Dr. Maren Kirchhoff is a researcher (post-doc) at the Department of Global Political Economy of Labour with a focus on Gender Relations in the DFG-funded research project "Die Bedeutung von Zeit in Aushandlungen um Arbeit und Migration". She is a member of the “Netzwerk Kritische Migrations- und Grenzregimeforschung (kritnet)”, the “Assoziation kritische Gesellschaftsforschung (AkG)” and the “Gewerkschaft für Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW)”.

 

Prior to her current employment she has pursued the following scholarly activities:

2021 - 2023: Research assistant at the professorship "Politics in Social Work" at the Department of Social Work at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the research project "Local Responses to Precarious Migrants: Frames, Strategies and Evolving Practices in Europe" (subproject: Frankfurt am Main, cooperation with the local health department; joint project with the University of Oxford and the Vienna University of Technology; subproject funded in the funding line JPI Urban Europe "Knowledge Hub for Urban Transition" by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research).

2017 - 2021: PhD at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück (title of PhD: "Auseinandersetzungen um Abschiebungen. Cracks in the deep hegemony of the border?"); recipient  of the Hans Böckler Foundation PhD scholarship.

2015 - 2017: Research assistant at the professorship "Migration and Society", Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück, as part of the DFG-funded D-A-CH project "Taking Sides. Protest against deportations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland ", project coordination and implementation of the German sub-study.

2013 - 2014: Research assistant within the DFG-funded D-A-CH project on protests against deportations (see above) at the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD)/Department of Labour Migration Policy, University of Kassel, Germany.

2013 - 2014: Teaching position at the department of "European Integration and Political Economy", Institute of Political Science, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany.

2012 - 2013: International project coordination of the ILO-funded participatory research project "Social Security for Domestic Workers", ICDD/Department of Labour Migration Policy, University of Kassel, Germany.

2008 - 2012: Master’s degree in the programme Global Political Economy at the University of Kassel, Germany.

2006 - 2011: Study scholarship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation.

2005 - 2008: Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at the University of Bremen and the Universitat de València (Spain).

  • Critical migration and border regime research
  • (Protests against) Deportations
  • Migration and social rights
  • (Global) Political Economy of Labour and Migration
  • Domestic & Care Work

Current:

"The Importance of Time in Negotiations over Work and Migration. A Qualitative Analysis of Work-Related Conflicts in Industries Influenced by Migration" (DFG project with Prof. Dr. Lisa Carstensen).

Completed:

"Local Responses to Precarious Migrants: Frames, Strategies and Evolving Practices in Europe." (Joint project with the University of Oxford, the University of Applied Sciences Fulda and the Vienna University of Technology, research cooperation with the municipalities of Frankfurt am Main, Cardiff and Vienna).

"Taking Sides: Protest Against the Deportation of Asylum Seekers in Austria, Germany and Switzerland",D-A-CH project (funded by DFG, FWF and SNF) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Sieglinde Rosenberger (University of Vienna), Prof. Dr. Helen Schwenken (University of Osnabrück), Prof. Dr. Giani D'Amato (University of Neuchâtel).

"Social Security for Domestic Workers", ILO-funded participatory research project of the Research Network for Domestic Workers' Rights, from which the research manual "We want to be the protagonists of our own stories. A participatory research manual on how domestic workers and researchers can jointly conduct research" was published.