Abstract

Project 3356 will continue with new contents. The aim of the TRANSMIT project is to investigate the influence of the complex international interdependencies of migration decisions, migration processes and integration dynamics - summarized as transnational networks. We will build up a long-term-oriented and integrated data infrastructure that contains data in countries of origin, transit and destination countries. The data collected in the TRANSMIT project include both (potential) migrants and the non-migrant population in countries of origin and transit as well as in Germany, thus enabling comprehensive cross-sectional and longitudinal analyzes with regard to the interaction of migration and integration. The data collection in Germany and along different migration routes include representative surveys, psychological instruments as well as proven qualitative methods. On this basis, individual and family backgrounds, experiences and especially (transnational) networks can be tracked over time and systematically related to migration decisions, processes and integration dynamics. In addition, existing data such as the IAB-BAMF-SOEP survey of refugees in Germany are used to measure refugees‘ integration in Germany and deepen the unterstanding of transnational networks.