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Dr Fabian Gülzau

Researcher
Fabian Gülzau holds a PhD in sociology. He taught and carried out research at the University of Bremen and at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin between 2013 and 2021. Before joining the SVR he worked at the collaborative research centre CRC 1265 "Re-Figuration of Spaces" on state border control infrastructure. Tel +49 30. 288 86 59 – 23 guelzau@svr-migration.de

Professional background:

  • Since January 2022 Researcher at the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR)
  • Researcher (postdoc), subproject “The Borders of the World: Processes of De- and Rebordering in a Global Perspective” (CRC 1265), 2018–2021
  • Dr. phil (equiv. PhD) in sociology from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2019
  • Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2015–2018
  • Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Bremen, 2013–2015
  • M.A. Sociology and Social Research, University of Bremen, 2011–2013
  • B.A. Social and Organizational Pedagogy, University of Hildesheim, 2008–2011

Publications (selection):

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen 2024: Visas and border infrastructures: what makes them tighter or looser?, in: Recchi, Ettore/Safi, Mirna (eds.): Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration, 203 – 220. (Available online: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-human-mobility-and-migration-9781839105777.html)

Taubenböck, Hannes/Otto, Christoph/Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen 2023: Border regions across the globe: Analyzing border typologies, economic and political disparities, and development dynamics, in: Applied Geography, 151. (Available online: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622822002375).

Lux, Thomas/Gülzau, Fabian 2022: Zunehmende Polarisierung? Die Entwicklung migrationsbezogener Einstellungen in Deutschland 1996 bis 2016, in: Leviathan. Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft, 50. Jg. , Sonderband 39/2022, 158–192. (Available online: doi.org/10.5771/9783748926047-158)

Gülzau, Fabian/Schneider, Jan/Courtman, Nicholas 2022: Flüchtlinge als Neubürgerinnen und Neubürger. Das Potenzial der nächsten Jahre. SVR-Policy Brief 2022-2, Berlin.

Gülzau, Fabian 2021: “A ‘New Normal’ for the Schengen Area. When, Where and Why Member States Reintroduce Temporary Border Controls?”, in: Journal of Borderlands Studies, Vol. 36. (Online verfügbar: https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2021.1996260)

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen 2021: Walls, Barriers, Checkpoints, Landmarks, and “No-Man’s-Land.” A Quantitative Typology of Border Control Infrastructure, in: Historical Social Research, 46: 3, 23–48.

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen/Korte, Kristina 2021: Borders as Places of Control. Fixing, Shifting and Reinventing State Borders, in: Historical Social Research, 46: 3, 7–22.

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen 2021: Walls, Barriers, Checkpoints, No-Man’s-Land. A Typology of Border Infrastructure on the African Continent, in: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 31: 3-4, 411–438.

Gülzau, Fabian/Korte, Kristina 2021: Mauern aus Papier, Mauern aus Stein, in: Hoerning, Johanna/Misselwitz, Philipp (Hrsg.): Räume in Veränderung. Ein visuelles Lesebuch, Berlin, 130–141.

Mau, Steffen/Gülzau, Fabian/Korte, Kristina 2021: Grenzen erkunden. Grenzinfrastrukturen und die Rolle fortifizierter Grenzen im globalen Kontext, in: Löw, Martina/Sayman, Volkan/Schwerer, Jona/Wolf, Hannah (Hrsg.): Am Ende der Globalisierung. Über die Re-Figuration von Räumen, Bielefeld, 129–153.

Lux, Thomas/Mau, Steffen/Gülzau, Fabian 2020: Die drei Arenen der neuen Ungleichheitskonflikte. Eine sozialstrukturelle Positionsbestimmung der Einstellungen zu Umverteilung, Migration und sexueller Diversität, in: Berliner Journal für Soziologie 30: 3-4, 317–346.

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen 2020: Selbstoptimierung, Selbstverwirklichung, investive Statusarbeit. Zur Verkopplung zweier Praxisformen, in: Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 1: 29–35.

Gülzau, Fabian 2019: A Paradigm Shift in German Family Policy: Applying a Topic Model to Map Reform and Public Discourse, 1990-2016, in: European Policy Analysis 6: 1, 100–118.

Gülzau, Fabian 2018: Sandkastengespräche im Netz? Leitbilder ‘guter Erziehung’ in einem digitalen Elternforum, in: Journal of Family Research 30: 2, 151–175.

Gülzau, Fabian 2018: (Un)equal from the Start? A Quantitative Analysis of Preschool Children’s Organised Activities in Germany, in: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 26: 6, 855–872.

Gülzau, Fabian/Mau, Steffen/Zaun, Natascha 2016: Regional Mobility Spaces? Visa Waiver Policies and Regional Integration, in: International Migration 54: 6, 164–180.

Zaun, Natascha/Roos, Christof/Gülzau, Fabian 2016: Circumventing Deadlock through venue-shopping: Why there is more than just talk in US immigration politics in times of economic crisis, in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 42: 10, 1590–1609.

Mau, Steffen/Gülzau, Fabian/Zaun, Natascha/Laube, Lena 2015: The Global Mobility Divide: How visa policies have evolved over time, in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 41: 8, 1192–1213.