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Susanne Wessendorf is a Social Anthropologist specialising on migration, transnationalism and diversity. She has undertaken in-depth ethnographic fieldwork over long periods in complex urban settings, working with people of different age groups, ethnic, national, religious and class backgrounds. Her work focuses on understanding new forms of social inclusion and exclusion in contexts of immigration-related diversity. She has written on social relations in super-diverse areas, and patterns of settlement of recent migrants in such aeras. Her current work looks at recent immigration into urban aeras which host long-established ethnic minorities. It examines 'arrival infrastrcutrues' provided by long-established migrants and ethnic minorities, and the support these migrants provide for newcomers.
Biography
Susanne Wessendorf completed her DPhil at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford. Since then, she has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, held a Marie Curie Research Fellowship at the Institute for Resesarch into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham, and was Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economic's International Inequalities Institute.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology, Doctorate, Second-generation transnationalism, University of Oxford
Award Date: 25 Feb 2008
External positions
Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Keywords
- HT Communities. Classes. Races
- Migration, Diversity, Integration, Inequality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Strengthening Participation In ‘new’ Arrival Areas
Wessendorf, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/23 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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ReRoot: Arrival infrastructures as sites of integration for recent newcomers
Wessendorf, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/21 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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AIMEC: Arrival infrastructures and migrant newcomers in European cities
Wessendorf, S. (Principal Investigator), Arnaut, K. (Co-Investigator), Hanhörster, H. (Co-Investigator), Monson, T. (Project Delivery Support), Gembus, M. (Researcher), Mareels, E. (Researcher), Meeus, B. (Researcher) & Nessler, M. (Researcher)
1/03/21 → 31/08/24
Project: Research
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MAPURBAN
Wessendorf, S. (Co-Investigator) & Rock, J. (Principal Investigator)
1/02/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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Arrival neighbourhoods: Characteristics and functions for the integration of newcomers and the social cohesion of urban societies. Ankunftsquartiere: Charakteristika und Funktion für die Integration Zugewanderter und den sozialen Zusammenhalt von Stadtgesellschaften
Hanhörster, H. (Principal Investigator), Hans, N. (Researcher) & Wessendorf, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/12/20 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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‘The library is like a mother’: Arrival infrastructures and migrant newcomers in East London
Wessendorf, S., 29 Jul 2022, In: Migration Studies. 10, 2, p. 172–189 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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It’s a two-way thing: symbolic boundaries and convivial practices in changing neighbourhoods in London and Tshwane
Wessendorf, S. & Monson, T., 25 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Urban Planning. 8, 4, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Arrival Areas for Migrant Integration and Resource Access
Hahnhoerster, H. & Wessendorf, S., 28 Jul 2020, In: Urban Planning. 5, 3, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conditional inclusion? Conflicting representations, configurations and encounters in East London
Monson, T. & Wessendorf, S., 13 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. (In-Press), p. (In-Press) 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Arrival Infrastructures And Migrant Newcomers In European Cities (Aimec): Findings And Implications For Policy And Practice In Newham (London)
Gembus, M., Monson, T. & Wessendorf, S., Sept 2024, 30 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Open AccessFile25 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Infrastructures of Kindness in the Context of Migrant Arrival
Wessendorf, S. (Speaker)
24 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Place-based approaches to migration, encounter and belonging
Wessendorf, S. (Speaker)
5 Jun 2025 → 6 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Annual Conference, IMISCOE
Wessendorf, S. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2025 → 4 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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IMISCOE Annual Conference
Wessendorf, S. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2025 → 4 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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British Journal of Sociology (Journal)
Wessendorf, S. (Advisory Board Member)
1 Mar 2025 → 30 Apr 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review