German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Kurzer Lebenslauf

Seit 01/2022: Senior Researcher am Department für Migration und Globalisierung der Donau-Universität Krems und assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin am GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
9/2019 - 12/2021: Research Fellow am GIGA Institut für Nahost-Studien
2017 - 2019: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow am Institut für Soziologie, Universität Amsterdam
2016 - 2017: OxPo Postdoctoral Fellow am Department of Politics and International Relations, Universität Oxford
2011 - 2017: Lektorin (2015-2017) | Universitätsassistentin und Promotionsstipendiatin (2011-2016) am Institut für Orientalistik, Universität Wien
2012 - 2016: Doktorandin am Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po Paris
Studium: 2011-2016: Doktorat in Politikwissenschaft und Arabistik (cotutelle de these) (Sciences Po Paris & Universität Wien) Dissertation “Transnational Politics Beyond the Arab Uprisings. Egyptian Activism in Vienna and Paris” (2016 Award of Excellence, Österreichischer Staatspreis für die besten Dissertationen); 2009-2010: M.A. in Vergleichender Politikwissenschaft (Spezialisierung Naher Osten und Muslimische Welt) Sciences Po Paris; 2005-2010: Magister in Arabistik und Islamwissenschaft, Universität Wien; 2007-2008: Erasmus-Austausch am Institut National des Langues et Cultures Orientales (INALCO), Paris; 2006-2009: B.A. in Politikwissenschaft, Universität Wien

Aktuelle Forschung

(Im)Mobilität im Kontext von Konflikten und Kriegen
Auslöser von (erzwungener) Migration
Migrationspolitik
Diasporapolitik und transnationale politische Partizipation

Länder und Regionen

Nordafrika
Naher Osten
Europa

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Frieden und Sicherheit

Auszeichnungen

Auszeichnung für GIGA-Forscherinnen: Dr. Christiane Fröhlich und Dr. Lea Müller-Funk gewinnen Routledge Area Studies Interdisciplinarity Award, Routledge Publishing Ltd., Taylor and Francis Publishing Group, 2023
IMISCOE Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award 2019, International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE), 2020
Migration Politics Fellowship 2021, International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE), 2020
Award of Excellence, Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW), 2016

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

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Externalizing Asylum: A Compendium of Scientific Knowledge | 08.2024

Externalising Perceived Crises: A View from Europe’s Southern and Eastern Neighbours

European discourses on migration have historically been dominated by a crisis narrative, often centred around the influx of non-EU migrants. This Eurocentric perspective has led to policies focusing on externalising border control through agreements with neighbouring non-EU countries, such as the EU-Turkey Deal in 2016 and proposed ‘disembarkation platforms’ in North Africa in 2018.

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

International Migration Review | 06.2023

Disentangling Forced Migration Governance: Actors and Drivers along the Displacement Continuum

In this paper, we study the question of who and what drives forced migration governance in origin, host, and transit states, drawing on empirical material from the contemporary Syrian and Libyan, and the historical Algerian displacement situations.

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Dr. André Bank

Migration Politics | 03.2023

Mobility Control as State-Making in Civil War: Forcing Exit, Selective Return and Strategic Laissez-Faire

This paper by Dr. Christiane Fröhlich and Dr. Lea Müller-Funk addresses the question of how different actors govern mobility during civil war, and how mobility control and processes of state-making interact in such settings.

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Infografik | 2023

(Im)Mobility Trajectories in Conflict Settings

This infographic illustrates the (im)mobility trajectories in conflict settings, specifically focusing on Syria. It highlights various regions and the displacement patterns within these conflict zones. Key areas depicted include Idlib, Aleppo, Damascus, and surrounding regions.

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Infografik | 2023

Forced Migration Governance from a Comparative Perspective

This infographic titled "Forced Migration Governance from a Comparative Perspective" compares the governance approaches to three different cases of forced displacement: Algerian Displacement (1956-1962), Syrian Displacement (2011–Present) and Libyan Displacement (2011–Present).

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Forschungsprojekt | 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2022

Teaching Immigration in European Schools

Migration has always been an intrinsic part of human societies across the globe. People have been mobile to lead a nomadic life, to explore the planet, to flee persecution and violence, to find work, or to pursue education. Yet, migration is often dealt with as a side-topic in school curricula. This stands in stark contrast to its omnipresence in public debates. This project brings academic knowledge of migration to European classrooms to convey a more comprehensive understanding of migration and hereby foster students’ critical thinking.
National Geographic, 2020-2022

Forschungsprojekt | 01.11.2018 - 30.04.2023

Migration Governance and Asylum Crises, Work Package "Comparing Crises" (MAGYC)

This project explores how European migration policies are influenced by political crises triggered by (forced) migration. At a time when such policies are heavily contested across European member-states, and when asylum seems more threatened than ever, this project is critically important to improve our understanding of how migration policies are formulated and shaped by a context of crisis. The project gathers 13 partners from diverse European countries, as well as from Lebanon and Turkey, and GIGA leads the Work Package “Comparing Crises”.
EC, Horizon 2020, 2018-2023

Open Democracy | Artikel | 08.07.2020

‘You feel like in prison here’: imagining a future in Lebanon through Syrian eyes

Open Democracy | Kommentar / Gastbeitrag | 06.07.2020

The refugees who dare to aspire

Kommentar / Gastbeitrag | 01.09.2017

Kein Ende in Sicht: Libanesische Flüchtlingspolitik im sechsten Jahr des syrischen Bürgerkriegs

Sonstiges | 15.07.2021

Migration policies in Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Niger

Migration Policies in Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Niger, Online Event Dr. Lea Müller-Funk (Vortragende:r), Ass. Prof. Dr. Kathatrina Natter (Vortragende:r)

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Ass. Prof. Dr. Kathatrina Natter

International Migration Institute

Konferenz | 07.07.2021 - 09.07.2021

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Online Event Organisation: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Dr. Lea Müller-Funk (Moderator:in), Dr. Christiane Fröhlich (Organisator:in)

Co-organisation of panel "Governing Migration" Session #227 workshop | SC Migration Politics and Governance

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Konferenz | 07.07.2021 - 09.07.2021

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Online Event Organisation: International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Dr. Lea Müller-Funk (Organisator:in), Ass. Prof. Dr. Aysen Üstübici (Organisator:in), Dr. Milena Belloni (Organisator:in)

Co-organiser of panel Changing Aspirations in Contexts of Forced Migration
Session #125 workshop | SC Reflexive Migration Studies

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Ass. Prof. Dr. Aysen Üstübici

Dr. Milena Belloni

Lehre | Universiteit van Amsterdam | 2019

Dynamics of International Migration and Migrant Integration

Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam Niederlande

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Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Kurzer Lebenslauf

Aktuelle Forschung

Länder und Regionen

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Auszeichnungen

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Publikationen

Externalising Perceived Crises: A View from Europe’s Southern and Eastern Neighbours

Disentangling Forced Migration Governance: Actors and Drivers along the Displacement Continuum

Mobility Control as State-Making in Civil War: Forcing Exit, Selective Return and Strategic Laissez-Faire

(Im)Mobility Trajectories in Conflict Settings

Forced Migration Governance from a Comparative Perspective

Forschungsprojekte

Teaching Immigration in European Schools

Migration Governance and Asylum Crises, Work Package "Comparing Crises" (MAGYC)

Medienbeiträge

‘You feel like in prison here’: imagining a future in Lebanon through Syrian eyes

The refugees who dare to aspire

Kein Ende in Sicht: Libanesische Flüchtlingspolitik im sechsten Jahr des syrischen Bürgerkriegs

Vorträge

Migration policies in Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Niger

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference

18th IMISCOE Annual Conference

Lehre

Dynamics of International Migration and Migrant Integration

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