Faime Alpagu is a postdoctoral researcher funded by the MAX KADE Foundation in New York City. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Vienna. Her dissertation project entitled Migration Narratives Juxtaposed: A Sociological Analysis of Biographies, Photos and (Audio) Letters of “Guest Workers” from Turkey living in Austria was funded by a doctoral scholarship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Faime Alpagu received several awards such as the Research Award for Research on Migration and Integration 2021 by the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) and the Dissertation Award for Research on Migration from the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Her research has been further supported by the Institute for Human Sciences Vienna (IWM), the IFK Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften Wien and vorarlberg museum.
Her current research focuses on the intersections between migration/refugee studies, audio-visual studies, biographical research, and memory, applying an interpretative social research approach. Her current research focuses on the intersections between migration/refugee studies, audio-visual studies, archive studies, biographical research, and memory, applying an interpretative social research approach.