Franziska Lena Ziegler

Franziska Lena Ziegler is a researcher at the University of Hildesheim's Institute for Social Sciences within the Department of Political Science. She contributes to the Migration Policy Research Group through projects like SOLDISK: Discourses on solidarity in times of crisis and Two worlds apart? Comparing local integration politics in urban and rural municipalities. Previously, she worked at the German Institute for Human Rights as part of the European Union's FRANET research network.

• Education: Political Science (Maastricht University), International Law (University of Amsterdam, University of British Columbia)
• Research Areas: Migration policy, solidarity discourses, comparative politics, digitalization of politics, political education

Her publications focus on solidarity conceptualization, local migration governance, and comparative analysis of urban/rural integration policies. She has contributed to open-access journals like European Journal of Social Theory and Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, while also publishing working papers and blog articles. Ziegler teaches courses on migration policy, EU governance, and the German political system at the University of Hildesheim and DHBW.