Kira Kosnick

Professor Kira Kosnick holds the Chair of Comparative Cultural and Social Anthropology at the Faculty of Cultural Studies, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). Her research critically examines power dynamics in contemporary societies through transnational and historical lenses, with particular focus on intersectional inequalities.

Her research interests span Migration Studies, Border Research, and critical analyses of Racism, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia. She investigates how gender orders, class relations, and sexual diversity intersect with structural inequalities, while also exploring migration patterns across EU borders, post-Soviet spaces, and urban youth cultures. Her work integrates postcolonial and decolonial perspectives to challenge historical continuities in Western knowledge production.

Professor Kosnick's recent publications reveal strong thematic continuity in migration studies, with increasing focus on temporal dimensions of border regimes and digital media's role in migration experiences. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical studies of retirement migration in Turkey and transnational communication patterns.

She has supervised doctoral students in migration-related fields and maintained active research collaborations across European institutions. Her work connects with broader academic networks through projects examining cultural change in border regions and migration health policies.

The research environment includes multilingual international teams working on projects related to exile cultures, urban post-migrant communities, and border regime transformations. Current work emphasizes grassroots community initiatives and infrastructures of arrival in European cities.