Iman Attia

Professor Iman Attia is a distinguished academic at Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin (ASH Berlin), where she serves as Professor for Racism research, anti-racist education and remembrance work. Her academic career spans several decades with significant contributions to critical race theory, postcolonial studies, and decolonial approaches to understanding racism, particularly anti-Muslim racism in German and European contexts.

Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary, comparative and relational racism research and theories; Orientalism, postcolonialism and decoloniality; anti-colonial, anti-racist and diasporic voices and movements; and culture and politics of remembrance. She has developed module responsibilities for Positionings and Relationalities (MA Social Work KriDiCo), theory-practice specialization in racism and migration (BA Social Work), and Diversity Studies / Racism and Migration (BA Social Work).

Professor Attia's scholarly work demonstrates consistent engagement with the interdependencies, interrelations, and intersections of social power relations, particularly examining how racism operates in complex ways across different social categories. Her research trajectory shows increasing focus on decolonial approaches and entangled histories, as evidenced by her leadership in the 'Verwobene Geschichten' project.

• Principal investigator for 'Das Bedrohungsszenario des 'islamistischen Terrorismus'' (BMBF 2018-2021)
• Lead researcher for 'Rassismuserfahrungen von Rom*nja und Sinti*zze' (UKAZ beim BMI 2019-2020)
• Coordinator of 'Verwobene Geschichten' (IFAF 2014-2016 and 2017-2019)
• Researcher on 'Markierungs- und Diskriminierungserfahrungen von Muslim*innen' (2012)

As a dedicated academic mentor, Professor Attia supervises numerous doctoral candidates across various German universities, focusing on topics related to racism, migration, and social justice. Her academic journey began with a Diplom and Promotion in Educational Science from the Universities of Lüneburg and Oldenburg, followed by positions at the Technical University of Berlin before her appointment as Professor at ASH Berlin in 2009.