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Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Natascha Bregy

Natascha Bregy

Photo: Natascha Bregy

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University of Hamburg
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Flügelbau West (ESA W)
20146 Hamburg

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Dissertation

My dissertation focusses on the experiences and the everyday life of German and Swiss migrants to the respective neighbouring country. Both groups mainly consist of well or highly educated migrants to a geographically close country with great socio-cultural similarities. From a holistic and comparative perspective, my research concentrates on five key aspects: the migration decision, the perception of the home and target country, the current living situation, belonging, and future plans. It quickly becomes apparent that small socio-cultural differences as well as national public and political discourses have a significant influence on the participants' experiences.

The research is based on data from field research and interviews in northern Germany and Switzerland between summer of 2019 and 2020.

Research Interests

  • Highly qualified migration

  • Transnationalism

  • Musicology

  • Central Europe, East Asia, Finland

Publications

Bregy, Natascha (2024). Neighbours in knowledge? German and Swiss migrants' efforts to reconcile children's well-being and educational success. In: Jonas Scharfenberg, Julia Hufnagl, Mara Spiekenheuer and Amani Kroner (eds): Migration und Bildung in der globalisierten Welt. Perspektiven, Herausforderungen und Chancen in der Migrationsgesellschaft (Gemeinsam Schule gestalten, 5).

Bregy, Natascha (2020). Migration between Switzerland and Germany: A comparative study of migration between two culturally and geographically close countries. In: boasblog: Fieldwork meets crisis. Available at: https://boasblogs.org/de/fieldworkmeetscrisis/migration-between-switzerland-and-germany/

Bregy, N. (2016). Homeless in Hamburg: Revisiting the uses of space in the city centre. Ethnoscripts, 18 (1): S. 74-96.

Conferences/Talks

Bregy, Natascha (24.10.2023). "'Ich kann mich nachher ins Auto setzen und bin tot' – Wie privilegierte Migrant*innen mit einer unsicheren Zukunft umgehen ['I can get in the car later and die' – how privileged migrants deal with an insecure future]". Anthropological Colloquium, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg.

Bregy, Natascha (29.09.2021). “Ethische und interpersonelle Probleme von Onlineforschung [ethical and interpersonal problems of online research]”. Conference of the German Anthropological Association (GAA) 2021, Bremen (online).

Curriculum Vitae

06/2019 – today
PhD scholarship student, University of Hamburg
Funded by the Foundation of the German Economy [SDW] and the Fazit Foundation

06/2022 – 09/2022 Research visit at Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan

Topic: Migration between Switzerland and Germany: how different are migrant experiences in countries with close geographical and cultural proximity?

03/2018 – 03/2019
Research fellow for the project „Transnational Palestinian Families”, funded by the German Research Foundation, University of Hamburg

10/2014 – 02/2018
M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg
Thesis: Soundtrack of life: biographical representations of the association of music and memories, based on field research in Helsinki, Finland

10/2015 – 07/2016
Tutor for the lecture Anthropology of Religion and the seminar Qualitative Methods, University of Hamburg

10/2010 – 08/2014
International Bachelor East Asia: Japan, University of Hamburg and Hiroshima

Minor in Social and Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Southeast Asia

Thesis: “Das Motiv des Roboters im japanischen Anime. Mit Fokus auf dem Mecha-Phänomen [The motif of the robot in Japanese anime. With a focus on the mecha-phenomenon]”