A new dataset is now available in the Qualiservice catalogue at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.973109

A total of 78 transcripts of guided interviews with Ukrainian refugees are now available for secondary scientific use. The transcripts were produced as part of the qualitative panel study projects funded by the BMFSFJ ‘Support for and integration of protection-holders from Ukraine: Capturing subjective perspectives’ and ‘Refugee families from Ukraine’, which were conducted by Prof. Dr Magdalena Nowicka, Dr Nora Ratzmann and Dr Katarina Mozetič from the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) in Berlin and Munich from 2022 to 2024.

The projects examine the subjective perspectives of Ukrainian refugees and their arrival processes in Germany. The respondents were interviewed over a period of 1.5 years in up to five waves. While the first four waves took place at intervals of approximately two months from September 2022 to March 2023, the fifth wave took place about a year after the last interview, i.e. between February and April 2024. The focus was on questions of accommodation, family life and caregiving, employment and interactions with German authorities. The data set thus provides deep insights into the emotional world and hurdles faced by Ukrainian refugees after their arrival in Germany from a longitudinal perspective.

All interviewees were of legal age at the time of the interview. Interviews from all five waves are available for fourteen cases, seven of which are in Berlin and seven in Munich. Four waves are available for another case from Munich, and three cases from Berlin with one to two waves participated are still available for reuse. The interviews were conducted in either Ukrainian or Russian and then translated into English, so that all interviews are available in English with some Ukrainian/Russian annotations.

The anonymised transcripts of these interviews are now available for secondary use in research and academic teaching. The data set offers potential for reuse, particularly in migration research and regional studies. Since the vast majority of respondents have children of kindergarten and school age, questions relating to educational research can also be addressed. In addition, questions concerning the role and impact of socio-political decisions, intra-family negotiation processes, and the topic of employment and labour market integration of refugees can be examined.