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

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

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Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

Associate

Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

  • 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

    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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    Publikationen

    Kapitel in Sammelband | 2025

    Maghreb States in the International Refugee Regime: Between Strategic Alignment, Alternative Pathways and Confrontations

    This chapter deconstructs the perception of Arab states as passive recipients of external refugee norms and funding instruments. It analyses how Maghreb states strategically use, integrate and renegotiate the international refugee regime to advance their domestic and geopolitical priorities at the intersection of Europe and Africa.

    Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

    Associate

    International Migration Review | 09.2024

    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

    Forschungsprojekte

    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

    Medienbeiträge

    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

    Vorträge

    Konferenz | 02.03.2025 - 05.03.2025

    Negotiating Assistance in Civil War: International Humanitarian Aid for Displaced Populations in De Facto States in Syria and Libya

    ISA Annual Convention 2025, Chicago Organisation: International Studies Association Dr. Christiane Fröhlich (Vortragende:r), Dr. Lea Müller-Funk (Vortragende:r)

    Dr. Christiane Fröhlich

    Senior Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

    Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

    Associate

    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

    Lehre

    Lehre | Universiteit van Amsterdam | 2019

    Dynamics of International Migration and Migrant Integration

    Universiteit van Amsterdam Amsterdam Niederlande

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