Sarah-Elisa Krasnov geb. Nees

Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)
University of Bremen
Wiener Straße/Celsiusstraße (FVG)
PO Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen
Germany

Room: M2170

Phone: +49 (0)421 218 66363
Fax: +49 (0)421 218 66353

E-Mail: skrasnov@bigsss.uni-bremen.de

Sarah-Elisa Krasnov is pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Sciences and is specializing in the field of Welfare State, Inequality and Quality of Life. She is a member of the BIGSSS joint research group "Migration and social inequality: Opportunities for integration between institutions and the life course" funded by the Hans-Böckler Foundation.

Dissertation Topic

Citizens with a Migration Background in Leadership Positions
(German: Personen mit Migrationshintergrund in Führungspositionen)

(Working title)

Abstract

In Germany, over 18% of the population has a migration background. Studies on their integration into German society so far only focus on the lower strata of society. My research seeks to investigate how persons with a migration background become part of national elites (specifically, the political, economic and labor union sector). It combines and assesses the theories of elite and migration studies: the underlying substantive questions being (1) which individual integration strategies set the path for elites with a migration background and (2) if elite theories developed for the ‘native’ elite are applicable for the subset of elites with a migration (and working class) background. The focus is on the life-course of the individual, which is captured with problem-centered interviews with narrative components. The findings of this research provide a new basis for assessing the quality of integration at the elite level of the German society and thereby reverse the perspective of the integration debate of the over 15 million people with a migration background in Germany.

Academic Supervisors

Prof. Dr. Ansgar Weymann, EMPAS, Universität Bremen
Prof. Dr. Margrit Schreier, Jacobs University Bremen
Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann, TU Darmstadt

Research Interests

• Migration research
• Elite formation
• Social inequality
• Qualitative research methods