Mark Terkessidis is a freelance author and migration researcher, he lives in Berlin and Cologne. He studied psychology in Cologne and received his doctorate in education from the University of Mainz on the topic of racism, published as: The Banality of Racism. Migrants of the Second Generation Develop a New Perspective (2004). He was editor of the magazine Spex (1992-1994), presenter for "Funkhaus Europa" on WDR (2003-2011) and lecturer at the University of St Gallen (2012-2018). In addition to his own books, he has published articles in Texte zur Kunst, Süddeutsche Zeitung, taz, Tagesspiegel, Zeit, Literaturen and Freitag, as well as on WDR and Deutschlandfunk. With Jochen Kühling, he founded "Heimatlieder aus Deutschland" in 2012. New Books: Whose Memory Counts? Colonial Past and Racism Today (2019); After the Flight. New Ideas for the Immigration Society (2017); Collaboration (2015).