Dr. Emily Frank

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Emily Frank

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Research Fellow of the Research Group
Health and Social Inequality

Research fields

Migration, Integration, and Intercultural Conflicts | Citizenship | Immigration and Integration Policies | Health and Social Inequality | Welfare State and Social Inequality

Emily Frank is a research fellow in the Health and Social Inequality research group and at the Einstein Center Population Diversity. She completed her PhD at DYNAMICS, a joint programme of the Hertie School and Humboldt University Berlin, and also worked as a research associate at the Berlin Institute for Migration and Integration Research (BIM), Humboldt University Berlin. Her research focuses on migration, asylum, and health inequalities, with a particular interest in how migration policies affect refugees' mental health and well-being. In addition to her research, she serves as a member of the Ethics Committee at the WZB.

Selected Publications

Wzbaktiv
Frank, Emily/Nivorozhkin, Anton (2025): "Legal Status and Refugees' Perceptions of Institutional Justice. The Role of Communication Quality". In: Public Administration Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, S. 1004-1018. (Vorab online publiziert 12.11.2024)
Frank, Emily/ Heisig, Jan Paul (2025): "Die Last des Verfahrens. Was die psychische Gesundheit von Schutzsuchenden stärkt". In: WZB-Mitteilungen, H. 2=Nr. 188, S. 22-25.
Frank, Emily (2025): "'Why It's Different?'. Hierarchies of (Non-) Belonging in German Refugee Categorizations". In: Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, advance access, 22.07.2025, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2025.2529497.

CV

Since 07/2024 Research fellow | Research Group Health and Social Inequality at the WZB & Einstein Center Population Diversity

2021-2024 Doctoral researcher | DYNAMICS RTG, Hertie School and Humboldt University Berlin

2021-2024 Research associate | Berlin Institute for Migration and Integration Research (BIM), Humboldt University Berlin

2019-2021 Dissemination coordinator | Population Europe, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

2018-2019 Research assistant | University of Wisconsin-Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs

2017-2018 Research assistant | University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Law

2015-2017 Legal advocate | Urban Justice Center, Safety Net Project

2012-2015 Research assistant | New York University, Department of Sociology

Education

2024 PhD in Governance | Hertie School

2019 Master of Public Policy | University of Wisconsin-Madison

2015 B.A. in Sociology | New York University