Irena Kogan holds a chair in comparative sociology at the University of Mannheim. Her research interests are in the area of migration research, ethnic and social inequalities. In particular, her research focuses on structural, social, cultural and subjective aspects of immigrant integration as well as youth transitions.
Irena Kogan has been involved in a number of large-scale projects. She is currently a PI of the ERC funded project “Partnership formation in the context of refugee migration” (PARFORM). She is also a co-PI of the German part of the “Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey in Four European Countries” funded by German Research Foundation.
Irena Kogan is the editor of several books and journal special issues, the author of a number of articles in leading international journals including European Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Social Science Research, International Migration Review, Sociological Science, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Acta Sociologica, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and others.
She is an elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology (since 2009) and an Associate Fellow of the D-Lab “Advancing the study of discrimination and inequality” (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain).