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- 1 2 3 4 Curriculum vitae Ursula Apitzsch, Research Teams, EthnoGeneration, retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ Ursula Rüssmann, "Differenz ist normal", Politik, der Freitag , 1 October 1999 (in German)
- ↑ Short biography, Centre of Gender Excellence, Linköping University/Örebro University, retrieved 4 April 2013.
- ↑ Biography, University of York
- ↑ Research Summary: EthnoGeneration.
- ↑ Female Immigrants in Informal European Labour Markets: Social, Political and Legal Implications for their Integration, Follow-Up Projects, EthnoGeneration.
