Céline Teney

Prof. Dr. Céline Teney is a leading researcher in political sociology, migration studies, and globalization. Since 2014, she has led the cooperative junior research group on 'Transnationalization of Society, Politics and the Economy' at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Previously, she held roles as Senior Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher in projects focusing on cosmopolitanism, communitarianism, and migration integration. Her research emphasizes ethnic minority youth, political participation, and social capital, with a focus on Brussels and European contexts. She was awarded the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis, Germany's top honor for young scholars. Teney has contributed to influential studies on globalization attitudes, electoral behavior, and assimilationism, published in journals like European Political Science Review and Ethnicities. She collaborates on major projects such as the Six Country Immigrant Integration Comparative Survey (SCIICS), funded by the WZB.

• Education:
  • PhD in Political and Social Sciences (2009), Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Advanced Master in Quantitative Analysis (2008), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Brussel
  • Magister Artium in Sociology (2004), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Research Interests: Her work bridges political sociology and migration studies, analyzing globalization impacts, electoral dynamics, and minority integration. She employs mixed-methods approaches to study social capital, political attitudes, and spatially mediated political phenomena. Key themes include the group threat hypothesis, ethnic voting patterns, and the interplay between globalization and societal divides.

Awards:

• Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis (2014)

Projects & Grants:

• Principal Investigator: 'The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism' (2011–2016)
• SCIICS comparative survey (2008–2013)
• Recipient of WZB funding for transnationalization research

Labs/Teams: Active in WZB's multidisciplinary research networks, contributing to projects on migration, urban studies, and comparative political sociology.