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

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 💬