Areas of Expertise

Migration, asylum, and refugee issues
Migration cooperation
Displacement and migration in the context of climate change
Return and reintegration
Migration statistics

Short Bio

Sophie Meiners is a research fellow at the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). There, she researches the foreign policy and development impacts of migration cooperation. She is also a scientific advisor on climate migration at querstadtein e.V.

Prior to joining DGAP, Meiners worked as a Carlo Schmid Fellow at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Office of the Special Advisor on Climate Change. She contributed to a study by the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) on the educational opportunities for young newcomers and worked at the IQ Competence Center on Immigration on issues related to immigration and labor market integration of migrants. During a stay at the Zambia office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, she gained experience in the field of migration and development. She has research experience in Israel, Nigeria, Kosovo, and Serbia.

Meiners completed her master’s degree in political science with a focus on refugees and migration at the University of Potsdam and the University of Tel Aviv.