Norma Schemschat
@drnorma.bsky.social
Researcher curious about all things urban and mobilities | Postdoc for FuturMig @ IMIS (Uni Osnabrück) | Interested in citizenship from below, futures, peripheral places, autonomy-building, and place-making
Great collection of music on social mobility and class coming together here!
OK, #socsky, I'm looking for songs about intergenerational mobility (up or down) or class reproduction.
E.g., Whiskeytown's Jacksonville Skyline ("I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness"). Or, in a lighter vein, Musgraves' "Merry Go-Round."
Examples notwithstanding, the genre is open.
E.g., Whiskeytown's Jacksonville Skyline ("I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness"). Or, in a lighter vein, Musgraves' "Merry Go-Round."
Examples notwithstanding, the genre is open.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Great collection of music on social mobility and class coming together here!
Autor*in zur Stadtbild-Debatte: Der böse Traum vom gereinigten Deutschland taz.de/Autorin-zur-...
Autor*in zur Stadtbild-Debatte: Der böse Traum vom gereinigten Deutschland
Woran will Bundeskanzler Merz eigentlich das irregulär Migrantische erkennen? Seine Äußerungen zum deutschen Stadtbild sind menschenverachtend.
taz.de
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Autor*in zur Stadtbild-Debatte: Der böse Traum vom gereinigten Deutschland taz.de/Autorin-zur-...
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Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
“Ich habe gar nichts zurückzunehmen”
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
- sagt #Merz heute zu seiner “wir haben im Stadtbild noch dieses Problem”-Äußerung in Bezug auf Migration.
October 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ich kotze. „Fragen Sie mal Ihre Töchter“, entgegnet Merz einen Journalisten, der nachfragt, ob eine Entschuldigung angemessen wäre.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
Zur Erinnerung: Junge Frauen haben die CDU kaum gewählt. Die Merz-Regierung macht keinerlei Gleichstellungspolitik.
Aber Frauen für Rassismus instrumentalisieren.
I teamed up with my friend and colleague Rafik Arfaoui to think and write about rural cosmopolitanism in places often considered 'left behind.' The article that came together along the way just came out in Espaces et sociétés and can be accessed here 👉 shs.cairn.info/tap-aw9lywgj...
L’accueil des personnes réfugiées hors des métropoles : entre fragilité territoriale et cosmopolitisme rural
Des idées pour vous
shs.cairn.info
October 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I teamed up with my friend and colleague Rafik Arfaoui to think and write about rural cosmopolitanism in places often considered 'left behind.' The article that came together along the way just came out in Espaces et sociétés and can be accessed here 👉 shs.cairn.info/tap-aw9lywgj...
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Allez, on répète après moi :
ChatGPT 👏👏
n’est pas 👏👏
un moteur 👏👏
de recherche 👏👏
ChatGPT 👏👏
n’est pas 👏👏
un moteur 👏👏
de recherche 👏👏
October 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Allez, on répète après moi :
ChatGPT 👏👏
n’est pas 👏👏
un moteur 👏👏
de recherche 👏👏
ChatGPT 👏👏
n’est pas 👏👏
un moteur 👏👏
de recherche 👏👏
Here's for friendship in academia! 📚💛
Highly recommend the short piece "Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?" by @smhall.bsky.social if you still look for a Friday afternoon read!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Highly recommend the short piece "Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?" by @smhall.bsky.social if you still look for a Friday afternoon read!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
With this commentary I argue that everyday relational spaces of friendship within academia have radical potential – a radically ordinary praxis? – and yet are often overlooked or undervalued. I sugge...
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Here's for friendship in academia! 📚💛
Highly recommend the short piece "Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?" by @smhall.bsky.social if you still look for a Friday afternoon read!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Highly recommend the short piece "Friendship in academia: A radically ordinary praxis?" by @smhall.bsky.social if you still look for a Friday afternoon read!
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🟢 Wir laden ein zu unserer Veranstaltung "#Desinformation verstehen: Akteure, Mechanismen, Verantwortung I 📅 Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2025 I 🕕 17.00 – 18.30 Uhr I 📍 Online oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/1-d...
# 1 Desinformation verstehen: Akteure, Mechanismen, Verantwortung
Social Media begünstigt die Verbreitung von Desinformationen. Doch Desinformationen sind kein isoliertes Technologieproblem. Ursachen und Auswirkungen sind komplex – entsprechend brauchen wir viele...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🟢 Wir laden ein zu unserer Veranstaltung "#Desinformation verstehen: Akteure, Mechanismen, Verantwortung I 📅 Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2025 I 🕕 17.00 – 18.30 Uhr I 📍 Online oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/1-d...
Chi-town 🫶🥹
ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Chi-town 🫶🥹
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Academic friends: I’m teaching a course on Ethnography this fall. I was on sabbatical last year, so I haven’t taught it in 2 years. Do you have any recommendations for recent book length ethnographies I should include?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Academic friends: I’m teaching a course on Ethnography this fall. I was on sabbatical last year, so I haven’t taught it in 2 years. Do you have any recommendations for recent book length ethnographies I should include?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
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🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
May 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🚨 We're hiring! Join us at @LMU_Muenchen for the DFG-funded project "Democratic Persuasion: How to Make the Case for Democracy."
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
Interested in making scholarly & societal impact?
We’re looking for:
🔹 1 Postdoc (100%)
🔹 1 PhD researcher (70%)
Starting: Oct 2025 | Apply by: July 8
More info ⬇️ (1/7)
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if you're coming to the AAG In Detroit, drop by and say hi at the zine fair !! we will have so many wonderful zines for you to take home and read and share with friends :)
Join us for the opening reception of the AAG X GEOZONe Zine Fair! Tuesday 3/25 at 1pm in the Exhibit Hall! A time to browse zines and meet cool folks while learning a bit more about geoz.one! #geosky @geographers.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
if you're coming to the AAG In Detroit, drop by and say hi at the zine fair !! we will have so many wonderful zines for you to take home and read and share with friends :)
Friends and colleagues heading to Detroit for @geographers.bsky.social annual meeting next week, come find us on Friday morning for a double-session on 'left behind' places and mobilities!
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Friends and colleagues heading to Detroit for @geographers.bsky.social annual meeting next week, come find us on Friday morning for a double-session on 'left behind' places and mobilities!
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6 semaines.
On en est là.
On en est là.
March 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
6 semaines.
On en est là.
On en est là.
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Migrants in Germany are overrepresented in vital job sectors including food production, construction, care work and others. #Destatis via @zdfde.bsky.social #Migration.
The German economy would collapse in many sectors without migration. Some political parties struggle to accept that reality.
The German economy would collapse in many sectors without migration. Some political parties struggle to accept that reality.
March 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Migrants in Germany are overrepresented in vital job sectors including food production, construction, care work and others. #Destatis via @zdfde.bsky.social #Migration.
The German economy would collapse in many sectors without migration. Some political parties struggle to accept that reality.
The German economy would collapse in many sectors without migration. Some political parties struggle to accept that reality.
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Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
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The comeback of the Left in Germany is sensational. Almost written off ahead of elections, they won 6 districts and almost 9% of votes + are biggest party in Berlin and among young voters.
Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living
Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living
February 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The comeback of the Left in Germany is sensational. Almost written off ahead of elections, they won 6 districts and almost 9% of votes + are biggest party in Berlin and among young voters.
Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living
Also only party to not campaign on anti-immigration but to focus on affordable rent and cost of living
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The German Christian Democratic Party's "5-Point Plan" on migration and border control was passed by 348 to 345 votes a few minutes ago. For the first time since the end of the Nazi regime, a proposal has been passed with the support of a right-wing party's votes.
A dark day for Germany.
A dark day for Germany.
January 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The German Christian Democratic Party's "5-Point Plan" on migration and border control was passed by 348 to 345 votes a few minutes ago. For the first time since the end of the Nazi regime, a proposal has been passed with the support of a right-wing party's votes.
A dark day for Germany.
A dark day for Germany.
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Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average).
But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.
But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.
Marie & Pinotti (2024): Very important paper, also in light of the policy debates in many countries:
- Immigration does not increase crime rates.
- Obtaining legal status decreases immigrants' involvement in criminal activities.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#EconSky #PolSky #MigSky #noAfd
- Immigration does not increase crime rates.
- Obtaining legal status decreases immigrants' involvement in criminal activities.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#EconSky #PolSky #MigSky #noAfd
Immigration and Crime: An International Perspective
(Winter 2024) - The association between immigration and crime has long been a subject of debate, and only recently have we encountered systematic empirical evidence on this issue. Data shows that immigrants, often younger, male,
and less educated compared to natives, are disproportionately represented among offenders in numerous host countries. However, existing research, inclusive of our analysis of new international data, consistently
indicates that immigration does not significantly impact local crime rates in these countries. Furthermore, recent studies underscore that obtaining legal status diminishes immigrants' involvement in criminal activities.
Finally, we discuss potential explanations for the apparent incongruity between immigrants' overrepresentation among offenders and the null effect of immigration on crime rates.
www.aeaweb.org
January 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Immigration doesn't increase crime (overall/average).
But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.
But regularising unauthorised migrants does *reduce* crime.
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Heute geht es um die Abstimmung zur Verschärfung der Gesetze zur Migration. Im Diskurs der letzten Tage werden die Themen Migration und innere Sicherheit eng verknüpft. Der Zusammenhang zw. Migration und Kriminalität ist Gegenstand aktueller Forschung, die aber zu anderen Schlüssen kommt. (1/2)
January 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Heute geht es um die Abstimmung zur Verschärfung der Gesetze zur Migration. Im Diskurs der letzten Tage werden die Themen Migration und innere Sicherheit eng verknüpft. Der Zusammenhang zw. Migration und Kriminalität ist Gegenstand aktueller Forschung, die aber zu anderen Schlüssen kommt. (1/2)
Join us for the first edition of the @aissr.bsky.social Social Science Cinema at the University of Amsterdam on February 27th! We invited filmmaker Lucy Kaye and lead researchers from the Northern Exposure project to chat with us about Lucy's documentary "From Where We Stand"
January 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Join us for the first edition of the @aissr.bsky.social Social Science Cinema at the University of Amsterdam on February 27th! We invited filmmaker Lucy Kaye and lead researchers from the Northern Exposure project to chat with us about Lucy's documentary "From Where We Stand"
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SOGI Asylum in France and Denaturalizing the Category of LGBT+ Refugees
Public lecture by Florent Chossière at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Migration, 3 March at 15h30.
All are welcome, please register in advance. Organized by Jingjie Dai.
arc-m.uva.nl/content/even...
Public lecture by Florent Chossière at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Migration, 3 March at 15h30.
All are welcome, please register in advance. Organized by Jingjie Dai.
arc-m.uva.nl/content/even...
arc-m.uva.nl
January 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
SOGI Asylum in France and Denaturalizing the Category of LGBT+ Refugees
Public lecture by Florent Chossière at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Migration, 3 March at 15h30.
All are welcome, please register in advance. Organized by Jingjie Dai.
arc-m.uva.nl/content/even...
Public lecture by Florent Chossière at the Amsterdam Research Centre for Migration, 3 March at 15h30.
All are welcome, please register in advance. Organized by Jingjie Dai.
arc-m.uva.nl/content/even...
In June 2023, I sat together with a group of urban studies colleagues to discuss cities as spaces of hope. Some of our presentations now appeared in a special issue with Transatlantica! You can find my contribution here: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti...
From the ‘‘Former Rubber Capital of the World’’ to Space of Hope? R...
Introduction “International District […]. That means people from all over the world, different cultures, different backgrounds, different religions, different, languages. But we all live in this pl...
journals.openedition.org
January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In June 2023, I sat together with a group of urban studies colleagues to discuss cities as spaces of hope. Some of our presentations now appeared in a special issue with Transatlantica! You can find my contribution here: journals.openedition.org/transatlanti...
Are you a researcher or practitioner and working on international migration, cities or both? Then we hope to see you at our final conference this year!
Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives: Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries
Istanbul, September 24-26!
Visit our website for the full CfP: shorturl.at/r5uC0
Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives: Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries
Istanbul, September 24-26!
Visit our website for the full CfP: shorturl.at/r5uC0
January 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Are you a researcher or practitioner and working on international migration, cities or both? Then we hope to see you at our final conference this year!
Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives: Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries
Istanbul, September 24-26!
Visit our website for the full CfP: shorturl.at/r5uC0
Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives: Bridging Disciplinary Boundaries
Istanbul, September 24-26!
Visit our website for the full CfP: shorturl.at/r5uC0