Prof. Dr. Ines Michalowski

• Sociology of Religion
• Sociology of Organizations
• Organization and Diversity
• Religion and Migration
• Religion and Body in the Context of Secularization
• Citizenship

Academic Education

2002 – 2007

co-tutelle Ph.D. in sociology (Center for the Sociology of Organisations, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris) and political science (University of Münster)

2002 – 2005

Member of the DFG Graduate School "Migration in Modern Europe", IMIS, University of Osnabrück

1997 – 2001

Studies in Ethnography and Sociology of Organizations, Université Paris X - Nanterre and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

Positions

since 2021

WZB Fellow, affiliated with the research unit Migration, Integration, Transnationalization

since 2019

Professor of Sociology of Relgion at the Department of Sociology, Münster University

2008 – 2020

Research Fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center

2017 – 2018

Visiting professor for sociology, especially sociology of religion at the University of Göttingen (interim professorship Matthias Koenig)

2015

Visiting Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard

2014

Guest Professor for Migration and Integration Research at the University of Vienna

2008 – 2009

Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington, D.C.

2005 – 2008

Research fellow at the universities of Münster and Osnabrück and at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center

External Functions

since 07.2023

University of Haifa, Israel (Academic committee of the Haifa Lab for Religious Studies, Member)

since 09.2022

Münster University (Rectorate Research Council, Member)

since 09.2022

Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Scientific Advisory Board, Member)

07.2022 – 01.2026

Münster University (Cluster of Excellence Religion & Politics, Deputy Speaker)

since 05.2022

Center for Religion and Modernity (Board of Directors, Member)

• Books
• Articles
• Web Publications (Blog Articles)
• Project Reports
• Other Scientific Publications

Books

Book (Monograph)

• Michalowski, Ines. 2007. Integration als Staatsprogramm. Deutschland, Frankreich und die Niederlande im Vergleich Berlin: LIT Verlag.

Books (Edited Collections)

• Burchardt, Marian, and Michalowski, Ines, eds. 2015. Islam in Europe: Politics, Law and Religious Life Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Hunger, Uwe, Aybek, Can, Ette, Andres, and Michalowski, Ines, eds. 2008. Migrations- und Integrations­pro­zesse in Europa. Vergemeinschaftung oder nationalstaatliche Lösungswege? Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Articles

Research Articles (Journals)

• Michalowski, Ines, and Schmidt, Max Oliver. 2025. “Conflict Dynamics in Organizational Decision-Making. Muslim Accommodation in Swimming Pools.” Journal of Organizational Sociology ahead of print. doi: 10.1515/joso-2024-0034.
• Apelt, Maja, Koch, Annika, Michalowski, Ines, Molzberger, Kaspar, Schenk, Liane, and Schmidt, Max Oliver. 2023. “How organisations regulate Muslim body practices: a comparison of schools, hospitals, and swimming pools.” Comparative Migration Studies 11: 1–19. doi: 10.1186/s40878-023-00355-y.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2023. “Säkularität im Schwimmbad. Einstellungen zu eigenen und fremden Körperpraktiken.” Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 0 (online first). doi: 10.1007/s11577-023-00905-3.
• Kanol, Eylem, and Michalowski, Ines. 2023. “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religiosity: Evidence from Germany.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 0 (online first): 1–19. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12834.
• Kanol, Eylem, and Michalowski, Ines. 2022. “Investigating Attitudes toward Those Who Leave Religion among Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Believers.” Religions 13 (8): 682–702. doi: 10.3390/rel13080682.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2022. “Organisationsspezifische Formen der Aushandlung von Säkularität: Anpassungen für Islam und Muslime im Militär,.” Soziale Welt 2022/25 (Sonderband): 27–62.
• Michalowski, Ines Behrendt Max. 2020. “The Accommodation of Muslim Body Practices in German Public Swimming Pools.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 43 (11): 2080–2098. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1770827.
• Helbling, Marc, and Michalowski, Ines. 2017. “A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research.” Comparative Political Studies, Special Issue "Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research" Vol. 50 (No. 1): 3–13. doi: 10.1177/0010414016666864.
• Koopmans, Ruud, and Michalowski, Ines. 2017. “Why Do States Extend Rights to Immigrants? Institutional Settings and Historical Legacies Across 44 Countries Worldwide.” Comparative Political Studies Vol. 50 (No. 1): 41–74. doi: 10.1177/0010414016655533.
• Cadge, Wendy, Griera, Mar, Lucken, Kristen, and Michalowski, Ines. 2017. “Afterword. On the Study of Religion in Public Institutions.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 56 (No. 2): 255–258. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12351.
• Cadge, Wendy, Griera, Mar, Lucken, Kristen, and Michalowski, Ines. 2017. “Religion in Public Institutions. Comparative Perspectives from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 56 (No. 2): 226–233. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12350.
• Höhne, Jutta, and Michalowski, Ines. 2016. “Long-term Effects of Language Course Timing on Language Acquisition and Social Contacts. Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants in Western Europe.” International Migration Review Vol. 50 (No. 1): 133–162. doi: 10.1111/imre.12130.
• Höhne, Jutta Michalowski Ines. 2016. “Long-Term Effects of Language Course Timing on Language Acquisition and Social Contacts. Turkish and Moroccan Immigrants in Western Europe.” International Migration Review 50 (1): 133–162.. doi: 10.1111/imre.12130.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2015. “What Is at Stake When Muslims Join the Ranks? An International Comparison.” Religion, State & Society, Special Section "Muslim Military Chaplaincy" Vol. 43 (No. 1): 41–58. doi: 10.1080/09637494.2015.1021189.
• Carol, Sarah, Helbling, Marc, and Michalowski, Ines. 2015. “A Struggle over Religious Rights? How Muslim Immigrants and Christian Natives View the Accommodation of Religion in Six European Countries.” Social Forces Vol. 94 (No. 2): 647–671.
• Michalowski, Ines, and Oers, Ricky van. 2012. “How Can We Categorise and Interpret Civic Integration Policies?” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol. 38 (No. 1): 163–171. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2012.640027.
• Finotelli, Claudia Michalowski Ines. 2012. “Introduction. The Heuristic Potential of Models of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Reviewed.” Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 10: 231–224..
• Koopmans, Ruud, Michalowski, Ines, and Waibel, Stine. 2012. “Citizenship rights for immigrants: National political processes and cross-national convergence in Western Europe, 1980-2008.” American Journal of Sociology 117 (4): 1202–1245.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2011. “Required to assimilate? The content of citizenship tests in five countries.” Citizenship Studies 15 (6-7): 749–768.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2010. “Naturalisatietoetsen en concepten van staat en natie.” Migrantenstudies 26 (2): 121–141.
• Svensson, Jörgen, Michalowski, Ines, and Seveker, Marina. 2008. “Ervaringen met de indicatormethodiek in een vergelijkende evaluatie van lokaal inburgeringsbeleid.” Migrantenstudies Vol. 24 (No. 4): 250–272.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2006. “Le contrat d’accueil et d’intégration comparé: expansion ou disparition des dispositifs pour l’intégration des étrangers en Europe?” Hommes et Migrations 1261: 131–142.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2004. “Integration programs for newcomers – A Dutch model for Europe?” IMIS Beiträge 24: 163–175.

Research Article (Book Contributions)

• Michalowski, Ines. 2017. “Towards a Life Course Perspective on Naturalisation for Refugees.” in The Integration of Migrants and Refugees, edited by Rainer Bauböck and Milena Tripkovic.
• Michalowski, Ines, and Burchardt, Marian. 2015. “Islam in Europe. Cross-national Differences in Accommodation and Explanations.” in After Integration. Islam, Conviviality and Contentious Politics in Europe, Islam und Politik, edited by Marian Burchardt and Ines Michalowski. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-02594-6_6.
• Michalowski, Ines Burchardt Marian. 2015. “Islam in Europe: Cross-National Differences in Accommodation and Explanations.” in Islam in Europe: Politics, Law and Religious Life, edited by Marian Michalowski Ines Burchardt.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2014. “Legitimizing Host Country Institutions. A Comparative Analysis of the Content of Civic Education Courses in France and Germany.” in European States and Their Muslim Citizens. The Impact of Institutions on Perceptions and Boundaries, Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Series, edited by R.Bowen/Christophe Bertossi/Jan Willem Duyvendak/Mona Lena Krook John. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Eulriet, Irène, and Michalowski, Ines. 2012. “Préface. Armées, minorités ethniques et régimes de citoyenneté.” in La gestion de la diversité ethnique dans les armées. Le cas du Royaume-Uni, des États-Unis, de la Belgique et des Pays-Bas, Cahiers de l'IRSEM, edited by Anaïs Reding, Matt Bassford, Claire Celia, Kristin Weed and Emmanuel Hassan. Paris: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag.
• Michalowski, Ines. 2010. “Citizenship tests and traditions of state interference with cultural diversity.” in How Liberal are Citizenship Tests? EUI Working Papers., edited by Rainer Bauböck and Christian Joppke.
• Michalowski, Iness. 2010. “Immigration to France. The challenge of immigrant integration.” in Immigration Worldwide., edited by A.Segal Uma, Doreen Elliott and Nazneen Mayadas.
• Michalowski, Ines Walter Anne. 2008. “Family reunification between EC law and national integration policy.” in Migratierecht en Rechtssociologie. Collected Essays in Honour of Kees Groenendijk., edited by Anita Böcker and Tetty Havinga.

Web Publications (Blog Article)

• Harms, Lisa, and Michalowski, Ines. 2022. “Transformation des relations États-religion en Europe : entre pluralisation et sécularisation.” Bulletin de l´Observatoire International du Religieux, n° 37. Dossier « Union européenne et religion ».

Project Report

• Below, Ruben, El-Menouar, Yasemin, and Michalowski, Ines. 2025. “Verschwörungsglaube als Gefahr für Demokratie und Zusammenhalt. Erklärungsansätze und Prävention.” Religionsmonitor. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung. doi: 10.11586/2024170.

Other Scientific Publication

• Michalowski, Ines, and Behrendt, Max. 2019. Organisationaler Wandel für muslimische Badegäste in deutschen Schwimmbädern. Schnelle Anpassungen und Konflikte Berlin: WZB.

• Below, Ruben: “Secularized superstition”? On the complicated relationship between religious transformations and conspiracy beliefs [working title]

  Supervisors

  Rosta, Gergely

• Klie, Wiebke (2020): Rahmenbedingungen und Muster zivilgesellschaftlicher Performanz von religiösen und säkularen Migrantenselbstorganisationen in Nordrhein-Westfalen

  Further Supervisors

  Gärtner, Christel

  Pollack, Detlef

  Reviewers

  Pollack, Detlef

  Michalowski, Ines

• Felker, Nelli: Queer Religiosity [working title]

  Supervisors

  Röder, Antje