Naika Foroutan

Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan is a leading scholar at Humboldt University of Berlin, where she holds the Professorship of Integration Research and Social Policy. She serves as Director of the German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) and Head of Department at the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM). Her work bridges empirical migration studies, social policy, and radicalization analysis.

• Research Interests: Transformation of immigration societies into post-migrant societies, Islam and minority policies, radicalization, racism, Islamism, intergroup relations, and democratic pluralism.

Her publications and projects explore intergenerational integration, anti-Muslim sentiment, hybrid identities, and radicalization prevention through bridging narratives. She has received prestigious awards, including the Berlin Integration Prize (2011), Fritz Behrens Science Prize (2012), Höffmann Science Prize (2016), and an honorary doctorate from Lund University (2025). Contact her directly via anfragen@dezim-institut.de for academic or institutional inquiries.