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Andreas Pott is Professor of Social Geography at Osnabrück University, Germany. He is chair of the Collaborative Research Centre Production of Migration (SFB 1604), the first Sonderforschungsbereich on migration, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) since 2024. He serves as deputy director of the interdisciplinary Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) and as co-lead of FFVT.
Andreas Pott
Key expertise
- geographies of migration
- knowledge production on (forced) migration
- reflexive perspectives
Current affiliation
Regional expertise
- Western Europe
Professional career
Andreas Pott is Professor of Social Geography at Osnabrück University, Germany. He has served as director of the interdisciplinary Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) for more than 10 years and has been deputy director since 2021. He is co-director of the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Reflexivities in Migration Studies, founding member of the German Centre for Integration and Migration (DeZIM), initiator of the European Master Exchange Programme in Migration Studies (EuMIGS) and editorial board member of Comparative Migration Studies and the bilingual Journal of Migration Studies / Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung.
Since completing his studies and academic qualifications at the universities of Bonn, London (UCL), Osnabrück and Frankfurt/Main, Andreas’ academic work has been dedicated to the study of geographies of (forced) migration, increasingly building on spatial theory and reflexive perspectives. A recent key endeavour has been to establish the Collaborate Research Centre Production of Migration (SFB 1604) at Osnabrück University (www.producingmigration.org). The SFB started its work in 2024 and aims to develop a reflexive theory of the societal production of migration. Andreas chairs this first Sonderforschungsbereich on migration, comprising 60 researchers and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- Education
- Environment And Climate
- Identity
- Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
Research fields
- Migration Research
Relevant publications
- Dahinden, J., & Pott, A. (eds.) (2025). Reflexivities and Knowledge Production in Migration Studies. Pitfalls and Alternatives. IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer.
- Oltmer, J., Berlinghoff, M., Düvell, F., Etzold, B., Lang, C., Pott, A. (eds.) (2025). Report Globale Flucht 2025. Frankfurt a.M.: S. Fischer.
- Schneider, J., Crul, M., Pott, A. (eds.) (2022.) New Social Mobility: Second Generation Pioneers in Europe. IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer.
- Lang, C., Pott, A., Shinozaki, K. (2021). Organisations and the Production of Migration and In/Exclusion. Comparative Migration Studies 9(1), 1-16.
- Hinger, S., Schäfer, P., Pott, A. (2016). The Local Production of Asylum. Journal of Refugee Studies 29(4), 440–463.