Barbara Dietz studied economics at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich and earned a doctorate at the University of Bremen in 1995. Currently she is head of the Department of Migration and Integration at the Institute for East European Studies. In August 1999 she joined IZA Bonn (Institut Zukunft der Arbeit) as a research fellow.
The research of Barbara Dietz is focused on East-West migration, migration policy, and the economic and social integration of immigrants from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in Germany and the EU. Barbara Dietz conducted a series of international research projects, analyzing East-West migration and the integration of immigrants from Eastern European countries and the former Soviet Union in Germany. The results of these research projects have been published in scientific journals, e.g. in International Migration, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, East European Jewish Affairs, The Global Review of Ethnopolitics. Additionally she is involved in university teaching, advanced training, and consulting activities.

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