Janina Stürner-Siovitz

Janina Stürner-Siovitz is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Political Science and the Centre for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg Stürner-Siovitz analyzes migration governance, focusing on the interaction between cities, states, and international actors in the realization of the Global Compacts for Migration and Refugees, as well as EU policymaking.. She has developed studies, workshops, and policy papers on behalf of organizations including the European Commission, the German Federal Foreign Office, the Mediterranean City-to-City Migration Project, and others. Stürner-Siovitz is a peer reviewer for the Knowledge Platform of the UN Network on Migration, and a member of the UNHCR Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network and the Cities and Human Mobility Research Collaborative of the Zolberg Institute.

As a GMF Cities Managing Migration visiting fellow, she co-facilitates transatlantic city workshops and develops practice- and policy-oriented research projects exploring border dynamics, human-centered security, and cities as migration-policy actors.

Prior to joining the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Stürner-Siovitz was a refugee officer for Stuttgart, Germany, and conducted a qualitative study on the city’s integration strategies to initiate a new refugee empowerment concept in cooperation with migrant and refugee organizations.

Stürner-Siovitz completed her PhD (summa cum laude) in political science at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. She holds a Franco-German master’s degree in international relations with a special focus on migration policies and movements and a Franco-German bachelor’s degree in political sciences from Sciences Po Aix and the University of Freiburg