Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan

German Center for Integration and Migration (DeZIM) | Institute for Social Sciences (ISW) | Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin

Naika Foroutan is a Professor of Social Sciences at the Humboldt-University in Berlin, where she heads the department of integration studies and social policy at the Berlin Institute on Integration and Migration (BIM). She is Head of the German Center for Integration and Migration (DeZIM), a Ministry- funded research institute that provides empirical analysis on migration and integration and monitors ‘Racist Realities’ for the German government.

Naika Foroutan’s research focuses on countries of immigration, their changing identities and attitudes towards minorities, as well as the impact of pluralization on norms and values. In her book The Post- migrant society: A promise of plural democracy, she has developed a much acclaimed theoretical framework for analyzing social transformations in migration-impacted societies.