Academic training

Laila Lucas studied Cultural Studies in Leipzig and Granada. This was followed by a Master's degree in Adult Education/Lifelong Learning at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Her specialisms include: Migration pedagogy, cultural studies mediation science, power-critical diversity theory, pedagogical professionalism in adult education.

Project outline

The centre of my dissertation project is the analysis of the phenomenon of an increasing implementation of mediation in the context of flight in Germany. Characterised by a double perspective, the work aims on the one hand at a theoretical sharpening of the subject of mediation itself, and on the other hand at the visualisation of social negotiation processes of migration-related affiliation relationships. Using further education as a unit of investigation, the border-crossing practices of these two perspectives are empirically explored in order to finally link them with theoretical controversies within so-called "intercultural mediation" and theories of critical migration research.