❓What are the key elements of MeDiMi’s practice theory of #HumanRights in #MigrationSocieties?
🎬 Jürgen Bast and Laura Holderied are presenting of our concept of #humanrightization in the next #MeDiMiInsights video.
👉 Check it out: youtu.be/z4YdLxAEcL4
🎬 Jürgen Bast and Laura Holderied are presenting of our concept of #humanrightization in the next #MeDiMiInsights video.
👉 Check it out: youtu.be/z4YdLxAEcL4
MeDiMi Insights | Jürgen Bast & Laura Holderied: Humanrightization
YouTube video by Research Group MeDiMi
youtu.be
October 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
❓What are the key elements of MeDiMi’s practice theory of #HumanRights in #MigrationSocieties?
🎬 Jürgen Bast and Laura Holderied are presenting of our concept of #humanrightization in the next #MeDiMiInsights video.
👉 Check it out: youtu.be/z4YdLxAEcL4
🎬 Jürgen Bast and Laura Holderied are presenting of our concept of #humanrightization in the next #MeDiMiInsights video.
👉 Check it out: youtu.be/z4YdLxAEcL4
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Our teams @jlugiessen.bsky.social, @unimarburg.bsky.social and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will deepen our understanding of #humanrightization and engage with the changing societal conditions: Are human rights still used as a resource to fight for migrants’ inclusion? Or is their power fading?
Our teams @jlugiessen.bsky.social, @unimarburg.bsky.social and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will deepen our understanding of #humanrightization and engage with the changing societal conditions: Are human rights still used as a resource to fight for migrants’ inclusion? Or is their power fading?
Die Rolle der Menschenrechte in Konflikten über Migration
DFG-Forschungsgruppe MeDiMi wird für weitere vier Jahre gefördert – Interdisziplinäres Projekt der Universitäten Gießen und Marburg sowie der Freien Universität Amsterdam
www.uni-giessen.de
July 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Our teams @jlugiessen.bsky.social, @unimarburg.bsky.social and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will deepen our understanding of #humanrightization and engage with the changing societal conditions: Are human rights still used as a resource to fight for migrants’ inclusion? Or is their power fading?
Our teams @jlugiessen.bsky.social, @unimarburg.bsky.social and @vuamsterdam.bsky.social will deepen our understanding of #humanrightization and engage with the changing societal conditions: Are human rights still used as a resource to fight for migrants’ inclusion? Or is their power fading?
(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.
🤓 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.
June 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
(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.
🤓 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.
🚀 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).
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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).
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May 8, 2026 at 8:41 PM
🚀 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).
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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).
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🚀 #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.
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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.
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May 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
🚀 #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.
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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.
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🚨 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....
📚 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....
April 13, 2026 at 8:29 AM
🚨 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....
📚 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....
🚨 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!
📖 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!
April 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
🚨 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!
📖 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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The masterclass is part of the #MeDiMiConference2026.
Register for the conference here: www.medimi.de/conference.
#MeDiMi #MigrationLaw #MigrationPolicy #MigrationEthics #Humanrightization
The masterclass is part of the #MeDiMiConference2026.
Register for the conference here: www.medimi.de/conference.
#MeDiMi #MigrationLaw #MigrationPolicy #MigrationEthics #Humanrightization
Humanrightization in Migration Societies
Conditions, Forms, Consequences
www.medimi.de
April 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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The masterclass is part of the #MeDiMiConference2026.
Register for the conference here: www.medimi.de/conference.
#MeDiMi #MigrationLaw #MigrationPolicy #MigrationEthics #Humanrightization
The masterclass is part of the #MeDiMiConference2026.
Register for the conference here: www.medimi.de/conference.
#MeDiMi #MigrationLaw #MigrationPolicy #MigrationEthics #Humanrightization
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This paper presents key findings from our legal research on the ECtHR’s case law in the field of migration. Take a look to prepare for the #MeDiMiConference2026!
#ECtHR #MigrationLaw #HumanRights #MeDiMi #Humanrightization
This paper presents key findings from our legal research on the ECtHR’s case law in the field of migration. Take a look to prepare for the #MeDiMiConference2026!
#ECtHR #MigrationLaw #HumanRights #MeDiMi #Humanrightization
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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This paper presents key findings from our legal research on the ECtHR’s case law in the field of migration. Take a look to prepare for the #MeDiMiConference2026!
#ECtHR #MigrationLaw #HumanRights #MeDiMi #Humanrightization
This paper presents key findings from our legal research on the ECtHR’s case law in the field of migration. Take a look to prepare for the #MeDiMiConference2026!
#ECtHR #MigrationLaw #HumanRights #MeDiMi #Humanrightization
📣 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: 👇
▶️ #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: 👇
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
📣 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: 👇
▶️ #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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The presentation was held at the #MeDiMi working meeting 2025 - many thanks to our Marburg-based team!
#Humanrightization #EverydayCulture #Sociology #HumanRights #Migration
The presentation was held at the #MeDiMi working meeting 2025 - many thanks to our Marburg-based team!
#Humanrightization #EverydayCulture #Sociology #HumanRights #Migration
December 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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The presentation was held at the #MeDiMi working meeting 2025 - many thanks to our Marburg-based team!
#Humanrightization #EverydayCulture #Sociology #HumanRights #Migration
The presentation was held at the #MeDiMi working meeting 2025 - many thanks to our Marburg-based team!
#Humanrightization #EverydayCulture #Sociology #HumanRights #Migration
(2/3) 💡The article traces how actors made references to #humanrights relevant in the context of German #migration law. Assessing this #humanrightization serves to identify strategies for human rights argumentation and highlights promising, but yet underexplored arguments for future litigation.
Human Rights Transformations of German Migration Law
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Frederik von Harbou
Research Associate: Adriana Kessler
University of Applied Sciences Jena
www.medimi.de
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
(2/3) 💡The article traces how actors made references to #humanrights relevant in the context of German #migration law. Assessing this #humanrightization serves to identify strategies for human rights argumentation and highlights promising, but yet underexplored arguments for future litigation.
📢 Join us tomorrow for a discussion on #humanrightization in the professional everyday!
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...
#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...
Live MeDiMi Impuls: Menschenrechtsschutz von Migrant:innen zwischen Anwaltschaft und Sozialer Arbeit
YouTube video by Research Group MeDiMi
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
📢 Join us tomorrow for a discussion on #humanrightization in the professional everyday!
📢 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)
📝 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)
July 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
📢 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)
📝 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)
🔥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!
👏 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!
July 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🔥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!
👏 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!
Last week, the whole #MeDiMi group met to discuss our progress in developing a theory of #humanrightization and some great forthcoming MeDiMi publications.
Many thanks to everyone involved in this very inspiring General Assembly!
Many thanks to everyone involved in this very inspiring General Assembly!
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Last week, the whole #MeDiMi group met to discuss our progress in developing a theory of #humanrightization and some great forthcoming MeDiMi publications.
Many thanks to everyone involved in this very inspiring General Assembly!
Many thanks to everyone involved in this very inspiring General Assembly!
📢Event alert!
MeDiMi Impulse: WS on Humanrightization of Civic Education, Childhood Pedagogy, and Social Work
With researchers from Chile, Uganda, and India
🗓️15.03.2024 | 10am–6pm
📍JLU Giessen | Phil II – B013
⚠️Please register by March 7!
Details:...
MeDiMi Impulse: WS on Humanrightization of Civic Education, Childhood Pedagogy, and Social Work
With researchers from Chile, Uganda, and India
🗓️15.03.2024 | 10am–6pm
📍JLU Giessen | Phil II – B013
⚠️Please register by March 7!
Details:...
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📢Event alert!
MeDiMi Impulse: WS on Humanrightization of Civic Education, Childhood Pedagogy, and Social Work
With researchers from Chile, Uganda, and India
🗓️15.03.2024 | 10am–6pm
📍JLU Giessen | Phil II – B013
⚠️Please register by March 7!
Details:...
MeDiMi Impulse: WS on Humanrightization of Civic Education, Childhood Pedagogy, and Social Work
With researchers from Chile, Uganda, and India
🗓️15.03.2024 | 10am–6pm
📍JLU Giessen | Phil II – B013
⚠️Please register by March 7!
Details:...
(3/3) 🙏 Our heartfelt thanks go to all the speakers, moderators, and participants for your contributions to understanding the dynamics of #Humanrightization.
🚀Your engagement made these 3 days truly inspiring and enriching - we look forward to staying in touch with you!
🚀Your engagement made these 3 days truly inspiring and enriching - we look forward to staying in touch with you!
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
(3/3) 🙏 Our heartfelt thanks go to all the speakers, moderators, and participants for your contributions to understanding the dynamics of #Humanrightization.
🚀Your engagement made these 3 days truly inspiring and enriching - we look forward to staying in touch with you!
🚀Your engagement made these 3 days truly inspiring and enriching - we look forward to staying in touch with you!
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📘 And: The Book of Abstracts and Bios is now online in its final version, also including contributions of scheduled speakers who couldn't attend the conference in person - a great source for everybody interested in the dynamics of #humanrightization. Enjoy browsing!
📘 And: The Book of Abstracts and Bios is now online in its final version, also including contributions of scheduled speakers who couldn't attend the conference in person - a great source for everybody interested in the dynamics of #humanrightization. Enjoy browsing!
February 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📘 And: The Book of Abstracts and Bios is now online in its final version, also including contributions of scheduled speakers who couldn't attend the conference in person - a great source for everybody interested in the dynamics of #humanrightization. Enjoy browsing!
📘 And: The Book of Abstracts and Bios is now online in its final version, also including contributions of scheduled speakers who couldn't attend the conference in person - a great source for everybody interested in the dynamics of #humanrightization. Enjoy browsing!
February 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
(2/3) In his piece, Jürgen explains how mutually reinforcing processes of #humanrightization in law, politics, and everyday practice have given rise to successful claims by #migrants and other social actors seeking to limit the governmental power of #migration control.
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
(2/3) In his piece, Jürgen explains how mutually reinforcing processes of #humanrightization in law, politics, and everyday practice have given rise to successful claims by #migrants and other social actors seeking to limit the governmental power of #migration control.
📚 #MeDiMi studies the scope, forms, and consequences of the #humanrightization of discursive practices in migration-related conflicts. (2/3)
December 11, 2024 at 11:47 AM
📚 #MeDiMi studies the scope, forms, and consequences of the #humanrightization of discursive practices in migration-related conflicts. (2/3)
Im Mai 2026 findet die interdisziplinäre Konferenz „Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences“ der DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Menschenrechte in der Migrationsgesellschaft“ (MeDiMi) an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30521
March 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Im Mai 2026 findet die interdisziplinäre Konferenz „Humanrightization in Migration Societies: Conditions, Forms, Consequences“ der DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Menschenrechte in der Migrationsgesellschaft“ (MeDiMi) an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30521