Michaela Pelican is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cologne. She is also the Speaker of the international research unit 'The production and reproduction of social inequalities‘ and the Director of the international research cluster ‘Conflict-Induced Displacement and Socio-Economic Resilience: Learning From Neglected Conflicts in Cameroon and Myanmar’. Michaela’s thematic foci are South-South mobility, social inequality, ethnicity, conflict, and research methodology....

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • University of Cologne

    University, Cologne, Germany
    Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology

  • Universiy of Cologne

    Other, Cologne, Germany
    Junior Professor

  • University of Zurich

    University, Zurich, Switzerland
    Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher

Research

International Migration: Virtue or Vice? Perspectives from Cameroon

Authors Michaela Pelican
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 8
1 Journal Article

The Perils of Belonging: Autochthony, Citizenship, and Exclusion in Africa and Europe by Peter Geschiere

Authors MICHAELA PELICAN
Year 2011
Journal Name American Ethnologist
2 Journal Article

Complexities of indigeneity and autochthony: An African example

Authors Michaela Pelican
Year 2009
Journal Name American Ethnologist
Citations (WoS) 42
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3 Journal Article

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