Nele Wolter

+49 (551) 4956 - 132

wolter@mmg.mpg.de

Curriculum Vitae

Nele Wolter is a Doctoral Fellow in the research group on “Ageing in a Time of Mobility” led by Dr. Megha Amrith. After studying cultural sciences and economics at the University of Bremen, she obtained her M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Göttingen. Her master’s thesis examined how North German shepherds are affected by nature conservation guidelines in their working practices, and how they include (or do not include) the changing environmental influence into their everyday work. Since 2016, Nele has worked as a Student Assistant in the Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity at the MPI-MMG.

Research projects

Aging agents: making a living among older Cameroonians in times of mobility

Publications

Wolter, N. (2023). Disrupted futures: The shifting aspirations of older Cameroonians living in displacement. In M. Amrith, V. K. Sakti, & D. Sampaio (Eds.), Aspiring in later life: Movements across time, space, and generations. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Link

Wolter, N. (2023). Doing nothing? Dynamics of waiting among ageing internally displaced Cameroonians during the anglophone crisis. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(4), 1050-1064. Link

Wolter, N. (2022). Doing nothing? Dynamics of waiting among ageing internally displaced Cameroonians during the anglophone crisis. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: Special issue: Southern reconfigurations of the ageing-migration nexus. Link

Wolter, N. (2019). [Review of:] Book Review: Transnational Migration and Home in Older Age. Anthropology & Aging, 40(2), 79-81. Link