After some inspiring years at the Center for Conflict Studies, Marburg University, I have been appointed Junior Professor for Global Governance and Humanitarian Action at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Ruhr University Bochum. On February 1 2018, I will start my work in Bochum and look forward…
The volume ‘Gender, Violence, Refugees’ edited with Susanne Buckley-Zistel has been published in the Forced Migration Studies series by Berghahn Books. Abstract: Providing nuanced accounts of how the social identities of men and women, the context of displacement and the experience or manifestation of violence interact, this collection offers…
A paper about research ethics was published in the Working Paper Series of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. Researching forced migration: critical reflections on research ethics during fieldwork Abstract: How do we carry out research with refugees? This paper provides reflections on some of the key ethical questions surrounding…
Information only available in German. Summary: In the context of today’s world refugee day, Janna Wessels and I published a blog post about global trends and challenges: Globale Trends zu Flucht und Flüchtlingsschutz on the FlüchtlingsforschungsBlog. Moreover, a summarizing paper was published about Keine Lösung in Sicht? on the Themenportal Flucht, Migration, Integration der FES.
Together with the co-editors Marcel Berlinghoff, J. Olaf Kleist and Jochen Oltmer, I am very happy that the first issue of the German Journal for Refugee Studies, Zeitschrift für Flüchtlingsforschung was published. Z’Flucht is a new peer-reviewed journal which publishes academic works from diverse disciplines on questions related to forced migration and refugee…
Information only available in German. The interview is accessible on the website of BPB.
Information accessible in German: Im Rahmen des Arbeitstreffens über Flüchtlingsforschung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis des DFG-geförderten Netzwerks Grundlagen der Flüchtlingsforschung werde ich nächste Woche einen Vortrag über Flucht “Erforschen”: Festgeklemmt zwischen guten Intention und ethischen Standards? halten. Das Arbeitstreffen findet am 04. und 05. Mai 2017 an der Hochschule Hannover…
From January to March 2017, I will be a visiting fellow at the Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford. During my time in Oxford, I will work with Prof. Alexander Betts and focus on governance issues. The fellowship is funded by the DAAD.
In the volume “Flüchtlinge: Multiperspektivische Zugänge” edited by Cinur Ghaderi and Thomas Eppenstein, my chapter focussing on refugee women was published. The chapter entitled ‘Die Flüchtling – der Flüchtling als Frau. Genderreflexiver Zugang‘ is available in German. Abstract: Hat das (völker-)rechtliche Flüchtlingskonstrukt ein Geschlecht? Welche Chancen und Gefahren können durch…
Information only available in German: Am 1. Dezember habe ich einen Vortrag über “Konflikt, Flucht, Flüchtlingssituationen: Globale Entwicklungen und Zusammenhänge” im Rahmen der Veranstaltung “Flüchtlingskrise in Europa” gehalten. Die Veranstaltung wurde durch das Europe Direct Informationszentrum Gießen organisiert. Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung: https://www.facebook.com/pg/eu.giessen/photos/?tab=album&album_id=671653066328885 Eindrücke finden Sie in dem Beitrag:…
