I am a senior researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna and a guest researcher and lecturer at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany. I am the chair of the IMISCOE Board of Directors and a member of the IMISCOE executive board. Together with Marco Martiniello, I co-coordinate the IMISCOE Standing Committee Superdiversity, Migration and Cultural Change (DIVCULT). My research focuses on migration and culture in Austria and in international comparison.

Expertise

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

Roles

  • Austrian Academy of Sciences

    Research Institute, Vienna, Austria
    Senior Researcher

  • European University Viadrina

    University, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
    Guest researcher

Research

Kulturinstitutionen und Migration

Authors Wiebke Sievers
Year 2024
Book Title Kulturproduktion in der Migrationsgesellschaft
1 Book Chapter

Towards equality: joining forces with arts and culture in the struggle for change in migration societies

Authors Wiebke Sievers
Year 2021
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
2 Journal Article

A contested terrain: immigrants and their descendants in Viennese culture

Authors Wiebke Sievers
Year 2013
Journal Name Identities
Citations (WoS) 5
9 Journal Article

Writing Politics: The Emergence of Immigrant Writing in West Germany and Austria

Authors Wiebke Sievers
Year 2008
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 13
12 Journal Article
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