I am delighted to have been appointed Junior Professor for Forced Migration and Refugee Studies at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS) and the Institute for Social Science, University of Osnabrück. On January 1st, 2019, I will take up the professorship and am looking forward to the new tasks and…
A post was published on the Fluchtforschungsblog in which Dana Schmalz and I discuss the Global Compact on Refugees. The post is accessible in German here . Nicht mächtig, aber zukunftsträchtig: Zum Potenzial des globalen Flüchtlingspakts Der globale Flüchtlingspakt (Global Compact on Refugees) soll den Flüchtlingsschutz weltweit verbessern. Doch was…
An article was published about resilience of refugees and in refugee protection in the IMIS-Beiträge. Hannah Schmidt an I explore discourses and reflect on critical consequences. The article – as well as the IMIS-Beiträge – are available open access – in German. The article is part of the research…
A new post was published on the German FluchtforschungsBlog in which Christiane Fröhlich and I address the question of “forced migration studies” or “refugee studies”. The post ist available in German. Abstract: Handelt es sich eher um ‚Flüchtlings-‘ oder um ‚Fluchtforschung‘? Dieser Frage gehen wir angeregt durch die Umbenennung…
A new piece was published on FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog about the global trends which I wrote together with Marcus Engler. Access the paper: Globale Trends: Wachsende Herausforderungen für den globalen Flüchtlingsschutz
In the context of the project Flucht: Forschung und Transfer. Flüchtlingsforschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (lead by IMIS, University of Osnabrück and BICC in Bonn), a discussion of current research findings as well as a policy brief have been published about refugees’ experiences of violence. Both papers are in German and accessible online in…
The special issue on Forced Migration – Asylum – Gender was published in the German journal Gender which I co-edited together with Karin Scherschel and Carola Bauschke-Urban. In addition to the introduction, I was also involved in an article with Hannah Schmidt. All articles are in German and can be accessed online.…
A piece about the Global Compact on Refugees was published on the FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog. The post is only available in German.
During the conference “Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South” which takes place at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, 03-04 May 2018, I will give a presentation about “Forced Migration, Conflict, Violence: Gender-sensitive reading of Developments in Sub-Sahara Africa”. The conference is organized…
The project ‘Global Refugee Protection and Local Refugee Engagement. Scope and Limits of the Agency of Refugee-led Community-based NGOs’, funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, can be extended for one year and will come to an end in mid-2019.
