Experts Database

Education
2003–2009: Studies in Political Science, Medival and Modern History, Public Law, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz (Master of Arts)

Professional Background
2010: Regional Assistant to a Member of the State Parliament of Hesse, Rüsselsheim/Wiesbaden, Germany
2010–2012: Scientific Assistant at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Nürnberg, Germany
2012–2017: Scientific Assistant at the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration, Berlin, Germany
2017–2018: Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Social Work and Social Education, Frankfurt, Germany
Since 2018: Research Fellow at the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden, Germany

Anja Weiß (Dr. phil., Humboldt University Berlin) is Professor for Sociology with a focus on macrosociology and transnational processes at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her theoretical interests in global and transnational inequalities translate into comparative empirical studies on highly skilled migrants, the glocalization of professional knowledge, (institutional) racism and legal exclusion, ethnic conflict and anti-racism, and qualitative research design. Her major publications include a country comparative study on high skilled migrants’ trajectories into the labor markets in Germany, Turkey and Canada which also focuses on refugees (with Nohl, Schittenhelm and Schmidtke: Work in Transition, Toronto UP 2014) and a sociological perspective on global inequalities (Soziologie Globaler Ungleichheiten, Suhrkamp 2017, English article: "The transnationalization of social inequality”, Current Sociology 53(4)) as well as a Bourdieuan theorization of racism (German book and: "The racism of globalization" Macedo/ Gounari (eds.). The globalization of racism. Boulder, CL; 2006). Recent articles are on transnationally comparative research designs in migration research and the ways in which professional knowledge in the medical field is both context-bound and universal.

Carole Wenger is a PhD candidate for the ERC-funded project “Migration, Transnationalism and Social Protection in (post-) crisis Europe”, under the supervision of Jean-Michel Lafleur at the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies, University Liège. Carole Wenger joined the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies a PhD candidate for the ERC-funded project “Migration, Transnationalism and Social Protection in (post-) crisis Europe”, under the supervision of Jean-Michel Lafleur. Her research focuses on Tunisian migrants and transnational healthcare practices between Tunisia and Europe. Her research interests include transnationalism, social protection, health, and the Maghreb region.

Josepha Wessels is a visual anthropologist/human geographer, Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the School of Arts and Communication (K3), Faculty of Culture and Society at Malmö University. She teaches at the MA degree course on Communication for Development (ComDev). She has over 25 years of experience of travelling and working in the MENA region and is currently carrying out research on Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Turkey and Sweden and Academia and cultural production as postmigrant fields in Sweden
See further: https://mau.se/en/persons/josepha.wessels/