4th Networking Meeting on Migration and Gender - IAB - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

With the war in Ukraine, the topic of migration and gender is (again) present in the public media. Especially at the beginning of the coverage of Russia's war of aggression, images of women with children in need of care dominated, seeking protection in Ukraine's neighboring countries and EU member states, including Germany. The EU's decision to apply the so-called mass influx directive for the first time is associated with new social inequalities in regard to other groups of immigrants, including racial exclusion at border crossings.

Due to the increased relevance of activating integration policy for different immigrant groups, not only in Germany, policies started to focus on labor market integration of female and male refugees and the participation of refugee girls and boys in education and training. The labor market integration of refugees is also associated with the discourse on a shortage of skilled workers, the Skilled Worker Immigration Act that came into force in 2020, and the reform proposals currently being discussed by the German government that may increase the chances of migrant women and men entering the German labor market. For female migrants, integration into the labor market after moving usually takes more time than for male migrants. The visible differences in migration circumstances and integration trajectories of immigrant men and women highlight the need for gender-specific research. In addition to occupational and labor market perspectives, there are multiple research gaps on the relationship between gender and migration.

The conference aims to discuss the meaning of gender, gender roles and gender relations in the context of migration and flight and to reflect on possible solutions in practice. To this end, we bring together researchers from sociology, demography, economics, political science, and law. In particular, we welcome submissions on the following topics, but submissions outside of the focus areas are also welcome:

Integration in education and the labor market
Legal and institutional framework for participation
Linguistic and cultural integration
Health and illness
Consequences of the COVID-19 crisis
Subjective experiences of flight, migration and arrival
Queer and non-binary perspectives
Intersectional research approaches
Power relations in asylum, migration, and labor market regimes

Date

4.5.2023 - 5.5.2023

Venue

Federal Employment Agency (BA)
Regensburger Straße 104, Nuremberg
Germany
Room 168

Keynote speakers

Jenny Phillimore, University of Birmingham
Ilse Lenz, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Scientific committee

Maye Ehab (IAB)
Tanja Fendel (IAB)
Teresa Freitas Monteiro (HU Berlin, IAB)
Laura Goßner (IAB)
Lidwina Gundacker (IAB)
Yuliya Kosyakova (IAB, Universität Bamberg)
Katrin Menke (Universität Bochum)
Liina Mustonen (Universität Duisburg-Essen, InZentIM)
Zerrin Salikutluk (HU Berlin, BIM),
Madeleine Sauer (Universität Chemnitz)
Matthias Schneider (Universität Potsdam)
Franziska Schreyer (IAB)

Conference fee and traveling Costs

It is possible to apply for the cover of travel and accommodation costs for early stage researchers. In order to be eligible for a travel award, the applicant must present their work at the workshop and have not yet submitted her or his PhD thesis until the end of 2022.

Programme

Thursday, May 4th, 2023

08:45 a.m. – Registration
09:30 a.m. – Welcome address/ Opening Speech/ Information
- Zerrin Salikutluk (BIM, HU-Berlin)
- Tanja Fendel (IAB)
10:00 a.m. – Session I: Characteristics of refugees (Session in German)
Chair: Lidwina Gundacker (IAB)
- 1: Rahmenbedingungen und Erfolgschancen des Spracherwerbs von geflüchteten Frauen mit jungen Kindern in Deutschland
  Jan Eckard (FZ BAMF)
- 2: Welche Qualifikationen und Berufserfahrungen bringen männliche und weibliche Asylerstantragstellende mit?
  Barbara Heß (FZ BAMF)
- 3: Selective onward migration? Selection patterns among Syrian migrants across Lebanon, Turkey, and Germany
  Lidwina Gundacker (IAB), Sekou Keita (IAB), Simon Ruhnke (BIM, HU-Berlin)
11:30 a.m. – Coffee break
11:45 a.m. – Keynote Address I: Prof. Jenny Phillimore (University of Birmingham) Moderation: Katrin Menke, Ruhr University Bochum
Women forced migrant survivors of sexual and gender violence and integration: what hope for a good life?
12:45 a.m. – Lunch break
1:45 p.m. – Session II: Female refugees integration process Chair: Katrin Menke (Ruhr University Bochum)
- 4: How forced migration shapes transnational family practices: The case of Ukrainian refugee women in Berlin and Munich
  Larissa Kokonowskyj (DeZIM-Institute), Nora Ratzmann (DeZIM-Institute)
- 5: Forced migrant women from Ukraine: Motherhood on the move
  Zeynep Yanasmayan (DeZIM-Institute), Jonna Rock (DeZIM-Institute)
- 6: Killing time or becoming entrenched? Exploring integration pathways of female Ukrainian refugees in Germany
  Nadja Brenning (IAB), Emilie Dobrovolski (IAB), Mariella Falkenhain (IAB), Maya Kim (IAB)
3:15 p.m. – Coffee break
3:30 p.m. – Session III: Determinants of integration Chair: Maye Ehab, IAB
- 7: How much does culture matter for female labour force participation? A meta-analysis of the socio-epidemiological approach in the context of selective migration
  Eva Markowsky (University of Hamburg)
- 8: The labour market integration of female immigrants: A cohort analysis on Germany
  Tanja Fendel (IAB)
- 9: Nativity gaps in income poverty in Germany: Scrutinizing the role of employment and income patterns in the household context
  Maximilian Sprengholz (HU Berlin)
5:00 p.m. – End of the first workshop day
7:00 p.m. – Conference dinner at Palais Schaumburg (https://www.palaisschaumburg.de/)

Friday, May 5th, 2023

9:00 a.m. – Session IV: Existing and presumed integration barriers (Session in German)
Chair: Madeleine Sauer (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- 10: Erwerbsmuster in Familien aus muslimisch geprägten Herkunftsländern: Die Bedeutung der Religion
  Anja Stichs (FZ BAMF), Stefanie Müssig (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- 11: Street-level Bureaucracy und psychische Gesundheit von geflüchteten Männern und Frauen – ein multimethodisches Forschungsprojekt
  Katja Hartosch (IAB), Peter Kupka (IAB), Christopher Osiander (IAB), Angela Rauch (IAB), Franziska Schreyer (IAB)
- 12: Zum Wirken geschlechtsspezifisch-rassifizierender Zuschreibungen an Black und People of Color in der Altenpflege
  Monique Ritter (Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences; TU Chemnitz)
10:30 a.m. – Coffee break
10:45 a.m. – Keynote Address II: Prof. Ilse Lenz (Ruhr University Bochum)
Moderation: Zerrin Salikutluk (BIM, HU-Berlin)
Gender, migration and processual intersectionality: From exclusion to selective incorporation
11:45 a.m. – Lunch break
12:45 a.m. – Session V: Partnership and Natives/immigrants
Chair: Ignat Stepanok (IAB)
- 13: Partner Formation Patterns of Adult Muslim and Non-Muslim Children of Immigrants in Germany. An Analysis of Age at Marriage and Number of Pre-Marital Intimate Relationships.
  Chadi Abdul-Rida (MZES)
- 14: A gender jab gap? COVID-19 vaccination intention and the interplay of migration background and gender
  Manuel Holz (Chemnitz University of Technology), Jochen Mayerl (Chemnitz University of Technology)
- 15: The Impact of Refugee Immigration on Native Workers
  Katrin Sommerfeld (ZEW), Katia Gallegos Torres (ZEW; Innsbruck University)
2:15 p.m. – Farewell, Zerrin Salikutluk, BIM, HU-Berlin
End of the workshop

Further information

Currently planned: in Person (on-site).

It may be possible that the developments regarding the COVID19 pandemic indicate a change to a pure online conference. If so, all registered participants will be informed as soon as possible and all information will be posted also on this website.