Episodes

Our guests are inspiring social scientists who conduct excellent research about ethnic, cultural, and migration-related diversity.

See EPISODE OVERVIEW for a detailed overview of episodes, guests, topics, and references.


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Season 1

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In our first episode, we talk to Linda Juang about Linda’s own upbringing, parenting, and path into higher education (PAST), an inspiring research article on understanding ethnic socialization processes in ethnically diverse families (PRESENT), and the potential of mentors for underrepresented students in higher education (FUTURE).

Hosts: Miriam Schwarzenthal & Jana Vietze
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In our second episode, we learn from Yudit Namer how she has been combining her different professional roles as therapist, researcher, and teacher (PAST), we discuss an inspiring research article on immigration, discrimination, and health research among Mexicans in the United States (PRESENT), and we talk about relational justice, relational ethics, and de-colonizing practices in research (FUTURE).

Hosts: Tuğçe Aral & Zeynep Demir
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In our third episode, we talk to Tendai Chitewere her fascinating academic journey from studying water resources/hydrology to addressing social and environmental justice in broadly defined environments, including schools (PAST), we discuss an inspiring research article about structures of exclusion and inequality in environmental organizations (PRESENT), and we talk about how communities and schools can create an environment for valuing race and ethnicity through proactive inclusion (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sharleen Pevec & Miriam Schwarzenthal
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In our fourth episode, we talk to Moin Syed about his background in developmental psychology (PAST), how gender identity and master narratives can help understand the way children learn and think about gender (PRESENT), and how we must the Open Science framework can contribute to better and more transparent scientific practice (FUTURE).

Hosts: Miriam Schwarzenthal & Jana Vietze
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In our fifth episode, Marta Miklikowska talks about her own experiences with migration and how women are underrepresented in leadership positions in European universities (PAST), about new directions in prejudice and intergroup contact (PRESENT), and how activism and progressive policies can improve the situation and representation of women in academia (FUTURE).

Hosts: Tuğçe Aral & Jana Vietze
In our sixth episode, Mehmet Day shares how he experienced being the first in his family to pursue a Ph.D. (PAST), about how youth can combine multiple cultural identities (PRESENT), and how educational research and practice can benefit from one another (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sabrina Alhanachi & Jana Vietze

Season 2

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[GERMAN EPISODE] In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Karim Fereidooni über institutionellen Rassismus und den Bedarf an struktureller Rassismuskritik in der deutschen Forschungs- und Bildungslandschaft.

Hosts: Sharleen Pevec & Miriam Schwarzenthal
In this episode, we talk to Josefina Bañales sharing stories of low-income communities of color (PAST), critical consciousness (PRESENT), and how social scientists can learn ‘with’, ‘from’ and ‘from within’ marginalized communities through participatory action research (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sharleen Pevec & Miriam Schwarzenthal
In this episode, we talk to Gülseli Baysu about being a first-generation university student (PAST), the awareness of ethnic/racial discrimination and how it relates to youth well-being (PRESENT), and inequalities regarding Western and non-Western research samples in psychology (FUTURE).

Hosts: Tuğçe Aral & Jana Vietze
In this episode, we talk to Andreas Zick about his experience of establishing prejudice research in German academia (PAST), about social identity theory and intergroup conflict (PRESENT), but also diversity in German scientific institutions and the link between research and society (FUTURE).

Hosts: Zeynep Demir & Tuğçe Aral
In this episode, we talk to Tiffany Florvil about Black German culture, racism and intersectionality (PAST), the history of Black women, race and racism in 19th century Europe (PRESENT), and why Germany needs more Black scholars and professors of Color (FUTURE).

Hosts: Tuğçe Aral & Sharleen Pevec
In this episode, we talk to Sauro Civitillo about his experience of being the first in his family to pursue a Ph.D. (PAST), multicultural education and culturally responsive teaching in teacher education in the U.S. and Europe (PRESENT), and why there need to be more funding opportunities for minority researchers and research on culturally responsive teaching (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sabrina Alhanachi & Jana Vietze

Season 3

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In this episode, we talk to Laura Taylor about how working for NGOs all over the world led to Laura’s academic career in children’s peace building and non-violent conflicts (PAST), an insightful research article on the role of young and highly educated people in non-violent protests of the past (PRESENT), and the importance of and strategies for a balance between career and life (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sharleen Pevec & Jana Vietze
In this episode, we talk to Tabea Hässler about being an activist against racism and homophobia at an early age (PAST), how positive intergroup contact can actually weaken the willingness to engage in social change (PRESENT), and how working conditions for early career scholars need to become more healthy and secure (FUTURE).

Hosts: Tuğçe Aral & Miriam Schwarzenthal

In this episode, we spoke with Paul Gorski about social justice and priviledge in teacher education (PAST), about equity literacy and the role of “culture” in teacher education (PRESENT), and how social justice activism can be linked to depression and burnout (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sabrina Alhanachi & Miriam Schwarzenthal

In this episode, we spoke with Ceren Abacıoğlu about studying and working in a different country (PAST), about majority-group acculturation (PRESENT), and about Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (FUTURE).

Hosts: Sabrina Alhanachi & Jana Vietze

Coming soon: Our episode with Lisa Spanierman
Coming soon: Our episode with Elisabeth Kaneza

Stay tuned and talk soon!