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Participant BiographiesSicel’mpilo Shange-Buthane, Advocacy Officer, Consortium for Refugees and Migrants(South Africa)Sicel’mpilo Shange-Buthane is an advocacy officer with the Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa(CoRMSA). She joined CoRMSA in September 2007 after having worked in the human rights sector for seven years at theBlack Sash. Her current position involves engaging with government and other stakeholders at local, provincial, and nationallevels on legislative and policy issues affecting non-nationals in South Africa, including the challenges encountered in theprotection and integration of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants. Ms Shange-Buthane manages the Access to SocialServices and Access to Asylum Programs. She is currently pursuing her master’s degree in forced migration at the Universityof the Witwatersrand. Some of her current projects are:• Administrative management of CoRMSA (including fundraising and managing donor relations).• Advocating for and lobbying on access to education and social security for non-nationals.• Coordinating work on access to the Refugee Reception Offices.Riem Spielhaus, Researcher, University of Copenhagen (Denmark/Germany)Riem Spielhaus is a research fellow at the Centre for European Islamic Thought. Currently, she is pursuing her post-doctoralresearch at the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark with a survey on political participation of Muslimsin Berlin. Since completing her Magister Artium in Islamic Studies, Riem Spielhaus has been working as an advisor for theCommissioner for Migration, Refugees, and Integration of the German Federal Government. Riem Spielhaus obtained herdissertation and master’s degree from the Institute of Asian and African Studies (IAAW) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlinin 2001 and 2008. She majored in Islamic studies and African studies. Her dissertation describes the emergence of a Muslimconsciousness in Germany between ascription and self-identification.Current selected work projects include:• Her research interest in Muslim minority studies with a focus on the production and dissemination of Islamic knowledge,identity politics, and the institutionalization of Islam in Europe.• Her main field of expertise in Muslim religious practices and the institutionalization of Islam in Germany and Europe.Oliver Steinert, Head of Section, Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany(Germany)Oliver Steinert is head of the Central Aspects of Integration and Social Cohesion section in the Federal Office for Migrationand Refugees, Germany. The year before, he was head of public relations in the Department of Integration at the FederalOffice for Migration and Refugees. At university he dealt with the integration of Polish migrants in Germany. His doctoralthesis compares the integration process of Poles in Berlin between 1870 and 1918 with the parallel integration process ofPolish migrants in the Rhein-Ruhr-Area.Selected current work projects include:• The organization of a conference on Integration in June 2010 in Nuremberg (highlighting aspects of education, languageand monitoring/indicators).• A concept concerning social cohesion and intercultural awareness.• Proposals to improve the link beween programs on social integration and those intending integration in the labor market.Victoria Stoiciu, Project Coordinator, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Romania)Victoria Stoiciu has a bachelor’s degree in political sciences and a master’s degree in international relations from the NationalSchool of Administrative and Political Studies, Bucharest. Since 2006 she has been working as a policy officer on social affairsat Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Romania. In addition, she regularly writes articles on migration and social issues for two Romaniannewspapers: Dilema Veche and Romania Libera.Current selected work projects include:• The economic crisis’s impact on labor migration.• Labor market policies under the crisis.• “Romanian migrants’ dilemma — domestic or foreign crisis?” — a series of media articles reporting on the life stories ofthe Romanian migrants from Spain, Italy, Cyprus, etc.T u r k e y o n t h e M o v e : A C o u n t r y o f E m i g r a t i o n ,I m m i g r a t i o n , a n d T r a n s i t M i g r a t i o n | 39