Vanessa Rau is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen. Before joining the Institute, Vanessa completed a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Cambridge where she conducted an Ethnography on Israeli Migration and a new Israeli-Jewish Scene in Berlin. Until recently, she was part of the Research on Civil Society Organizations and the Challenges of Migration and Diversity, focusing on the Intersection of Migration and Disability. Her new project involves Migration, Diversity, and Intimacy where she conducts biographical research on Love relationships between German nationals and refugees.

Panel "Care for Diversity" The Affective Life and Emotions of Competing Diversities: Organizations and the Cultural Politics of Difference in the Field of Disability in Germany

28th May 11.30 am - 01.00 pm | Vanessa Rau