Christine Lang

Dr. Christine Lang serves as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück, within the Department of Sociocultural Diversity. Her work focuses on urban diversity dynamics through projects like CityDiv examining civil society organizations in French and German cities.

Her educational credentials include:

• Doctorate in Cultural and Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück
• Master's Degree in Sociology, EHESS Paris

Lang's research investigates how municipal administrations adapt to demographic diversity, analyzing factors driving organizational change in public institutions. Her work bridges migration studies, urban policy, and institutional sociology with emphasis on second-generation immigrant integration and civic participation mechanisms in diverse societies.

Her dissertation received significant recognition through:

• Augsburg Science Prize for Intercultural Studies
• Best Dissertation Award from the German Sociological Association's Migration and Ethnic Minorities Section (2019)

No information is available regarding doctoral student supervision or externally funded research grants. Lang actively contributed to the CityDiv research collective investigating urban diversity challenges, specifically analyzing municipal administration responses to demographic change and cross-national civil society initiatives in France and Germany.