Florian Sichling, Ph.D.

Florian Sichling is a social worker from Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago in 2015. His research examines the transition to adulthood of disadvantaged, immigrant, and minority youth in the U.S. and Germany. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, Dr. Sichling gained practice experience working with Turkish immigrant youth in West Germany and as an anti-racist organizer in East Germany.

As an associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, Dr. Sichling teaches graduate policy and research methods courses and serves as an MSW student advisor.

He currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the Wyman Center in St. Louis.

During the fall semester of 2023 and spring semester of 2024, Dr. Sichling will be on leave from UMSL to be a visiting professor at the University of Vienna (Austria).

Courses Taught

SW 3210 Social Issues and Social Policy Development

Education

Ph.D., The University of Chicago (2015)
AM, The University of Chicago (2007)
Diploma FH (BSW), Lutheran University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Dresden, Germany (2003)

Recent Publications

Sichling, F. (in press). The housing experiences of Syrian refugee youth in the United States. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.

Karamehic-Muratovic, A., Sichling, F., Zuko, S., & Vamas, E. (2022). Neither Bosnian nor American: Bosnian Parents’ Perceptions of their Children’s Adaptation Experience in the United States. In: D. Karabegovic & A. Karamehic-Oates (Eds.). Bosnian Studies: A Reader for an Emerging Field (pp. 77-98). University of Missouri Press.

Sichling, F. & Zentner, M. (2022). „Man sieht Sachen, die man noch nie im Leben gesehen hat“: Die Fluchterfahrungen männlicher Jugendlicher aus Syrien. Migration und Soziale Arbeit (3/2022), pp. 244-251.

Sichling, F., Karamehic-Muratovic, A., Evangalia, V., & Muratovic, E. (2021). Perceptions of Bosnians in St. Louis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 84, pp. 119-129.

Sichling, F. (2021). ‘Mutato sub Pressura’: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Remaking of German Youth Policy. Journal of Social Policy, 50(4), pp. 706-724.

See Dr. Sichling's CV for a complete list of publications.

Research Interests

Include minority youth development, transition to adulthood, inequality, comparative research, and social policy.