Project duration: 31.12.2022 - 31.05.2026

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Living and settling in Brandenburg

Asylum seekers in Brandenburg generally live in shared accommodation with little opportunity for privacy. However, having one’s own living space is a key factor in settling into the local community. Social, political and bureaucratic hurdles, as well as fierce competition in a housing market that is tight in many areas, make it difficult to move into their own homes.

This is where our research project “Living and Settling in Brandenburg” comes in, adopting a subject-oriented research perspective that treats refugees as experts by experience. In research that reflects on inequality (Behrensen 2019), we investigate the housing preferences of refugees with a view to the conditions for success and failure of decentralised housing provision in Brandenburg. A particular focus is on the challenges and opportunities of urban areas.
 

Academic support for the VASiB collaborative project

This research project is part of the VASiB collaborative project. The aim of the project is to work closely with partners in the field to improve access to private housing for refugees.

As academic partners, we advise the partner organisations on strategic and research methodology issues, collate project findings, conduct academic research on project-relevant questions and, overall, provide science-based background information.

Cooperation to improve accommodation and living conditions for refugees

As part of the VASiB project, the following stakeholders have joined forces to form the "Cooperation for Refugees in Brandenburg " (KFB) network:

• KommMit- PSZ
• Evangelical church district of Oberes Havelland
• Hoffnungstaler Foundation Lobetal
• ESTAruppin
• Wittstock-Ruppin church district
• The chair "Sociology for Social Work" at the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
• Brandenburg Refugee Council

The locations of the cooperation partners can be found on the map.