Albert Scherr

Albert Scherr serves as Director of the Institute of Sociology at Freiburg University of Education and holds membership in the Council for Migration. His academic leadership focuses on critical examinations of migration society and institutional power structures.

Research centers on:

• Structural, legal, and institutional discrimination dynamics
• Refugee status definition processes and asylum eligibility frameworks
• Racism and deportation as sociopolitical conflict zones
• Geopolitical analyses of host countries like Jordan within German migration policy

His work interrogates how legal-political mechanisms categorize vulnerable populations, with emphasis on power imbalances in migration governance. Notable contributions include examinations of Jordan's dual role as German policy partner and refugee host state, alongside critical analyses of refugee recognition systems.