Migration and Intercultural Relations Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

Overview

Migration and Intercultural Relations program from Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg will address issues that currently rank highly on the global agenda - and need expertise on transnational, transcultural and transdisciplinary level. Migration and mobility, flight, displacement and refuge - globally and (supra)nationally discussed primarily on a policy level - touch decisive dimensions in economic and social development, demography, international relations, political theory and cultural cooperation, to name some, not all of the key areas. Sustainable answers bridging the interests of nation states (incl. their welfare systems and labour markets) with human rights, democratic values and globality have yet to be found. Research on intercultural relations and intercultural communication is closely linked to these questions and frequently key to the understanding of problems and conflict.

The curriculum takes into account all forms of migration and displacement. Related issues to be addressed are intercultural conflict resolution mechanisms, multi cultural governance issues and global/regional integration.

Careers and Areas of Employment

In order to train for a labour market demanding flexibility, self-motivation and problem-solving skills, the didactics of EMMIR are built around the idea that young professionals need state of the art, in-depth-knowledge in their field plus the tools to present and negotiate, to apply and to conceptualise, to cooperate, administrate and to manage. In cooperation with numerous actors and institutions in the field (associates and others) students will be exposed to specific labour market segments, they gather experience that can be actively linked to the study program and their specialization.

The cross-cutting aim is to promote problem solving skills and the ability of knowledge transfer. Graduates will be qualified to pursue doctoral studies or employment in national and international governmental and non-governmental institutions dealing with migration, intercultural competence and education, in particular intersecting with development issues and/or gender issues.

Reasons for Studying

Join EMMIR to be a student in the first African-European-Asian Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Migration Studies and is jointly run by three African, four European, and two Asian partners, facilitated by a wider network of associate partners.

EMMIR provides an outstanding framework for individual learning trajectories: The refinement of students’ profiles during their studies, which contributes to their academic excellence, is facilitated by means of individual and group counselling sessions evolving around their academic, work and personal experiences, their localisation in the programme’s thematic areas and foci which consists of: 

• Questions of knowledge production, representation, and power relations;
• Issues of gender, diversity and intersectionality;
• Approaches to development, conflict and justice; and
• Concepts of education and citizenship.

The joint degree will provide graduates with excellent chances for employment in national and international governmental and private sector organisations or in academia.