Dr. Irene Pañeda Fernández
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Research Fellow of the Research Department
Irene Pañeda Fernández joined the WZB's unit of Migration, Integration and Transnationalization in September 2021. She is project coordinator of the TRANSMIT project where she investigates migration aspirations and decisions in West Africa.
She obtained her Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute in January 2022. Her wider research interests lie in the broad themes of inequality and migration. Within the first theme, she has focused specifically on understanding when and why people come to oppose large income disparities. Within the second, she works on understanding the determinants of migration aspirations as well as attitudes toward immigrants and refugees.
Research fields
Migration, Integration, and Intercultural Conflicts | Social Science Research Methods | Welfare State and Social Inequality
Selected Publications
Wzbaktiv
2025
Meierrieks, Daniel/
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene (2025): "Klimakrise und Migration. Zukunftsentscheidungen von Westafrikanern in Deutschland". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 188, S. 10-14.
Meierrieks, Daniel/
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene (2025): Do Climate Change and Climate Disasters at Home Shape Return Migration Intentions? Evidence from a Survey of West Africans in Germany. WZB Discussion Paper SP VI 2025-101r. Berlin: WZB. (revised August 2025)
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene (2025): "Handfeste Gründe. Geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt und Migrationsabsichten von Frauen in Afrika". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 188, S. 15-18.
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene/Kamphorst, Jonne/van de Rijt, Arnout/Battu, Balaraju (2025): "The Relevance of Meritocratic Beliefs for Redistributive Preferences Increases with Income". In: Social Science Research, Vol. 134, Article 103294, S. 1-12.
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene/Meierrieks, Daniel (2025): "Climate Disasters and Individual Migration Aspirations. Evidence from Senegal and the Gambia". In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, advance access, 22.04.2025, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2493303.
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene/Meierrieks, Daniel (2025): "Climate disasters and individual migration aspirations: evidence from Senegal and the Gambia". In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, advance access, 22.04.2025, online: https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2493303.
Stier, Julia/Pañeda-Fernández, Irene (2025): "Die Wahrnehmung von Erfolg. Migration folgt nicht nur wirtschaftlichen Kriterien". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 188, S. 6-9.
2024
Gil-Hernandez, Carlos J./Pañeda-Fernández, Irene/Salazar, Leire/Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan (2024): Teacher Bias in Assessments by Student Ascribed Status. A Factorial Experiment on Discrimination and Cultural Reproduction. JRC Working Papers Series on Social Classes in the Digital Age 2024/02. Seville: European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC).
Gil-Hernández, Carlos J./Pañeda-Fernández, Irene/Salazar, Leire/Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan (2024): "Teacher Bias in Assessments by Student Ascribed Status. A Factorial Experiment on Discrimination in Education". In: Sociological Science, Vol. 11, S. 743-776.
Paneda Fernández, Irene (2024): "Lehrers Brille. Ein spanisches Schulexperiment zeigt, dass eben nicht nur Leistung zählt". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 3=Nr. 185, S. 13-16.
Paneda-Fernández, Irene/Meierrieks, Daniel (2024): Exposure to Climate Disasters and Individual Migration Aspirations. Evidence from Senegal and the Gambia. WZB Discussion Paper SP VI 2024-101. Berlin: WZB.
2022
Pañeda-Fernández, Irene (2022): "Natural Disasters and Preferences for Redistribution. The Impact of Collective and Abrupt Disruptions". In: European Sociological Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, S. 575–589. (vorab online publiziert 18.12.2021)