Former longtime members of IMIS
A–G
Dr. Lars Amenda
Contemporary history: migration and urbanity, global migration, migration and the maritime world, migration and mass culture, migration policy in the 19th and 20th centuries. Further information
Prof. em. Dr. Klaus J. Bade
Contemporary history: population, economy and migration, integration and minorities, flight and asylum, immigration legislation, migration and integration policy in the past and present, IMIS Director 1991-97, 2002-05. Further information
Prof. Dr. Michael Bommes (†)
Sociology/methodology of intercultural and interdisciplinary migration research: migration and political system, migration and organization, migration and social theory, methodological problems of interdisciplinary and intercultural research, IMIS director 2005-09. Further information
Prof. Dr. Anne Lisa Carstensen
Sociology: sociology of work, trade unions, postcolonial and critical theory, discourse analysis, global production networks. Further information
Prof. Dr. Christine Dimroth
German Studies/Applied Linguistics of German. Further information
Dr. Samia Dinkelaker
Sociology: Global perspectives on migration, migration, violence and care, sending countries, ethnographic migration research, Southeast Asia. Further information
Dr. Carsten Felgentreff
Social Geography: Hazard research – adaptation in times of climate change; spatial mobility/migration research; applied urban and regional research; socioeconomic transformation. Further information
Dr. Anna Flack
Comparative Cultural Studies/European Ethnology: Migration, remigration and whereabouts, food ethnology, affiliations, Russian-Germans and (late) repatriates, ethnological field research. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Peter Graf
Intercultural pedagogy: bilingualism research and bilingual education, language acquisition and early foreign language learning, learning in German as a second language, intercultural and interreligious dialog. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Siegfried Greif
Work and organizational psychology: occupational biographies, unemployment of migrants, social and intercultural skills. Further information
Prof. Dr. Angela Grimm
German Studies / Linguistics of German: First and second language acquisition, language level diagnostics, language development disorders. Further information
H–K
Dr. Laura Haddad
Social geography. Further information
Lisa-Marie Heimeshoff
Sociology: social movement research; migration and work; minorities; trade unions; Central and Eastern Europe. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Leonie Herwartz-Emden
Pedagogy of Childhood and Youth: Consequences of migration in education, socialization and school, immigrant families, migration and gender relations, methods and methodology of interdisciplinary and intercultural research. Further information
Prof. Dr. Uwe Hunger
Political Science / Sociology of Migration: International Migration Policy, Migration and Development, State, Civil Society and Integration, Demographic Change, Ethnic Economy. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Heidi Keller
Development and Culture. Further information
Prof. Dr. Wassilis Kassis
Education Science. Further information
Dr. Olaf Kleist
Political Science. Further information
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Krause
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies. Further information
Dr. Holger Kolb
Political Science. Further information
L–R
Prof. em. Dr. Utz Maas
General and Germanic Linguistics: Language Typology and Language Contact, Migration and Language Culture in the Maghreb. Further information
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Mehlem
Linguistics and didactics of German. Further information
Dr. Johanna Neuhauser
Sociology. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Hans-Werner Niemann
Economic and Social History. Further information
Prof. Dr. Jannis Panagiotidis
Modern History: Migration History; German History; Jewish History; Eastern European History; Greek History; Post-Socialist Economic Transformation. Further information
Prof. Dr. John Peterson
Linguistics and Indology: multilingualism, language contact, codeswitching, written language acquisition especially in the context of migration, written language vs. spoken language, South Asian languages, Maltese. Further information
Prof. Dr. Lisa Rosen
Education Science. Further information
S–Z
Dr. Michael Schubert
Modern History: Imperialism, colonialism and racism, foreign images and discourses, migration and illegality in the 19th and 20th centuries. Further information
Dr. Helge Schwiertz
Sociology: Migration and border regimes, (pro-)migrant organizing, social movements, citizenship studies, democracy and political theory. Further information
Nadine Segadlo
Political and administrative sciences: refugee and refugee studies, nexus of conflict, flight and peace, humanitarian refugee protection, global policies and norms. Further information
Hon. Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolf Sievert
Intercultural Management. Management in China, international personnel management, internationalization strategies of medium-sized companies. Further information
Dr. Inken Sürig
Ethnology/African Studies. Further information
Simon Sperling
Social Sciences. Further information
Prof. Dr. Malte Steinbrink (†)
Social geography. Further information
Prof. em. Dr. György Széll
Sociology. Further information
Prof. Dr. Melanie Ulz
Art History. Further information
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Weber
Public Law. Refugee and Aliens Law; Comparative Constitutional and European Law. Further information
Prof. i.R. Dr. Hans-Joachim Wenzel (†)
Social geography: research on developing countries, rural regional development and migration in sub-Saharan Africa, regional education and labor market research, IMIS director 1997-2002. Further information
Maren Wilmes
Sociology and migration research: Integration processes in communities, irregular migration, health care for uninsured migrants, migrant engagement. Further information
Elif Yakac
Political science and Islamic studies: religious policy, state-association relations, social work and migration, civil society refugee work, racism and migration. Further information