Funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments

Janne Grote

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
University of Bremen
Wiener Straße/Celsiusstraße(FVG)
PO Box 330 440
28334 Bremen
Germany

Room: M2040

Phone: +49 (0)421 218 66357
Fax: +49 (0)421 218 66353

E-mail: janne.grote(_a_)bigsss-bremen.de

Janne Grote is pursuing a Ph.D. in Research Field V "Life-Course and Lifespan Dynamics". He is member of the BIGSSS joint research group "Migration and social inequality: Opportunities for integration between institutions and the life course" funded by the Hans-Boeckler Foundation.

Dissertation Topic

Identity Management - The second immigrant generation in transition after graduation - Multiple, hybrid and hyphenated identities in a process of negotiation

Abstract

In transition after graduation, individuals face changes and challenges which resolve adaptation processes in all possible identity categories. Additional complexity emerges in the identity construction of the second immigrant generation. They can choose from several identity categories, such as their territorial, cultural or family identity of the country of origin of their parents and the host country. 

This qualitative panel study combines theories of interaction and identity theories with a life course perspective to answer the following question: Do changes and challenges within the transition lead to different self-attributions and attributions by others of those adolescents with and without a migration background? In several graduating classes of Hamburg's secondary modern schools (Hauptschule) and grammar schools (Gymnasium) 32 students were interviewed - eight students each with a Turkish, Polish and Ghanaian migration background as well as eight students without a migration background. One year later the adolescents were interviewd again.

Academic Supervisors

Research interests

  • Identity construction (multiple, hybrid, hyphenated identities)
  • Comparative research on immigration and integration processes
  • Stigmatization, discrimination, racism
  • Symbolic interactionism
  • Life-course
  • Qualitative research methods
  • QDA-Software (MAXQDA, Atlas.ti)