Melina Götze

Melina Götze is a Research Fellow and doctoral student at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Goethe University Frankfurt, since 2023. She completed her BA in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2020) and an MA in Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth.

• Education:
  • BA, Social and Cultural Anthropology, LMU Munich (2020)
  • MA, Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Bayreuth
• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mirco Göpfert (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Her research focuses on political anthropology, transnationalism, and citizenship. She examines how temporary residency status affects belonging and bureaucratic practices, using phenomenological and lifeworld approaches.

Key research themes: border processes, anthropology of the state, affective dimensions of citizenship, and contested political identities.

• Teaching activities:
  • 2023: Techniques of scientific work
  • 2022: Tutorial History and Debates in Social and Cultural Anthropology
  • 2021–2022: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology Tutorial
  • 2020: Tutorial Observation and Ethnographic Interviewing

Contact: m.goetze@em.uni-frankfurt.de