Michelle Engeler
- Universität Basel
- E-mail: michelle.engelerunibasch
Expertises
- Forschung, Lehre
Disciplines
Michelle Engeler is a postdoctoral researcher, lecturer and project coordinator (MIGCHOICE) at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Basel. Her current research project investigates youth, migration and development in West Africa. Previous projects concentrated on the im/mobility of highly skilled people of West African origin and the youth-state nexus in Guinea.
Her PhD thesis (completed in 2013) focused on young people living in a Guinean border town. Key questions addressed young people's agency, different actors' life trajectories and the state in the making.
Focus in Teaching:
- qualitative research methods
- youth
- political anthropology
- migration/mobility
Informations sur la personnes
Institutions:
Lieux:
Universität Basel
Disciplines:
Thématiques:
Enfance – adolescence
Politique
Migrations – asile
Branches:
Anthropologie sociale
Publications: