EventsDAAD research network "Migration, Trauma in Transition": Policy Makers Conference "Dreams to Nightmares"

DAAD research network "Migration, Trauma in Transition": Policy Makers Conference "Dreams to Nightmares"

Duration: 01.12.2018 City: Berlin Country: Germany

The DAAD research network "Migration, Trauma in Transition" is holding the conference "Dreams to Nightmares: Welcoming Culture, Xenophobia and Social Trauma along the Balkan Route" on 1 December 2018 at the International Psychoanalytic University Berlin together with political policy makers from the countries along the Balkan route. One key component of the event consists of three parallel workshops on the subjects of integration, education and mental health.

The cooperative work undertaken by clinical and psychological trauma researchers, as well as by scientists from the fields of psychology, sociology, psychoanalysis, history and cultural studies with experts working with refugees forms the basis for the conference. Political policy makers are attending the event under the aspect of their involvement in the implementation of the related findings. Such tripartite cooperation is highly unusual and was only possible thanks to the establishment of the network. And it is urgently needed, not least because of the current refugee movements.

The conference participants include Dr. Judith Baessler from the GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Dr. Samir Rizvo, the Deputy Minister in the Security Ministry in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bulgarian Ambassador Stefan Tafrov, the prior UN Ambassador as well as the Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister, Svetlana Velimirović, the Deputy Commissioner for Refugees in Serbia and Elefterios Papagiannakis, the Deputy Mayor of Athens, with responsibility for migration and refugees.

The conference will develop recommendations for methods and processes, and elaborate them for an online publication. Following the workshops, the results of the related questions will be presented and discussed in a presentation event open to the public.

Source: International Psychoanalytic University Berlin / IDW Nachrichten Editor by Tim Mörsch, VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH Countries / organization: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Greece Serbia Germany Topic: Ethical Issues and Society Strategic Issues and Framework miscellaneous / Cross-section Activities

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