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Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich

Professor

School of Social and Cultural Studies

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  • Professor
    School of Social and Cultural Studies
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BIO

Brigitte's research specialties encompass Migration, migrant narratives, ethnographic methodology (history and present), ethnographic writing, cultures of Aotearoa New Zealand, folk narrative research. Brigitte is currently working on a project on academic migration and the global knowledge economy. The project is based on narrative interviews with academic migrants and an analysis of the demands and ideology of a globally connected tertiary education system.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director
    Victoria University of Wellington, Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Wellington, New Zealand1 Nov 2022 - 1 Nov 2030
  • Professor of Anthropology
    Victoria University of Wellington, Cultural Anthropology, Wellington, New Zealand1 May 2020 - present
  • Staff elected member of Victoria University Council
    Victoria University of Wellington, Council, Wellington, New Zealand1 Jan 2020 - present

DEGREES

  • MA
    Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
  • PhD
    Philips University, Marburg, Germany

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Mentoring (short-term)

FIELDS OF RESEARCH