I am working as PostDoc at the Chair of Cultural Geography and Development Research at the Institute of Geography of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, where I am focusing on the topics immigration to rural areas, rural tourism and regional development. I graduated in Cultural Geography from the same university and hold a B.A. and M.A. (with distinction) degree as well as a PhD. I am active member of the “Working Group Rural Spaces” (“Arbeitskreis Ländliche Räume”) and "Working...

Roles

  • Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Geography

    University, Erlangen, Germany
    Scientific Associate

  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

    Other, Erlangen, Germany
    Postdoctoral researcher

Research

Becoming Active Agents Through Practices of Volunteering: Immigrants’ Experiences in Rural Germany

Authors Tobias Weidinger, Tobias Weidinger, David Spenger, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Social Inclusion
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1 Journal Article

Mapping Places of Encounter: An Integrative Methodological Approach to Understanding Social Inclusion

Authors David Spenger, Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger
Year 2023
Journal Name International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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2 Journal Article

Appropriate housing in rural and mountain areas? Current structures and practices of access for immigrants - the case of Alpine regions in Austria and Germany

Authors Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger, Ingrid Machold, ...
Year 2023
Book Title Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
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3 Book Chapter

Thesis 7

Authors Tobias Weidinger, Stefan Kordel
Year 2022
Book Title The Renaissance of Remote Places
4 Book Chapter

Is Social Contact With the Resident Population a Prerequisite of Well-Being and Place Attachment? The Case of Refugees in Rural Regions of Germany

Authors Birgit Glorius, Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Frontiers in Sociology
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5 Journal Article

Access to and exclusion from housing over time: Refugees' experiences in rural areas

Authors Tobias Weidinger, Stefan Kordel
Year 2020
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 22
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6 Journal Article

Lifestyle Migrants and Intercultural Communication in Swedish Villages

Authors Marco Eimermann, Daniel Tomozeiu, Doris A. Carson
Year 2020
Book Title Dipping in to the North
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7 Book Chapter

Capturing meanings of place, time and social interaction when analyzing human (Im)mobilities: Strengths and challenges of the application of (im)mobility biography

Authors Julia Kieslinger, Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger
Year 2020
Journal Name Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research
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8 Journal Article

Unravelling the Meaning of Place and Spatial Mobility: Analysing the Everyday Life-worlds of Refugees in Host Societies by Means of Mobility Mapping

Authors Tobias Weidinger, Stefan Kordel, Julia Kieslinger
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 10
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9 Journal Article

Onward (im)mobilities: Conceptual reflections and empirical findings from lifestyle migration research and refugee studies

Authors Stefan Kordel, Tobias Weidinger
Year 2019
Journal Name Die Erde - Journal of the Geographical Society of Berlin
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10 Journal Article

Assessing roles and strategies of public sector stakeholders in an evolving (lifestyle) migration industry: the case of the Dutch Emigration Expo

Authors Marco Eimermann, Camille Hochedez, Stefan Kordel, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography
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11 Journal Article

Suggested Research

German spa towns as retirement destinations: How (pre)retirees negotiate relocation and locals assess in-migration

Authors Tobias Weidinger, Stefan Kordel
Year 2015
Journal Name Two Homelands
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1 Journal Article
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