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Research interests
I am a lecturer in Social and Policy Sciences, and the pathway lead for the interdisciplinary pathway 'Security, Conflict and Human Rights'.
My work focuses on the politics of development and social policy, the governance of migration and refugees between the Middle East and Europe. My research and teaching builds on a broad, cross-disciplinary notion of political and socio-economic change in the global South, particularly in the Arab world, which is grounded in critical, ethnographic approaches to policy and governance as well as in-depth qualitative research in the region. Most of my empirical research to date has focused on Jordan.
While my doctoral research focused on the politics of poverty alleviation policy, my postdoctoral work has concentrated on the governance of the Syrian presence in Jordan and other states in the region, and particularly on policies that seek to address refugees as labour market participants. This has included looking at the role of donors in promoting these policies, the contradictions they encounter, and the manifold effects they have on the ground. I am currently co-managing a project seeking to analyse (Syrian and Jordanian) women's economic participation in Jordan, and the many politcal-economic, institutional and social obstacles they face in trying to make a living.
I am interested in supervising PhDs that deal with refugee governance; humanitarian interventions; displacement, migration and labour; social protection and the politics of development in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Other responsibilities
My office hour is Tuesdays 2:30 -3:30 pm and is held online on MS Teams. Please use my Teams calendar to schedule a meeting or contact me by email before to sign up for a specific time!
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
Political Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Freie Universität Berlin
Political Science, Master of Arts, Freie Universität Berlin
Middle East Politics, Master of Science, School of Oriental and African Studies
Keywords
- migration governance
- development
- refugees
- Arab world
- donors
- humanitarianism
- Jordan
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Social Protection in the Syrian and Jordian Garment Industry
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research council
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GCRF Bath funding: "Examination of obstacles to female labour market participation in Jordan"
Clifton-Sprigg, J., Lenner, K. & Cubel, M.
1/09/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research-related funding
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Understanding refugee livelihoods in protracted displacement: towards establishing a multi-methods network of expertise
Lenner, K., Tiltnes, Å. A., Kebede, T. A. & Stave, S. E.
1/01/20 → 30/06/20
Project: Other
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Tackling the Causes for Flight? The Changing Features of German Refugee Policy in Jordan
1/05/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research council
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Governing Displacement in the Middle East: From Vulnerability to Resilience?
Lenner, K. & Turner, L., Mar 2021, 7 p. Beirut : Lebanese American University .Research output: Other contribution
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Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration
Lenner, K. (ed.), Carmel, E. (ed.) & Paul, R. (ed.), 30 Apr 2021, Cheltenham, U. K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 448 p.Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition
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Jordanien: Politökonomische Kurzanalyse (PÖK)
Lenner, K., 21 Dec 2021, German Institute of Global and Area Studies / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien (GIGA). 32 p.Translated title of the contribution :Jordan: political-economic short analysis Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The governance and politics of migration - a conceptual-analytical map
Lenner, K., Carmel, E. & Paul, R., 22 Apr 2021, Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration. Cheltenham, U. K.: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
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Exkurs: aktuelle gesellschaftliche, soziale und politische Rahmenbedingungen in Jordanian: Digression: Current basic societal, social and political conditions in Jordan
Lenner, K., Engelfried, C., Ostrowski, M. & Weber, S., 2020, Das Narrativ des Anderen kennenlernen: Wirkungsforschung in einem deutsch-jordanischen Jugendbegegnungsprojekt. Constance, E. (ed.). Opladen: Barbara Budrich, p. 89-109 21 p.Translated title of the contribution :Im Gespräch mit Katharina Lenner: In conversation with Katharina Lenner Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section