Vanessa Rau
Biographic Data
| ID | 223066 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanessa Rau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanessa |
| FAMILY NAME | Rau |
| SIGNATURE | RAU V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2204-8593 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religion and race
Migration meets disability. Approaches to intersectionality in the context of a disability rights organization
Despite the proliferation of intersectionality in academic research and political activism, the intersection of disability and migration remains neglected in academic research. With this paper, we contribute to exploring this interlinkage. Drawing on research in a disability rights organization, this paper explores different positions concerning the intersection of disability and migration. Proposing a typology of three different modes, we shed l…
Societal transformation and organisational change
This article investigates how and why advocacy organisations adapt to social diversification. Advocacy organisations play a key role in the formation and articulation of interests as well as their aggregation in political claims. But whose interests are represented? While we know that underrepresentation of minorities is a typical phenomenon, we know less about changes towards more inclusion and representation. Drawing on a detailed qualitative s…
Between Symbolic Distancing and Following Desires
Over the past decades, Judaism and Jewishness have been subject to transformation and more fluid boundaries. This article looks at women’s conversions to Judaism in Germany. Analyzing differing biographical trajectories, the article shows how individuals negotiate their desire to become Jewish, which is often closely related to an experience in Israel and a Jewish partner. Arguing that the context makes the conversion, I show how desires and nego…
Religion in Motion
Religion in Motion
Between Symbolic Distancing and Following Desires
Over the past decades, Judaism and Jewishness have been subject to transformation and more fluid boundaries. This article looks at women’s conversions to Judaism in Germany. Analyzing differing biographical trajectories, the article shows how individuals negotiate their desire to become Jewish, which is often closely related to an experience in Israel and a Jewish partner. Arguing that the context makes the conversion, I show how desires and nego…
Migration meets disability. Approaches to intersectionality in the context of a disability rights organization
Despite the proliferation of intersectionality in academic research and political activism, the intersection of disability and migration remains neglected in academic research. With this paper, we contribute to exploring this interlinkage. Drawing on research in a disability rights organization, this paper explores different positions concerning the intersection of disability and migration. Proposing a typology of three different modes, we shed l…
Religion in Motion
Religion in Motion
Between Symbolic Distancing and Following Desires
Over the past decades, Judaism and Jewishness have been subject to transformation and more fluid boundaries. This article looks at women’s conversions to Judaism in Germany. Analyzing differing biographical trajectories, the article shows how individuals negotiate their desire to become Jewish, which is often closely related to an experience in Israel and a Jewish partner. Arguing that the context makes the conversion, I show how desires and nego…
Migration meets disability. Approaches to intersectionality in the context of a disability rights organization
Despite the proliferation of intersectionality in academic research and political activism, the intersection of disability and migration remains neglected in academic research. With this paper, we contribute to exploring this interlinkage. Drawing on research in a disability rights organization, this paper explores different positions concerning the intersection of disability and migration. Proposing a typology of three different modes, we shed l…
Societal transformation and organisational change
This article investigates how and why advocacy organisations adapt to social diversification. Advocacy organisations play a key role in the formation and articulation of interests as well as their aggregation in political claims. But whose interests are represented? While we know that underrepresentation of minorities is a typical phenomenon, we know less about changes towards more inclusion and representation. Drawing on a detailed qualitative s…
Religion and race
Sociology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Intersectionality (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)