1st Edition
Transnationality and Social Mobility Navigating Social Structures
1. Introduction: Cross-border migration and the search of betterment, 2. Navigating inequalities – the case of cross-border migration, 3. The drivers of social mobility, 4. The spaces of social mobility, 5. Towards a cross-border study of social mobility
Biography
Lisa Bonfert is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Social Research and Social Interventions at the University of Luxembourg, where she currently works on social inequalities, international migration and transnational family settings. In her research, she focuses on the experiences and emotions related to mobility and social inequality, belonging and identity (trans-)formation.
Lisa Bonfert’s Transnationality and Social Mobility: Navigating Social Structures offers a deeply insightful and timely exploration of cross-border migration and the complexities of social mobility. Through rich narratives and rigorous analysis, Bonfert challenges conventional understandings of success, inequality and transnational belonging. A must-read for scholars of migration, sociology and social mobility.
Karolina Barglowski, Professor of Sociology, Social Interventions and Social Politics, Head of Institute for Social Research and Interventions (ISI), UNIVERSITÉ DU LUXEMBOURG
