Spokesperson for the doctoral programme until May 2019, then moved to Bielefeld University

I studied psychology and philosophy at the universities of Trier, Bielefeld, Vienna and Münster. At the University of Münster, I completed my doctorate in the subject of psychology with a thesis on linguistic events in psychotherapy conversations (a long time ago), at the University of Bielefeld I habilitated in the subject of educational science with a thesis on (multiple) affiliations in the migration society, at the centre of which is an attempt at a theoretical explication of the expression natio-ethno-cultural affiliation.

From March 2008 to September 2011, I held the professorship for Intercultural Learning and Social Change at the Institute of Educational Science at the University of Innsbruck. Since October 2011, I have been a professor at the Institute of Educational Sciences at the University of Oldenburg, where I am also Director of the Centre for Migration, Education and Cultural Studies.

My teaching and research interests include the areas of migration education, educational professionalism, educational research and methodological and methodological questions of interpretation.

Publications (a small selection)

Mecheril, Paul; Castro Varela, María do Mar; Dirim, İnci; Kalpaka, Annita & Melter, Claus (2010). BACHELOR | MASTER: Migration Pedagogy. Beltz: Weinheim

Mecheril,P. (2011). Creating reality. Integration as a dispositive. In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 61st year, issue 43/2011, pp. 49-54

Mecheril, P. & Plößer, M. (2012). Neglect - recognition - deconstruction: Approaches to otherness in social work. In: International Social Work, 55/6, pp. 794-808

Mecheril, P. & Broden, A. (eds.) (2014) Solidarity in the migration society. Bielefeld: transcript

Mecheril, P. (2014). The illusion of inclusion. Education and the migration society. In: Franco Zotta (ed.): Diverse Germany. Building blocks for a sustainable society (pp. 200-216). Gütersloh: Bertelsmann

Mecheril, P. & Rose, N. (2014). The education of others. A subjectivisation-theoretical approach to positionings in migration society. In: Chr. Thompson; K. Jergus & G. Breidenstein (Eds.): Interferences. Perspectives on cultural-scientific educational research (pp. 130-152). Weilerswist: Velbrück

Mecheril, P. (2014). Critique as a guideline for (migration) pedagogical research. In: A. Ziegler & E. Zwick (Eds.): Theoretical perspectives of modern pedagogy (pp.159-173). Münster: LIT-Verlag

Mecheril, P. & Reuter, J. (eds.) (2015). Key texts in migration research. Classic texts and reference theories. Wiesbaden: Springer VS

Mecheril, P. & Shure, S. (2015). Natio-ethno-cultural orders of belonging - on the differentiation practice of "lateral entrants". In: K. Bräu & C.Schlickum (Eds.) Social constructions in the context of school and teaching. (S. 109 - 121). Opladen: Barbara Budrich

Mecheril, P., Gardi, N. & Lingen-Ali, U. (2016). Civic education under conditions of flight and global inequality. In: Journal for Political Education, Issue: 2/2016 (pp.8-16).