Irena Kogan

Irena Kogan holds a chair in comparative sociology at the University of Mannheim. She received her training in Pedagogics (Ukraine), Sociology and Anthropology (Israel), and Social Sciences (Germany). Her research interests are in the area of migration research, ethnic and social inequalities. In particular, her research focuses on structural, social, cultural and subjective aspects of immigrant integration as well as youth transitions. Interest in the role of countries’ institutional characteristics in explaining societal processes drives her research, which is largely internationally comparative. In her studies, Kogan relies on modern methods of quantitative social research and survey data. Irena Kogan has been involved in a number of large-scale projects. She is currently a PI of the ERC funded project “Partnership formation in the context of refugee migration” (PARFORM). She is also a co-PI of the German part of the “Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries” funded by German Research Foundation. She is also a speaker of the Knowledge Network on Racism Research – Exchange and further development of racism research. Subproject: Regional Network South (WinRa). Irena Kogan is the author of a number of articles in leading international journals including European Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Social Science Research, International Migration Review, Sociological Science, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Acta Sociologica, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and others. Her major book publications include a monograph, Working through Barriers: Host country institutions and immigrant labour market performance in Europe (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2007), two edited volumes and a number of edited journal special issues. She is an Associate Fellow of the D-Lab “Advancing the study of discrimination and inequality” (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) and an External Fellow, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, University College London (since 2010).