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Hannes Schammann is Professor of Migration Policy at the University of Hildesheim. He held several positions outside academia and still works closely with governmental and non-governmental organizations. Hannes is an appointed member of the German Expert Council on Integration and Migration.
Hannes Schammann
Key expertise
- refugee reception
- policy analysis
- local government
- implementation
- German asylum politics
- algorithmic matching systems
Current affiliation
- Migration Policy Research Group, University of Hildesheim
Regional expertise
- Western Europe
Professional career
Hannes Schammann studied Languages, Business, and Cultural Studies at the University of Passau and at the Universidad de Concepción in Chile. He then spent several years working in the field: as a coordinator for integration projects (BAGEJSA), as a policy officer for integration at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, and as senior project manager for migration and integration at the Robert Bosch Foundation. While working, he earned his PhD at the University of Passau. In 2014, he was appointed Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) in Political Science with a focus on migration policy at the University of Hildesheim. Since 2018, he has been a full professor there with the same denomination. At his professorship, he established the Migration Policy Research Group, which includes a "Research and Transfer Office for Migration Policy".
Schammann is co-editor of the Journal for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (Z’Flucht), and a member (and repeatedly a board member) of the Network for Forced Migration Studies. He has been and continues to be involved in various advisory boards for academic and practice-oriented projects and organizations. Effective January 1, 2025, he was appointed to the Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR).
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- Integration And Social Participation
- Borders
- Civil Society Engagement
- Identity
- Information And Communication Technologies
- Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
- National Refugee And Asylum Policies
- Reception, Accommodation And Housing
- Refugee Camp
- Transnational Networks
Research fields
- Migration Research
- Governance Research
Relevant publications
- Münch, S., Schammann, H., Schlee, T. (2025). Der resiliente Staat als Verwaltungsleitbild in der Polykrise. Bewältigungsstrategien in der öffentlichen Verwaltung am Beispiel der Ausländerbehörden. dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 18(2), 1-20.
- Maas, F., Münch, S., Schader, M., Schammann, H. (eds.) (2022). Special Issue: The Politics of Uncertainty: Producing, Reinforcing, and Mediating (Legal) Uncertainty in Local Refugee Reception, Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4).
- Schammann, H. & Gluns, D. (2021). Migrationspolitik. Baden-Baden: Nomos
- Schammann, H., Gluns, D., Heimann, C., Müller, S., Wittchen, T., Younso, C., Ziegler, F. (2021). Defining and transforming local migration policies: a conceptual approach backed by evidence from Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(13), 2897–2915.
- Schammann, H. (2021). Zwischen common ground und Multiperspektivität: Überlegungen zu Stand und Perspektiven der Migrationsforschung. Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung, 1(1), 125-148.