Research

Dr. Francesca Ialuna

Projects

  1. Since 2026Current

    Migrant parent participation at school (MELT)

    Research Associate & Project Coordinator

    Department of Education and Integration, Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    PIs (research team)
    Prof. Dr. Aileen Edele, Dr. Alison Benbow (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
    PIs (practice team)
    Giulia Pesapane (Federal Parents’ Network of Migrant Organisations for Education and Participation; bbt)
    Funding
    Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); European Union via the European Social Fund Plus (ESF Plus)
    Project website

    Related publications

    Forthcoming.

  2. Since 2024Current

    Navigating white identity in a “Race-Taboo” Context

    Project Coordinator

  3. 2025 – 2026

    Teaching about racism

    Project Coordinator

    Cooperation project

    In cooperation with
    Prof. Dr. Harriet Tenenbaum (University of Surrey, UK); Prof. Dr. Philipp Jugert (University of Duisburg-Essen)
  4. 2020 – 2024

    School integration of newly immigrated children (SIGN)

    Research Associate & Project Coordinator

    Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen

    PIs
    Prof. Dr. Philipp Jugert, Dr. Sauro Civitillo (University of Duisburg-Essen); Prof. Dr. Nele McElvany, Dr. Justine Stang (TU Dortmund); Prof. Dr. Birgit Leyendecker, Dr. Julian Busch (Ruhr University Bochum)
    Funding
    Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)
    Project website

    Related publications

  5. 2017 – 2018

    Kulturen überbrücken (KUB II) – der Sprung in die Schule

    Research Collaborator

    Center for Family and Child Research, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum

    PI
    Prof. Dr. Birgit Leyendecker (Ruhr University Bochum)
    Funding
    RuhrFutur

    Related publications