Yuliya Kosyakova

Yuliya Kosyakova is Professor of Migration Studies at the University of Bamberg and Head of the Migration, Integration, and International Labour Market Research Department at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg. Her research focuses on migration, forced displacement, and integration, with particular emphasis on refugee and conflict-induced migration, return and circular migration, labour market integration, social inequality, and the effectiveness of public policies.

Kosyakova studied European Economic Studies at the University of Bamberg and received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the European University Institute in Florence in 2016. In 2023, she was awarded the Raymond Boudon Prize in recognition of her outstanding contributions as an early-career researcher.

As of: June 2026