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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🚨 We are hiring! 🚨 🤩 Interested? Currently, we are looking for: 🎓 2 Doctoral Researchers with @greta-olson.org, JLU Giessen ⏰ Deadline: 15.10.2026 🎓 1 Doctoral Researcher with Jürgen Bast, JLU Giessen ⏰Deadline: 30.09.2026 👉 Details and further upcoming vacancies: tinyurl.com/4hwn32jc.

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Zentrum für Konfliktforschung @zfk-mr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Save the Date! Zentrumstage 2026: "The Future of Building Peace" 25-jährigen Jubiläums des Zentrums für Konfliktforschung 📆 22. - 24. Oktober 2026 📍 Marburg Programm: uni-marburg.de/AEoScK Registrierung: uni-marburg.de/Ml7JOG

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J. Olaf Kleist @jolafkleist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social präsentiert und diskutiert 📖 „Europa neu schaffen: Wie wir Flüchtlingsschutz gestalten und Demokratie erhalten": 📍 16.10. – München (Bellevue di Monaco @bellevuedimonaco.bsky.social) 🔗 bellevuedimonaco.de/veranstaltun...

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Europa neu schaffen - Bellevue di Monaco

Wie wir Flüchtlingsschutz gestalten und Demokratie erhalten Die Autor:innen Judith Kohlenberger, Marcus Engler, Birgit Glorius, J. Olaf Kleist, Bernd Parusel, Maximilian Pichl, Dana Schmalz und Frank ...

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📢 Publication alert! 📝 Maria Hartman & Mina Ibrahim: Decolonising Syrian Justice: The Koblenz Trials Inside and Beyond the Courtroom 👉 Published Open Access in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding: short-url.cc/1w94c #MeDiMi #TransitionalJustice #Syria #HumanRights #Decolonization

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

📢 New publication from our comparative legal project! 📝 Sofía Reca Milanta, Giulia Santomauro & Michaela Hailbronner (ed.) Between Rights and Governance. Migration Experiences in Latin America and Europe, in: WCL, 59(1) 👉 Published OA @wclvru.bsky.social: doi.org/10.5771/0506...

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

(1/3) 🥳 MeDiMi 2.0 here we go! 🤩 @dfg.de announced that our project will be renewed for a second funding period from 2027 to 2031. We are incredibly proud and happy that we can continue our research on the intersection of #HumanRights and #Migration!

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 01/07/2026

Förderentscheidungen zu #Forschungsgruppen durch den DFG-Hauptausschuss im Rahmen der Jahresversammlung: 5 Neueinrichtungen, 5 Verlängerungen. Die neuen Forschungsgruppen erhalten insges. rund 27 Mio. € für die erste Förderperiode. Mehr zu den Themen und Institutionen: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

Die DFG richtet 5 neue Forschungsgruppen ein
Fünf bestehende Forschungsgruppen werden um eine weitere Periode verlängert.
Insgesamt fördert die DFG zurzeit:
186 Forschungsgruppen,7 Klinische Forschungsgruppen und 16 Kolleg-Forschungsgruppen.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

📢 Publication Alert! 📖 Our first MeDiMi Comic, Birds in Limbo, is out now! Based on collaborative workshops with Egyptian comics artist Amro Okacha and lived experiences, it explores the everyday realities of migration beyond academia. 👉 Read it Open Access: tinyurl.com/3cskdh6x

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Birds in Limbo

"Birds in Limbo" is a collaborative artwork by MeDiMi Research Associates in conversation with Egyptian comic artist Amro Okacha. Over five months, we met through a series of workshops to share experi...

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🎬 Check out the next #MeDiMiInsights video! 💡 Jürgen Bast: Due Process, Underinclusive Legislation, and the #CourtOfJustice in EU #Asylum Procedures 👉 The talk emerges from our legal project on the EU’s #border regimes. 👉 youtu.be/v3h-36VSFcM

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

(1/3) 🚀 MeDiMi at the first #ACMRL Conference on Migration Law! Last week, several MeDiMi researchers presented their work at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. The conference brought together scholars working on #Asylum, #MigrationLaw, #Mobility, #HumanRights, and the #RuleOfLaw.

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Leon Züllig @leonzue.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📣Oops, they did it again! ⚖️BayVGH und VG Koblenz erklären 🇩🇪 Grenzkontrollen (erneut) für rechtswidrig. Das migrationspolitische Überlastungsnarrativ der BReg fällt krachend durch. ❓Was bedeuten das für die Zukunft der Grenzkontrollen – und den Rechtsstaat? Meine Analyse auf dem Verfassungsblog👇

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Leon Züllig @leonzue.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

After years, the 🇪🇺 Commission finally issued an Opinion on 🇩🇪’s border controls. ⚡Its criticism is sharp—but when it comes to the key question of legality, it remains silent. 💡Stefan Salomon and I on why the Commission is tiptoeing around legality and its proposal for more digital surveillance 👇

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

(1/2) 📢 Our 4th interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 was Anuscheh Farahat. 💡 Anuscheh has been a longtime friend of MeDiMi. During the conference, she provided thought-provoking feedback as a discussant on our findings.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

(1/3) 🎬 Our third interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 is Prof. Hiroshi Motomura from @law.ucla.edu. 💡 Hiroshi greatly enriched our discussions by drawing on his firsthand experience with the situation in the 🇺🇸 and his global expertise in migration issues.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

(1/2) 🎬 Our 2nd interviewee from the #MeDiMiConference2026 is Luise Freitag from @uni-goettingen.de. 💡 Luise contributed an insightful presentation on “Change of Arenas? Negotiating #Migrants' Rights before #UN Bodies” in a panel on different fora of legal struggles.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

(1/2) 📢 Throwback #MeDiMiConference2026! 🤓 It was a pleasure to present and discuss our findings after 4 years of research on #humanrightization with you. 🎬 During the conference, we interviewed 4 participants. From today onwards, we will share the videos with you.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🚀 Day 2 of #MeDiMiConference2026 has wrapped up! Day 2 highlights: ➡️ Plenary on the “conditions of possibility” of #humanrightization (J. Bast, A. Kessler, @greta-olson.org). ➡️ Plenary on “consequences & ambivalences” ( @laura-holderied.bsky.social, E. Gutiérrez Rodríguez, B. Bunk). (1/3)

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🚀 #MeDiMiConference2026 has launched in Giessen! After 4 years of research, 90+ scholars are here to engage with the theory of #humanrightization 🌐 Day 1 highlights: ➡️ Keynote on MeDiMi’s research agenda (J. Bast, L. Holderied). ➡️ Plenary session on the dynamics of humanrightization. (1/3)

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📣 Masterclass for PhD students 📚 In the context of the #MeDiMiConference2026, we had the pleasure to host Prof. Hiroshi Motomura from #UCLA for a pre-conference event. 💡 We reflected on his recent book “ #Borders and #Belonging: Toward a Fair #ImmigrationPolicy.” 👏 Thanks to all participants!

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚨 New publication on our key concepts! 📚 Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Jürgen Bast & Laura Holderied: “ #Humanrightization of Migration Discourses: A Conceptual Framework ” 👉 Published Open Access in Journal of Human Rights Practice, 18(1), 2026: doi.org/10.1093/jhum....

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Zentrum für Konfliktforschung @zfk-mr.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Die Vortragsreihe „Konflikte in Gegenwart und Zukunft“ startet in das Sommersemester 2026 und lädt ein, aktuelle relevante Fragen rund um das Thema Frieden zu diskutieren. Das Programm wird von Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel organisiert und moderiert. @trace-center.de @unimarburg.bsky.social

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🚨 Reminder: Registration for the #MeDiMiConference2026 is still open until April 12, 2026! 📖 The complete program with all panelists is now online: www.medimi.de/de/topic/106.... 🤩 We are excited to discuss the conditions, forms, and consequences of #humanrightization with you!

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

(1/2) 📢 Masterclass with Prof. Hiroshi Motomura (@law.ucla.edu) for PhD Students in Migration Law, Politics, and Ethics 📆 06.05.2026, 2–6 p.m. 📍 JLU Giessen ⏰ Expression of interest via medimi@recht.uni-giessen.de by 19.04.2026. Details below 👇

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📢 Registration for the #MeDiMiConference2026 is now open! ➡️ Join us in exploring legal, political, and everyday struggles over the human rights of migrants in today’s societies. 🗓️ 7–8 May 2026 📍 @jlugiessen.bsky.social ⏰ Register by 12 April 2026! 👉 Details: www.medimi.de/conference

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

(1/2) 🚨 MeDiMi Working Paper No. 3 is out now! 📚 Jürgen Bast & Janna Wessels: “The Trajectory of the European Court of Human Rights in Migration Matters” 👉 Available on the MeDiMi website: www.medimi.de/de/article/2...

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

🚨 Reminder! ⏱️ Only one week left to submit your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026! More info 👇

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Theorieblog @theorieblog.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Die DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Menschenrechtsdiskurse in der Migrationsgesellschaft“ (MeDiMi) veranstaltet vom 7.–8. Mai 2026 in Gießen eine Konferenz mit dem Titel „Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences“.... www.theorieblog.de/?p=30455

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DeZIM-Institut @dezim-institut.de · 05/02/2026

📣 Call for Papers | DeZIM-Konferenz 2026 🗓 07.–09.10.2026 | 📍 Bielefeld Unter dem Titel „Die umkämpfte Normalität der Migration“ lädt die DeZIM-Konferenz interdisziplinäre Beiträge aus Wissenschaft, Politik & Praxis ein. 🔗 www.dezim-institut.de/veranstaltun...

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DeZIM-Konferenz 2026

07. – 09.10 2026 – Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung (IKG), Bielefeld

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Greta Olson @greta-olson.org · 02/02/2026

This talk works to contextualize events in Minneapolis within the current administration’s discursive strategy of attacking Renée Good and Alex Pretti and denying responsibility for their deaths after they were shot by ICE agents.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📣 Lecture alert! 👩‍🏫 👩‍🏫 Our researchers @greta-olson.org and Simona Adinolfi on “The Affective Resonances of Images of #Migration versus Migrants’ #HumanRights” 📅 29 January, 6 pm. 📍Institut für #Anglistik / #Amerikanistik, Universität #Osnabrück, Neuer Graben 29/Schloss, Raum 11/211 Details 👇

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

📣 Call for Papers! ▶️ #Humanrightization in #Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences 📄 We look forward to your proposals for the #MeDiMiConference2026 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen ⏰ Deadline: 23 February 2026 Details: 👇

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🚨 Reminder: #MeDiMiConference2026 is coming up in May 2026! 🚨 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen 👉 Stay tuned for the #CallforPapers coming up in January 2026! 👉 In case you missed it: Check out the MeDiMi Working Paper No. 2: www.medimi.de/de/article/2...

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MeDiMi Working Paper Nr. 2 | 2025

Vermenschenrechtlichung. Thesen zu einer Theorie migrationsgesellschaftlicher Diskurspraxis. Diskussionspapier

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

(1/2) 🚨 Publication alert! 📚 Laura Holderied: “Visual Politics of Flight and War. Imag(in)ing Deservingness and Agentic Victimhood of Ukrainian Refugees After Russia’s 2022 Invasion” 👉 Published in International Political Sociology, 19(4), 2025: academic.oup.com/ips/article-...

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Visual Politics of Flight and War. Imag(in)ing Deservingness and Agentic Victimhood of Ukrainian Refugees after Russia’s 2022 Invasion

Abstract. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and people started to flee the war, differences in treatment between Ukrainian refugees and non-Whit

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

(1/2) 🎬Check out the next #MeDiMiInsights video! 💡Dariuš Zifonun, Tasnim Jabaly, and Sebastian Weste: “Reflections on the Everyday Culture of Human Rights” 👉 The talk presents key interim results from our sociological project on “doing human rights” in the everyday (🗣️ 🇩🇪). 👉 youtu.be/Hl9msPPsOQY

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

(1/3) 📢 Publication alert! 📝 Adriana Kessler and Frederik von Harbou (2025) #Menschenrechte im deutschen #Migrationsrecht. Argumente und Akteure, Asylmagazin, Issue 10–11, 17–24.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🚨 Publication alert! 📚 Anna Arden: "Intersecting #EnforcedDisappearance and #Migration: The Creation of a New Legal Tool against #Pushbacks within #WGEID and #CED" 👉 Key Results from our legal project on the EU's #BorderRegimes 👉 Published OA in NQHR: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

📢 Join us tomorrow for a discussion on #humanrightization in the professional everyday!

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

1/3) 📢 Event alert! #MeDiMiImpulse: Human Rights Protection of Migrants: Between the Legal Profession and Social Work. 🗣️ Language: 🇩🇪 📆 4.11.2025 🕑 2-5:30 pm CET 📍Johannisplatz 26, 07743 Jena + online Register by 28.10. via mtdm@eah-jena.de. Live stream: www.youtube.com/live/y_8X6mT...

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Live MeDiMi Impuls: Menschenrechtsschutz von Migrant:innen zwischen Anwaltschaft und Sozialer Arbeit

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

1/2) 🚨 Publication alert! 📚 Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez / Slađana Branković: "Common Futures for All. Refugee Activism Enacting #HumanRights between Negation of Rights and Rexistance in Germany" 👉 Key Results from our project on #Refugees' & #UndocumentedMigrants' protests movements

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

(1/3) 🚀 MeDiMi at the 2025 ICON•S Conference @icon-s.bsky.social in Brasília! 🎓 MeDiMi's Sofía Reca Milanta presented her research from our project on the Inter-American and the European Court of Human Rights, led by ICON•S Co-President @mhailbronner.bsky.social at @uni-muenster.de.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

New blog post by MeDiMi researchers on the incompatibility of restrictions on #refugees’ access to #healthcare with Germany’s #humanrights obligations 👇

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Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Hear me talk about integration in this short snapshot video from the Vienna Centre for Migration & Law (VCML) @univie.ac.at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh6f...

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Snapshot Dr. Schmalz

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Dana Schmalz @danaschmalz.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Jetzt erschienen: das Jahrbuch des Migrationsrechts 2024/25 (Hrsg. Berlit/Hoppe/Kluth), in dem ich ein Kapitel zur Rechtsprechung des EGMR beisteuern durfte. www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/jahrbuc... @nomosverlag.bsky.social

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TraCe @trace-center.de · 03/09/2025

📢 TraCe Annual Conference 2025 Join our fourth annual conference “Beyond the Spectacle: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Slow Violence and Political Harm”, from November 19–21 in Marburg @zfk-mr.bsky.social! 📝 Registration: eveeno.com/slow-violence 🔗 Program: www.trace-center.de/en/events/an...

Text reads: Beyond the Spectacle. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Slow Violence and Political Harm. TraCe Annual Conference Marburg, November 19 – 21, 2025.
DIALOGPANEL (in GERMAN)
Gewalt in Zeitlupe: Fehlende Aufmerksamkeit für schleichende Zerstörung
Theresa Deichert (Kunsthistorikerin & Kuratorin), Carla Hinrichs (Klimaaktivistin),
Anika Oettler (Soziologin) & Jakob Simmank (Gesundheitsjournalist)
Moderation: Verena Mischitz

SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE (IN ENGLISH)
with more than 40 presenters on 8 panels and keynotes from
Rachel Pain (Newcastle University) & Eyal Weizman (Forensic Architecture).

Logos of Center for Conflict Studies, Marburg University, TraCe and the BMFTR are displayed. Picture shows a close-up of mold in black and white.

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Greta Olson @greta-olson.org · 11/08/2025

I was honored to serve as a facilitator at the summer school CRITICAL TIMES 2025 DISRUPTIONS with a session on “Disrupting the Affective Work of Anti-Immigration Narratives and Images“. The Institute is offering Visitor Fellowships that one can apply for until 30 September 2025: lnkd.in/eBNEtynx.

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

📢 MeDiMi Working Paper No. 2 is out now! 📝 MeDiMi Coordination Unit: Humanrightization. Theses on a Theory of Discursive Practice in Migration Societies. Discussion Paper 👉 Available in German and English on the MeDiMi website: www.medimi.de/en/article/2... (1/2)

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🚨 Save the Date: #MeDiMiConference2026! 🚨 💥 We are thrilled to officially announce the final conference of MeDiMi's first research phase! 📅 May 7–8, 2026 📍 Justus Liebig University Giessen 👉 A detailed announcement and a call for papers will follow – stay tuned!

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🔥Last week, it was time for our biannual working meeting @jlugiessen.bsky.social ! 🔥 👏 Many thanks to everyone involved for 2 days of intense discussions on the theory of #humanrightization. 👉 Stay tuned for our forthcoming Working Paper No. 2!

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Research Group MeDiMi @for-medimi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🎬 The next #MeDiMiInsights video is now online! 💡MeDiMi project leader Jürgen Bast on "Restricting the Free Movement of Asylum Seekers: Human Rights Limits of EU Border Policy" 👉 youtu.be/itEd4Z26K50

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MeDiMi Insights | Jürgen Bast: Human Rights Limits of EU Border Policy

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