Profile 
Dr. Ines Michalowski
mail: michalowski [at] wzb [dot] eu
D-10785 Berlin
since 03/2008
Senior Researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin
09/2008 – 07/2009
Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, D.C.
03/2007 – 02/2008
Post-Doc Researcher, DFG-Graduate school “Negotiating Processes of the Civil Society from the 19th Century to the Present – Germany and the Netherlands Compared”, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Germany
05/2006 – 12/2006
Researcher within the Research Program on "Intercultural Conflicts and Societal Integration“ (AKI), Social Science Research Centre Berlin
11/2005 – 04/2006
Researcher within the cluster "Work, Entrepreneurship, Economic Integration“ of the European network of excellence IMISCOE, Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (IMIS), Osnabrück
2007
Ph.D. in political science and sociology (co-tutelle), Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (CSO, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris).
2001
Master in sociology of organizations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France
(* peer reviewed)
2012
* Koopmans, Ruud/Ines Michalowski/Stine Waibel (2012): "Citizenship rights for immigrants: National political processes and cross-national convergence in Western Europe, 1980-2008." In: American Journal of Sociology, vol. 117, no. 4, pp. 1202-1245.
* with Ricky van Oers, How Can We Categorise and Interpret Civic Integration Policies?, in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38:1, 163-171, * peer reviewed).
2011
* Required to assimilate? The content of citizenship tests in five countries, in: Citizenship Studies, 15:6-7, pp. 749-768 (* peer reviewed).
2010
Integration tests in Germany. A communitarian approach? In: Eva Ersbøll/ Dora Kostakopoulou/ Ricky van Oers (eds.), A Re-definition of Belonging? Language and Integration Tests in Europe, Leiden: Brill Publishers, pp. 185-210.
2009
Religiöse Diversität im Militär. Ein deutsch-amerikanischer Vergleich, in: Politische Bildung, no. 4, pp. 62-75.
* Immigration to France. The Challenge of Immigrant Integration, in: Segal, Uma A.; Mayadas, Nazneen S. & Elliott, Doreen (eds.), Immigration Worldwide. Policies, Practices, and Trends, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, pp. 79-94.
Liberal states – privatised integration policies? in: Elspeth Guild/ Kees Groenendijk/ Sergio Carrera (eds.), Illiberal Liberal States. Immigration, Citizenship and Integration in the EU, Surren: Ashgate, pp. 82-98.
Citizenship Tests in Five Countries – An Expression of Political Liberalism?
2008
* Ervaringen met de indicatormethodiek in een vergelijkende evaluatie van lokaal inburgeringsbeleid, in: Migrantenstudies, 24(4), pp. 251-273 (mit Jörgen Svensson and Marina Seveker, * peer reviewed).
2007
Integration als Staatsprogramm. Deutschland, Frankreich und die Niederlande im Vergleich, Dissertation, Münster, Lit Verlag.
Citizenship rights for immigrants: National paths and transnational convergence in Europe, North America and Australia
Staff: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Dr. Ines Michalowski, Stine Waibel
Duration: 2007-2010
Funding: WZB
The heuristic potential of models of citizenship and immigrant integration for international comparisons
Staff: Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2009-2012
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Nachwuchswissenschaftlernetzwerk)
Integration requirements and citizenship tests
Staff: Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2008-2011
Funding: WZB
The organization of religious diversity in the military
Staff: Dr. Ines Michalowski
Duration: 2008-2013
Funding: WZB and Transatlantic Academy (October 2008 - July 2009)
Six Country Immigrant Integration Comparative Survey (SCIICS)
Staff: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Evelyn Ersanilli (University of Oxford), Sarah Carol, Dr. Marc Helbling, Jutta Höhne, Dr. Bram Lancee, Dr. Ines Michalowski, Dr. Céline Teney, Susanne Veit, Mareike Wagner
Duration: 2008-2012
Funding: WZB
