Research interests
- Migrant agency, agentic awareness
- Identity formation
- Transnationalism
- Post-colonialism
- Diversity in Education
Professional experience
- Since April 2022 - Social Pedagogue, Socius Die Bildungspartner gGmbH
- Excellence Award and Scholarship for Academic Achievements in the name of School of Education, Tel Aviv University, April 20, 2021.
- Scholarship for excellent dissertation proposal in the name of Prof. Miri Yemini from School of Education, Tel Aviv University February 28, 2021
- 2019 - 2021 - MA degree in Multilingual Education, Tel Aviv University (Magna Cum Laude).
- 2015 - 2019 Marketing Research in Berlin, Germany
- 2007 - 2014 Business Management and Marketing Research in China
- 2003 - 2006 BA studies in Philosophy and East-Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University
Publications
Maxwell, C., Leybenson, M., & Yemini, M. (2024). Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin. International Sociology, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/02685809241252102
Leybenson, M., Gutman, M., & Yemini, M. (2022). Parental logic among Russian-speaking two-step migrants. Journal of Family Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2022.2082315
Leybenson, M., Gutman, M., & Yemini, M. (2022). Crossing the Borders: Dynamic Identity Variations of Former Israeli Russian-Speaking Migrants of the 1.5 Generation. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2151033
Scientific presentations
Workshop contribution as part of the DoDzi thematic workshop "Living apart together: growing up in transnational families" on 27 - 29 April, 2023.
Talks
University of Bremen (2024) with the talk "Pedagogies of intercultural understanding in the age of contextual sensivity and local relevance. How do teachers' beliefs influence their response to diversity in the classroom?" Early Career Researcher Conference of the Society for Political Didactics and Political Youth and Adult Education (GPJE)
Memberships
Associate member of the German Society for Educational Science