Susanne Becker

Susanne Becker is Professor at IU International University teaching Social Work, with prior roles as Post-doctoral Researcher in Socio-cultural Diversity, Visiting Researcher at University of Cape Town and University of Birmingham, and Research Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.

Education:

• Diplom in Sociology, Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
• Ph.D. in Sociology, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany

Research Focus: Becker conducts ethnographic studies on language ideologies' connections to economic inequalities and social stratification. Her expertise spans transnational migration systems, asylum seeker integration challenges, post-colonial power dynamics, and multilingual communication frameworks in institutional settings.

Key Projects:

• Between accommodation and integration: comparing institutional arrangements for asylum-seekers (with Simona Pagano et al.)
• The challenges of migration, integration, and exclusion (WiMi initiative)
• Diversity of asylum seekers’ needs and aspirations (completed)
• Linguistic diversity and asylum (completed)

Becker employs qualitative methodologies to analyze how language practices reinforce exclusionary structures in migration contexts. No student advisement records, scientific awards, or laboratory affiliations were documented in source materials.