I am a trained sociologist and hold a Doctoral degree in Social and Political Science. Currently I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Latin American Studies LAI) of the Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) and research coordinator in the joined research project “Stay, return, or move on. Exploring the life strategies of forced migrants in four transit countries: Türkiye, Jordan, Mexico and Colombia” (www.migration-violence.org) between Ruhr Universität Bochum and FU Berlin. Before I took part in the international research project GEN-MIGRA (www.genmigra.org) exploring the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on migrant women in different countries at TU Dortmund. I also have been a postdoctoral researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and collaborator of the Seminar on Internal Displacement, Migration, Exile and Return (SUDIMER) of the same university, analyzing agency and institutional restrictions in access to refugee protection and social rights of Central American women in Mexico. My main research interests are care relations and transnational families, gender, violence(s) and forced migration processes.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1690 | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susanne-Willers |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Freie Universität Berlin
University, Berlin, Germany
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research
Navigating the COVID-19 crisis: exploring care arrangements and gendered inequalities for migrant women in transnational families in Berlin
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
Gendered patterns of mobility and access to refugee protection of Central American migrants and refugees in Mexico
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Forced Migration across Mexico. Organized Violence, Migrant Struggles, and Life Trajectories | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“They don't care about people; they only care about the money”: the effects of border enforcement, commodification and migration industries on the mobility of migrants in transit through Mexico
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Negotiating Survival: Central American Refugee Women in Mexico and the Politics of Deservingness
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Changing mobility regimes and care: Central American women confronting processes of entrapment in southern Mexico.
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Familiy Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and reproductive strategies of Central American women in transit through Mexico
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Family Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migración y violencia: las experiencias de mujeres migrantes centroamericanas en tránsito por México
| Authors | Susanne Willers |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Sociológica | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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