Michael Sauer

Michael Sauer is Professor of Social Policy at Bonn Rhein Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS), Germany, and serves as Vice Dean of the Department of Social Policy and Social Security. His research focuses on social policy, labour migration, and labour market governance, with a particular emphasis on South-Eastern Europe. Before joining H-BRS in 2018, he worked as an integrated CIM advisor to the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of the Republic of Kosovo, where he supported the design and implementation of labour migration programmes. Michael has initiated and strengthened long-term institutional partnerships between H-BRS and universities across South-Eastern Europe. Among other initiatives, he founded the international internship programme Get Balkanized, which promotes academic exchange and practical learning in the Western Balkans.