E-mail:
sgessner [at] uni-osnabrueck.de
Areas of research:
Migration-Development-Nexus, labor migration, network research, migrant agency
Regional focus:
North Africa (esp. Morocco)
Professional experience:
2025-2026
DaZ teacher, Werkstatt für Bildung und Kultur e.V.
Since 2025
Seminar leader for educational trips to Morocco, Alsharq Reise GmbH
2023
Field research project on the disappearance of migrants on irregular migration routes, Heinrich Böll Foundation Rabat, Morocco
2022-2023
Internship in the Migration & Mobility department at the Heinrich Böll Foundation office in Rabat, Morocco
2021
Internship at the NGO MZC (Mujeres en Zona de Conflicto) in the Córdoba branch, Spain
Education:
Since 2025
Doctoral candidate at the Institute for Migration and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), University of Osnabrück
2023-2024
M.A. Migration Studies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
2018-2022
B.A. Political and Social Studies, University of Würzburg
Working Title: The Production of Vocational Training and Vocational Training Migration: What Role for Moroccan-German Cooperation and Moroccan Trainees?