Migration Matters

The response to our event at Futurium on 26 June has been overwhelming, and registration on the Futurium website is now closed.

To make sure more young voices are part of the conversation, we’ve opened a few additional spots for people aged 15–21.

From 9:30–12:30, we’ll bring together younger and older generations to exchange perspectives on migration, demographic change, and Germany’s future alongside researchers and artists.

If you’re 15–21 and would like to take part, send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll share more information.

Teachers, educators, and youth workers in Berlin: get in touch if you’d like to bring a group.

We’re looking forward to a really special event—and to hearing the ideas, experiences, and perspectives that everyone brings to the conversation.

Thank you to our partners and supporters Robert Bosch Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung Futurium

What will migration look like in Germany in 2050? 🌍

Together with Futurium () and the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) (.institut) we are organizing a very special intergenerational fishbowl discussion on migration. On June 26 at Futurium in Berlin, two generations — young people aged 16–19 and adults over 60 — will come together for an interactive dialogue event.

Together with migration researchers, practitioners, artists, and other experts, participants from different generations and life experiences will exchange ideas, challenge perspectives, and imagine possible futures of migration together.

We have a lot of eager seniors signed up and are right now especially looking to bring in more youth to participate. If you’re a teacher, educator, or youth worker in Berlin, we’d love your help in sharing this opportunity or bringing a group. Register at the link in bio to join the conversation!

📅 June 26, 2026 | 9:30 AM–12:30 PM
📍 Futurium, Berlin
🎟️ Free, registration required
🗣️ German-language event with AI-supported English translation

Last week we had the pleasure of meeting with Bachelor’s students from the University of North Texas for a lively exchange on migration, identity, and integration in Germany 🇩🇪✨

Together we explored perceptions of immigration in Germany and the U.S., discussed why changing minds on migration can be so challenging, and reflected on what helps create more constructive conversations across differences. We also talked about diversity in Germany and the role we can all play in shaping more inclusive societies.

It was especially interesting to hear the students’ own perspectives, questions, and reflections throughout the session — thank you for the thoughtful and engaging discussion 💬🌍

And a big thank you to .family for generously hosting us in their space!

We’re excited to be collaborating with Deschoolonize — a Berlin-based initiative working to challenge colonial structures and dominant narratives in education. Through school workshops, empowerment activities, and critical conversations, their work creates space for more inclusive perspectives and questions whose knowledge is considered “legitimate.”

During our February educational networking event, Deschoolonize founder Greg Ownuegbuzie joined us as a panelist, sharing his insights on how dominant narratives influence classrooms and shape young people’s perspectives.

Now more than ever, it’s important to build partnerships and alliances that challenge and complicate harmful narratives about migration, diversity, and belonging. We’re grateful to have partners like Deschoolonize alongside us as we work toward more inclusive, reflective conversations — and societies. 💫

At Migration Matters, a big part of our work is bringing different worlds together — connecting research, education, civil society, and media to challenge dominant narratives around migration.

That’s why we’re excited to be part of EPIM’s new Community of Practice on labor mobility and narrative change.

Across Europe, migration debates are becoming increasingly polarized and right-wing sentiment is on the rise. Labor mobility is becoming one of the last politically viable entry points into the migration conversation, as governments increasingly recognize migrants as necessary to address labor shortages in aging societies. But if labor mobility becomes the main framework for talking about migration, what narratives are being reinforced — and how do we make sure conversations around rights, dignity, and belonging don’t get lost along the way?

Over the next months, 18 participants from across Europe working across strategic communications, policy, research, media, philanthropy, and cultural strategy will come together to explore these questions collectively.

Our Managing Director and Co-Founder, Sophia Burton, is facilitating this Community of Practice. Together, the group is exploring how we can use this moment to create new narratives around migration — ones that ensure conversations around rights, dignity, and belonging don’t get lost along the way.

The kick-off meeting took place a couple of weeks ago, and we’re looking forward to the conversations, exchanges, and collective learning to come.

A big thank you to EPIM for creating this space 💬