Prof. Dr. Claudia Olivier-Mensah

Research in return migration, transnationalisation and development, teaching, supervision, administration of exams, committee work, publications, conferences

Postgraduate doctorate, research in return migration, home and visits, research proposals, consulting of PhD students, committee work, publications, conferences

Responsible for the effective management and strategic development of the research cluster, cooperation and networking with members of the cluster and international collaborators, writing team-driven international research proposals for joint projects and summer schools, planning and operation of conferences, workshops, symposiums, meetings and telephone conferences, contract negotiations, undertaking assessments and reviews

Doctorate, research in return migration and social support, methodology and methods (esp. Social Network Analysis, Narrative Interview, Grounded Theory), research stays in Sub-Sahara Africa, publications, conferences

Mentoring of the UNEVOC Centres in different part of the world, assessment of nominations and establishment of new centres, organization of seminars and meetings

Preparation, operation and post-processing of an European-Arab seminar: „How do we build our future on the grounding of different cultures?”, development of a standardized questionnaire to investigate differing sets of values - Translations and research around the subject: Integration and religious diversity - International inquiries and phone calls

Voluntary work in a social theatre project for children

Conception and establishment of a company crèche, organization and operation of the social project “soup kitchen” for children in need: placement in schools, work with parents and necessary institutions, homework supervision, empowerment of local volunteers, networking with other projects and promoting the project - Foundation and leading of a drama group

Organization of social events for the community, improving the activities of income generating projects

PhD thesis: TransREmigration. A Transnational Social Work Perspective on Return

Diploma thesis: Transnational Project Collaborations and Partnership Relations from NGOs in the German-Kenyan Development Cooperation