The first event in our NaDiRa Lecture series "Racism Research and Antiracist Practice" looks at the institutionalization of racism research in Germany. Experts from academia, civil society and politics will discuss how the academic production of knowledge on racism and anti-racism can be strengthened: What does it take to sustainably anchor racism research and make it publicly visible? What obstacles and challenges can be observed? What effects do institutionalization, increasing attention and a growing demand for applied surveys have on research and its approaches?
With:
- Prof. Dr. Lorenz Narku Laing,Professor of Social Sciences and Racism Research at the Protestant University of Bochum and Managing Director and founder of Vielfaltsprojekte GmbH
- Katja Kinder,Managing Director of RAA Berlin and co-founder of ADEFRA (Black Women in Germany, founded in 1986)
- Armaghan Naghipour,lawyer and former State Secretary for Science, Research and Equality in the Berlin Senate Department for Science, Health, Care and Equality.
- Maja Wallstein,SPD member of the German Bundestag and Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Science Forum in Berlin.
- Moderation: Dr. Aisha-Nusrat Ahmad, Head of the Knowledge Network Racism Research (WinRa), BMBF funding "Current and historical dynamics of right-wing extremism and racism"
The NaDiRa Lecture Series 2023/24 focuses on the relationship between racism research and the practice of social and state anti-racism. In recent years, work against racism and discrimination has been symbolically placed on the political agenda - whether this will result in effective measures against racism remains to be seen. New tasks arise for racism research in this process: it must learn to observe and analyze the effects of the growing knowledge about racism and also develop concrete instruments for measuring the success and failure of political measures. In doing so, it must also take a self-critical look at its own ability to communicate and transfer the findings of racism research to society and politics. The NaDiRa Lectures explore these challenges on the basis of different social and political fields and offer space for exchange between science, civil society and politics.
