Dr. Valentin Feneberg

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C4.015b
Fon +49.4131.677-2459, valentin.feneberg@leuphana.de
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in, Professorship for Political Science, in particular Public Policy and Law

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Vita

Please note: Valentin Feneberg is on parental leave from February 2026 until February 2027 (summer term 2026: part-time parental leave).

Valentin Feneberg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Public Policy and Law at Leuphana University Lüneburg. He previously worked as a research assistant at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM) and served as a research coordinator and researcher at the Integrative Research Institute Law & Society at Humboldt University Berlin. Valentin specializes on the politics of law and courts, as well as on (forced) migration studies. In 2024, he was a visiting research fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. Valentin is a co-editor of the German Journal of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies. His book ‘Die Heimat der Anderen’ (The Home of Others) on Country of Origin Information in asylum procedures received the Humboldt Prize and the Dietrich Thränhardt Dissertation Prize. In 2025, he received the Klaus J. Bade Prize for Migration and Integration Research.

Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Die Heimat der Anderen: Ermittlung und Verwendung von Herkunftslandinformationen in Asylverfahren
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , 2024 Baden-Baden , 540 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research

  2. Gerichte im Kontext: Empirische und interdisziplinäre Zugänge zum Asylrecht
    Valentin Feneberg (Editor) , Petra Sußner (Editor) , 2023

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Editorial: Courts in Context. An Empirical Re-Evaluation of Categorization in the Asylum Regime
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Petra Sußner (Author) , 01.01.2023 , in: German Journal of Forced Migration and Refugee Studies, 7, 1 , p. 4-14 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

  2. It's Not What You Know, It's How You Use It: The Application of Country of Origin Information in Judicial Refugee Status Determination Decisions - A Case Study of Germany
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Nick Gill (Author) , Nicole I.J. Hoellerer (Author) , Laura Scheinert (Author) , 01.06.2022 , in: International Journal of Refugee Law, 34, 2 , p. 241-267 , 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Schutz vor extremer Armut - Asylrechtsfortbildung durch Verwaltungsgerichte
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Paul Pettersson (Author) , 01.01.2022 , in: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht, 41, 20 , p. 1519-1524 , 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  4. Kollektive Gefährdungslage Corona – Die Pandemie in der Asylrechtsprechung am Beispiel Afghanistan
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Paul Pettersson (Author) , 01.01.2021 , in: Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik (ZAR), 41, 5-6 , p. 196-204 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

  5. Statistik und Wirklichkeit: Asyl- und Gerichtsstatistik des BAMF verzerren das tatsächliche Bild der Schutzgewährung
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Sebastian Pukrop (Author) , 01.01.2020 , in: Asylmagazin: Zeitschrift für Flüchtlings- und Migrationsrtecht, 2020, 10-11 , p. 355-362 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Refugee
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Natascha Verena Christine Zaun (Author) , 01.01.2026 Cham

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  2. „Vernünftige Verfolger“? Realitätskonstruktion mit Erfahrungssätzen in der deutschen Syrienrechtsprechung
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , 01.05.2024 Berlin , p. 203-220 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  3. Sichere Herkunftsstaaten
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , 01.01.2023 Baden-Baden , p. 539-546 , 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

  4. Rückkehr
    Valentin Feneberg (Author) , Claudia Olivier-Mensah (Author) , 01.01.2023 Baden-Baden , p. 497-504 , 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research

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Activities

Press / Media

Prizes

  1. Klaus J. Bade Prize for Migration and Integration research
    Valentin Feneberg (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Dietrich-Thränhardt-Dissertationspreis
    Valentin Feneberg (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  3. "Special Mention": Förderpreis für herausragende Promotionen (DGS Sektion Migration und ethnische Minderheiten)
    Valentin Feneberg (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. Humboldt Award for the Dissertation Home of the Others. Country of Origin Information in Asylum Procedures
    Valentin Feneberg (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  5. Best Paper Award des Netzwerks Fluchtforschung
    Valentin Feneberg (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Teaching