• Since August 2021: Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum.
•  05/2015 – 07/2019: Studies in Social Sciences and English Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum (including parental leave), Master's degree (M.Ed.).
• 10/2011 – 04/2015: Studies in Politics, Economics and Society, and English Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum, Bachelor's degree (B.A.).
• 09/2005 – 05/2010: Studies at the Faculty of Linguistics, State University of Stavropol, Russia, Diploma degree.

• Since 11/2023: Research associate at the Chair of Sociology/Transnationalization, Migration, and Work.
• 04/2019 – 10/2021: Research associate at the Chair of Sociology/Organization, Migration, Participation, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum, followed by parental leave.
• 06/2016 – 03/2019: Research assistant at the Chair of Sociology/Organization, Migration, Participation, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum.
• 04/2013 – 05/2016: Student assistant at the Chair of Sociology/Organization, Migration, Participation, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum.

• Pries, Ludger & Bekassow, Natalia (2021). Dynamic identities and varying belongings: migration, transnationalism and education. In: Lydia Heidrich, Yasemin Karakasoğlu, Paul Mecheril and Saphira Shure (eds.) Regimes of Belonging - Schools - Migrations. Teaching in (Trans-)National Constellations.Wiesbaden: Springer VS. S. 77-9.
• Bekassow, Natalia (2020). Buchrenzension. Lenhard, Tabe. In Between. Identität und Zugehörigkeit Deutscher Third Culture Kids im Spannungsfeld der Kulturen. Tectum: Baden Baden. Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung 4, S. 475-477.
• Pries, Ludger & Bekassow, Natalia (2015). Is there a European Refugee Citizenship in the Making? The still weak institutional basis of a Common European Asylum System. In: Mackert, Jürgen/ Turner, Bryan (eds.) The Transformation of Citizenship, Volume 2, Boundaries of Inclusion and Exclusion. London/ New York: Routledge, S. 116-134.
• Pries, Ludger & Bekassow, Natalia (2015). Discriminação e Racismo na União Europeia: diagnóstico de uma ameaça negligenciada e da investigação científica correspondente. Sociologias (UFRGS-Porto Alegre) 17 (40), pp. 176-211.

Life Courses of Turkish-German and Russian-speaking Medical Professionals in the German Healthcare System: The Relationship between (Possible) Discrimination Experiences and Arrival Strategies

The profession of a doctor is considered one of the most privileged in Germany. Despite this high regard, recent indications in the English-language social science literature suggest that medical professionals with a migrant background may face racist discrimination in their professional lives (Larget 2018; Johnstone/Kanitsaki 2009; Bourke et al. 2019).

In Germany, however, there are few studies on medical professionals with a migrant background (Peppler 2016; Jansen et al. 2015; Birkner 2010). Despite the estimated high proportion of medical professionals with a migrant background, the "Intercultural Healthcare" is primarily examined from the perspective of patients (Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung 2017; Gillessen et al. 2020; Blum/Steffen 2015; DEZIM 2023). The experiences of discrimination and racism of this professional group have not been sociologically examined in the German-speaking region, neither as a whole nor specifically for the groups under investigation.

In the context of this dissertation project, the extent of possible experienced discrimination and racism by two potentially differently racially categorized groups will be statistically recorded and explored. Furthermore, from the perspective of transnational migration processes, the construction of identity and belonging, as well as the perception of integration and arrival, will be examined in relation to possible discrimination experiences.

This is a mixed-methods study, where the contextualization of quantitative research results (Lime-Survey survey) by the results of qualitative research (20 problem-centered interviews) is intended to provide a better understanding of the problem under investigation. Both methodological strands have equal priority: Both the individual perspective is of interest, such as how the effects of discrimination and racism can be traced in migrant life perspectives, and the aggregated quantitative level, i.e., how large the proportion of those who have accumulated discriminatory experiences in their professional lives is.