Arne Worm

Dr. Arne Worm is a sociologist and post-doctoral researcher (scientific assistant) at the University of Göttingen’s Institute for Methods and Methodological Foundations in the Social Sciences. His work centres on biographical and figurational sociology, forced migration, and global inequality, with ongoing DFG-funded comparative research on Syrian and West-African migrants in Brazil and Germany.

Education:

• Doctorate (Dr. phil.), University of Göttingen, 2019 – dissertation on Syrian refugee migration
• Earlier studies in education, sociology and musicology at universities of Göttingen, Vienna and Beer Sheva

Research focus:
Combining biographical case reconstruction with figurational and process-sociological perspectives, Worm investigates how violence, displacement and transnational networks shape life-courses. He is especially interested in the Global South contexts and post-colonial methodological reflexivity.

Selected honours:

• 2021 Outstanding Dissertation Prize, Migration & Ethnic Minorities Section, German Sociological Association

Current projects:
Principal investigator in the DFG project “Biographical trajectories of migrants from Syria and West Africa in Brazil and Germany” (2019-2023) and preparing his habilitation. He is active in ISA Research Committee 38, the German Sociological Association’s Section for Biographical Research, and the Global Qualitative Research Network.