Credit: Sarah Hähnle
Dr. Sandra Morgenstern
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Chair of Sociology, Migration and Integration
A 5, 6
Building B – room 102
68159 Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Chair of Sociology, Migration and Integration
A 5, 6
Building B – room 102
68159 Mannheim
Consultation hour(s):
by appointment
by appointment
Research Interests
- Emigration & migration descision-making
- Integration & diversity
- Democratic values
- Gender inequality
- Human trafficking
- Climate change migration
Academic Career
2017 – 2020 Graduate School of Decision Sciences (GSDS), doctoral programme – Dr. rer. soc., University of Konstanz, Chair of Comparative Politics 2015 – 2017 Double degree programme: European Master in Government (EMiG) – M.Res. & M.A., University Pompeu Fabra Barcelona & University of Konstanz 2011 – 2015 Bachelor of Arts Sociology & Political Science – B.A., University of Mannheim Professional Career
Since 10/ 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Sociology, Migration and Integration, MZES, University of Mannheim 01 – 03/ 2024 German Centre for Integration and Migration (DeZIM), Berlin Ausgewählte Publikationen
- Kleinewiese, Julia & Sandra Morgenstern (2025), A gendered bystander effect: Experimental evidence on the vulnerability to international human trafficking of wo(men) in Tanzania, Journal of Development Studies.
- Gülzau, Fabian, Marc Helbling and Sandra Morgenstern (2025), Democratic values among immigrants in Europe. Socialization and adaptation processes, European Journal of Political Research.
- Morgenstern, Sandra & Carlos Vargas-Silva (2025), Gender attitudes, inequality and migration decision making, Population, Space and Place, 31(4).
- Morgenstern, Sandra (2024), (How) Do Information Campaigns Influence Migration Decisions? Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS), 11(3), 314–326.
- Helbling, Marc & Sandra Morgenstern (2023), Migration aspirations and the perceptions of the political, economic, and social environment in Africa, International Migration, 61(6), 102–117.