Kalie Kërpaçi

Kalie Kërpaçi is an independent researcher working on return and labor migration. Her earlier research focused on return migration, the processes of reintegration and re-migration, as well as concepts such as alienation, better life, hybrid identity, and home. Her recent work examines the migration of health professionals from Albania and Kosovo to Germany. More specifically, she explores migration and return dynamics, migration channels, qualification recognition, integration, and transnational processes. Kalie was recently an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation postdoctoral fellow, hosted by Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University and the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies.