Simona Schreier

Refugee, Migration and Mobility Studies

Institute of Cultural Studies

Tel.: +49 89 6004-2042

Simona Schreier has been working as academic staff at the Professorship for Refugee Studies, Migration and Mobility at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich since 1 September 2026. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master of Law degree in Criminology, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Sociology, specialising in migration, integration and diversity.

As part of her PhD in Migration and Globalisation at the University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK) in Austria, her dissertation, entitled “From Returning Back to Reintegration? A Focus on Nigeria”, examines the complex processes of return migration and reintegration, particularly in Nigeria. Her research addresses the socio-political dimensions of return and reintegration, focusing on externalisation and power dynamics.

Key research areas:

• Migration and integration

• Diversity and social inequality

• Return migration and reintegration

• Externalisation, governance and international cooperation

• Organised crime, human trafficking and smuggling of migrants

Languages:

English and German (native), French (C2), Spanish (C2), Italian (C1) and Arabic (A1)

Publications:

Schreier, S. (2024). From Policy to Reality: Examining the Rippling Effects of Return Migration Governance in Nigeria. International Migration Review. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01979183241293388

Schreier, S. (2023). Resistance and the Dynamics of Return Among Nigerian Migrants in Austria. Journal of Social Policy. https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/4547

Schreier, S., Skrabal, L. & Czaika, M. (2023). DEMIG-QuantMig Migration Policy Database. QuantMig Project Deliverable D5.4. https://quantmig.eu/data_and_estimates/policy_database/

Schreier, S. (forthcoming). Beyond the Border: Returns and the Zemiology of Migration Control. African Security.

Schreier, S. (forthcoming). Global to Local: GIZ's Role and Stakeholder Perspectives on Return Programmes in Nigeria. Journal for Critical Migration and Border Regime Studies.

Videocast: Beyond Money: Africa's Remittance Lifeline - Family, Class & Social Dynamics organised by the Eurafrican-Alliance e.V. https://youtu.be/9vunhEA9hLk