Molano and Martin Geiger (Carleton University, Ottawa): Canada
Chair: Marcel Berlinghoff (IMIS, Osnabrück)
Panel 2: Stay or Return? Options, Interests and Policy Responses (public event)
Dariia Andryunina (Ukrainian Ministry of Economy)
Hans-Ulrich Benra (German Ministry of Interior)
Martin Wagner (ICMPD)
Ave Lauren (OECD)
Nataliya Pryhornytska (Ukraine Alliance)
Chair: Franck Düvell (IMIS, Osnabrück)
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Panel 3: State of Research: Recent Empirical Research Findings (1)
Steffen Pötzschke (GESIS, Mannheim): Family and the Intention to Stay -- A Comparison of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany and Poland
Kerstin Tanis; Manuel Siegert (BAMF, Nürnberg): Regional Distribution, Mobility and Housing of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany
Nora Ratzmann (DeZIM-Institute, Berlin): Integrating when on the move? Ukrainian refugee women’s perspectives of settlement in Berlin and Munich
Oksana Mikheieva (European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/O): Internally displaced and immobile people in Ukraine between 2014 and 2022: Older age and disabilities as factors of vulnerability
Chair: Marcel Berlinghoff (IMIS, Osnabrück)
Panel 4: State of Research: Recent Empirical Research Findings (2)
Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova [former: Jolkina] (Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin): Between shifting borders and boundaries: Russian invasion of Ukraine, families and migration law
Mariella Falkenhain, Maya Kim (IAB, Nürnberg): Ukrainian refugees on their way into the German labour society: A qualitative longitudinal study
Irina Lapshyna (IMIS, Osnabrück): The role of Ukrainian diaspora in refugee reception: case of Germany
Yulyia Kosyakova (IAB, Nürnberg): Ukrainian Refugees in Germany: Evidence From a Large Representative Survey
Chair: Lidia Kuzemska (Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin)
Outlook
Franck Düvell
FFVT Ukraine Expert Group
Research Gaps, future research plans