Researching together, finding solutions together

The INTERSECT project brings together researchers, civil society organisations and refugee women from Ukraine. A panel discussion on 4 December 2024 marks the provisional conclusion of the project, which is supported by the Open Humboldt Freiräume funding line.

How do refugee mothers from Ukraine manage to gain a foothold in Germany? What particular challenges stand in their way? And what can politics, civil society and academia do to better support them? Gökce Yurdakul, Professor of Social Conflict at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, is investigating these questions in her ‘INTERSECT’ project.

The researcher works closely with the „Welcome Alliance“, an alliance of civil society organisations, foundations and state institutions that campaigns for the humane integration of refugees.
On 4 December 2024, she is organising a public discussion event together with her project partners. Here, women refugees, experts from politics, civil society and academia will have their say in order to jointly develop solutions that enable long-term and sustainable integration.

Gökce Yurdakul is receiving support for her project from the Open Humboldt Freiräume funding programme. In order to be able to concentrate fully on this research project, she has been granted a semester of teaching leave. The initiative is sponsored by the Berlin University Alliance and specifically encourages researchers to promote dialogue between the university and society and to develop innovative solutions to social challenges.

In a detailed article about the project, Gökce Yurdakul, Lilija Oleksiienko as an affected woman from Ukraine and other project partners report on their work and goals.

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