Dr. Sascha Krannich
Sascha Krannich is research associate at Giessen University, Germany, and co-editor of the Springer VS series „Studies on Migration and Integration Policies.“ He holds a PhD from Munster University, Germany. His research focuses on international migration and development, student migration, immigration policies, and global health. In the frame of his research projects, he conducted several research stays abroad – including at University of Oxford; Princeton University; University of California, Los Angeles; Universidad Javeriana, Colombia and Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico. Currently, he is conducting research projects on international student migration in Germany and the United States (funded by the German Research Foundation) and on transnational health-related commitment of the global Tamil diaspora in Sri Lanka (funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation).
Curriculum Vitae
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09-11/2022 |
Visiting Researcher |
| 08-12/2021 |
Visiting Academic |
| since 04/2019 |
Research Associate Giessen University, Institute for the History of Medicine, Research Group Migration and Human Rights (FGMM) |
| since 04/2018 |
Guest Lecturer Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Department for Social and Cultural Sciences |
| 04/2016- 10/2018 |
Postdoc and Research Fellow Siegen University, Institute for Advanced Study (FoKoS) |
| 04/2016- 03/2018 | Visiting Researcher Kwame Nkruma University, Kumasi, Ghana; Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Social Sciences Department, Colombia; Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, Indonesia; Bethlehem University, Palestine; Orbeliani University, Georgia (funded by the Research Commission of the Union of Dioceses in Germany (VDD)) |
| 04/2016 | PhD Political Science Graduate School of Politics, Münster University PhD scholarship by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) (dissertation: "The Reconquest of Paradise? How Indigenous Mexican Migrants Construct Community in the United States and Mexico") |
| 02-06/2013 |
Visiting Research Fellow |
| 08/2011- 07/2012 |
Visiting Academic |
| 05-08/2010 | Visiting Researcher Universidad de Guadalajara, Institute of Sociology, Mexico |
| 10/2003- 09/2009 |
MA Political Science, Sociology and Economics, Münster University |
| 09/2007- 08/2008 |
Study Year Abroad |
Main Research
- Migration and Development
- Transnationalism
- Migration and Integration Policies
- Migration in an International Comparison
- International Student Migration
- International Labor Migration
- Migration and Health
- Global Health
Current Research Projects
- The Impact of Studies and Scholarships Abroad on Developmental Commitment at Home. A Case Study about DAAD and Fulbright Alumni from the Global South
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG), 2022-2024
Guidance: Dr. Sascha Krannich and Prof. Dr. Uwe Hunger
- Diaspora Transnational Migrant Philanthropy: The Commitment of Tamils in Germany and the United Kingdom in Reconstructing the Health Care System in Post-War Sri Lanka since 2009
Funding: Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 2020-2022
Guidance: Dr. Sascha Krannich
Assistants: Cecile van Maanen, Laura-Alina Fabich and Thivitha Edwin
Additional Professional Activities
Consultant and speaker for different organizations and foundations:
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Schader Stiftung, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (KAAD), Diakonie, Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO), Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Atlantische Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz, Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen, Evangelische Akademie Loccum, samo.fa Migrant*innennetzwerk etc.
Memberships and Elected Positions
International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion Network (IMISCOE)
IMISCOE Standing Committee on Education and Social Inequality
American Political Science Association (APSA)
German Political Science Association (DVPW)
Research Group “Migration and Human Rights,” Giessen University (FGMM)
Spokesman, working group “Global Health and Human Rights,” Giessen University
Spokesman, section “Human Rights and Democracy,” Giessen University
Spokesman, DVPW working group “Migration Policies”