The EuMIGS Lecture Series 2026 explores decoloniality in migration studies, examining how colonial histories, racial hierarchies, borders, and unequal knowledge production continue to shape migration - and how scholars can rethink the field through decolonial and postcolonial perspectives.
This kick-off session centers on the issue of data and knowledge prodution from the perspective of decolonial feminism. More specifically, drawing on the lecturer's upcoming monograph, it engages with political mobilisation in postcolonial African states, showing how intersectional power unfolds across diverse levels of digital media, ranging from infrastructure, digital platforms, and user interactions to subjectifications and affect (Hasenöhrl forthcoming, 2026). This discussion will then tie into broader development of decolonizing forces, which is starting to shaken off some of the hitherto less challenged assumptions and ways of knowing in the study or migration.