Eva Bahl

Eva Bahl is a Researcher at the Chair of Qualitative Methods in Social Research, Ruhr University Bochum, conducting fieldwork since 2014 on migration, borders, and collective memories across Spain/Morocco, Ghana, and Brazil.

Her research integrates Migration Studies, Border Studies, and Postcolonial Studies with Historical Sociology to examine forced migration in colonial contexts, social construction of boundaries, and South-South migration dynamics. She specializes in interpretive methods analyzing biographical narratives and memory practices within postcolonial border spaces, emphasizing how colonial legacies shape belonging and identity.

Her 2021 dissertation monograph establishes foundational work on intertwined histories in postcolonial border regions, demonstrating methodological rigor through biographical and memory-based approaches. This publication anchors broader scholarly contributions exploring the intersection of migration trajectories and collective memory formation.

As part of Ruhr University Bochum's Chair of Qualitative Methods in Social Research, she contributes to advancing interpretive methodologies in social science research, focusing on decolonial perspectives in migration studies and border epistemologies.