Karin Scherschel

Prof. Dr. Karin Scherschel is a Professor and Chair of Refugee and Migration Research at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, within the Faculty of History and Social Sciences. She leads the Center for Flight and Migration (ZFM) and the Master's program 'Flight, Migration, Society'. Her research focuses on migration, human rights, citizenship, racism, gender, and labor market policy, with particular attention to precarity and memory politics.

She holds a PhD from Bielefeld University (with distinction) and has been awarded the Sir Peter Ustinov Visiting Professorship. Her work bridges sociological theory with empirical studies on refugee integration, structural racism, and gender dynamics. Key contributions include analyzing migration policies' impacts on social inequality and critiquing racialized discourse in media and politics.

Her publications span migration studies, racism, feminist sociology, and labor market dynamics. Recent works address refugee women's integration challenges, structural racism in welfare systems, and memory culture around migration. She actively engages in policy advising and science communication through public lectures and media contributions.

• Current Projects: EZRA (Remembering Racism and Antisemitism), analyzing civil society remembrance initiatives.
• Grants: BMBF-funded research on racism and memory, Mercator Foundation projects on migrant youth participation.