Julia Schumann
Researcher
Julia Schumann studied political science at Bielefeld University and at Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2016 she has worked as a researcher, press officer and project lead on flight and migration. Her work focuses on local migration policy, networking within networks of cities and migrants’ labour market access. Most recently she was head of the European city project “Moving Cities – Another Migration Policy is Possible”, which mapped successful local migration policy approaches and established networks of stakeholders.
Tel +49 30. 288 86 59 – 36
schumann@svr-migration.de
Professional background (extract):
- Since January 2026: Researcher at the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR)
- Project Lead, United4rescue – Gemeinsam Retten e. V. in the “Moving Cities – Another Migration Policy is Possible” mapping project, 2022–2025
- Project Lead, Neue Deutsche Medienmacher*innen e. V. for the Together in Germany community platform, 2022
- Researcher and subsequently Project Lead, Coordinating Office of the MoBiBe Network (Mobile Educational Guidance for Refugees and Migrants in Berlin), 2018–2021
- Press Officer, Flüchtlingsrat NRW e. V., 2016–2017
- Master’s degree in political science, Freie Universität Berlin, 2012–2015
- Exchange semester at SciencesPo Paris and research scholarship at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), Amsterdam, 2010 and 2014
- Bachelor’s degree in political science, University of Bielefeld, 2008–2012
