On The Border of Two Spaces:The Transformative Experience of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany - Tetyana Panchenko (online)

23 January - 4 p.m. - 5.30 p.m. Presentation of the preliminary results of a longitudinal study of the transformational experience of Ukrainian refugees in the process of their flight, adaptation and integration in Germany since the beginning of the war. Based on qualitative data from two rounds of in-depth interviews and quantitative data from 5-wave online surveys, the author presents some socio-economic characteristics of Ukrainian refugees in Germany, the reasons and circumstances of their flight, their daily practices of integration into the host society and their transnational activities, their expectations and intentions, and their changes over time.