Position at ABI:
E-mail:
sophia.stille [at] abi.uni-freiburg.de
Areas of research:
Migration dynamics and policies, migrant agency and decision-making
Regional focus:
West Africa (Liberia), East Africa (Malawi)
Professional experience:
Since May 2025
Doctoral Researcher, PolMig Project, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute Freiburg
July 2023 - July 2024
Programme Assistant, Mixed Migration Centre, Dakar, Senegal
August 2021 - March 2022
Research Fellow, ‘Slavery and Forced Migration Project in Western Mali’ Project, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Education:
August 2020 - December 2022
M.A. Advanced Migration Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (DAAD Fellow)
September 2018 - January 2019
Erasmus+ Exchange, University Paul Valéry III, Montpellier, France
September 2016 - July 2019
B.A. International Relations and International Organisation, University of Groningen, Netherlands
The Political Lives of Migrants: Perspectives from Africa (PolMig), funded by the European Research Council (ERC), 2024-2029