People move all the time: Some just travel, some look for jobs, some try to find a better life. In other cases, people are forced to move: They flee from starvation, they run away from war and oppression, they leave after ecological disasters. This project looks at their stories. It explores the reasons why people move. It analyses the impact these people have on local and (inter)national politics. Four aspects are at the center of the seminar: 1) The history of migration: waves of immigration in Europe and across the world. In this section, participants share their moving stories and national histories. 2) Lampedusa is everywhere: learning about German, U.S. and EU immigration politics in an interactive simulation game. This part unfolds the complexity of international migration. 3) Immigrants and their hosts: establishing dialogue and diversity in society, visiting volunteering projects and NGOs, training to become pioneers of the integration and empowerment work. 4) Burning questions to be answered: Where do we move from here? How do we face the challenges of migration on a local and inter-national level? This seminar is all about movement – moving lives and moving minds.