Symposium Educational Migration Research 2025
Symposium: Educational Migration Research from an Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspective
Heraklion (Crete), Greece | May 7–8, 2026
As part of the 12th International Scientific Conference of I.A.K.E.
The symposium “Educational Migration Research from an Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspective” aims to explore current dynamics, theoretical frameworks, and empirical approaches in educational migration research from an internationally comparative perspective. It provides a scholarly forum for examining contemporary migration-related challenges in education, while fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and identifying transfer potentials to educational practice and policy.
Thematic Focus
Education under Conditions of Heterogeneity, Inequalities, and Social Exclusion: Challenges – Approaches – Perspectives
The symposium focuses on educational processes shaped by forced migration, precarity, discrimination, social inequality, and institutional mechanisms of exclusion. Special emphasis is placed on how these conditions affect educational trajectories, participation opportunities, and experiences of belonging across generations.
Contributions are invited that address, among others:
- Social constructions of heterogeneity and educational inequality
- Experiences of injustice and educational justice
- Moral emotions (e.g. indignation, shame, empathy) as analytical lenses in migration research
- Intergenerational transmission of educational experiences
- Intersectional perspectives on education and migration
The symposium encourages interdisciplinary, intersectional, theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions.
Thematic Strands
- Research on injustice
- Educational justice
- Moral emotions
- Intergenerational educational research
- Intersectionality
Submissions
Scholars are invited to submit proposals for short presentations (25 minutes including discussion).
Submissions should include a title, author(s), and an abstract of up to 200 words.
- Languages: English or German
- Submission deadline: February 5, 2026
- Submission email: migrationsforschung.projektgruppe@plus.ac.at
Early-career researchers are especially welcome to submit their work.
Publication
A peer-reviewed edited volume is planned following the symposium, to be published in the series European Education in Dialog. Science – Politics – Practice by Peter Lang.
Organization
The symposium is jointly organized by scholars from the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg and HAW Hamburg and will take place within the framework of the 12th International Scientific Conference of I.A.K.E., Heraklion, Crete (May 7–10, 2026)
We look forward to welcoming you to Crete!
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