Karolina Barglowski is Associate Professor of Sociology, Social Interventions, and Social Politics. She specializes in migrants’ social protection, family relationships, and transnational social inequality. Before joining the University of Luxembourg, she held several scientific positions at TU Dortmund University, Bielefeld University, University Duisburg-Essen, Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Ethnic and Religious Diversity, University of California in Berkeley, and University of Toruń.
She has extensive experience in managing and leading research projects and in collaborating with various NGOs and stakeholders in migration and social protection. Her work has appeared in numerous leading international journals, and she has co-edited various special issues related to the impact of migration and transnational incorporation on family life, social protection and social inequality. Books and special issues include (Routledge, 2019), (Population, Space, and Place, 2015, together with T. Faist, B.Bilecen, J.J. Sienkiewicz) (Comparative Migration Studies, 2019, together with B.Bilecen, T.Faist, E.Kofman), (Social Sciences, 2022, together with S. Petermann, T. Schlee) and (Global Networks, 2023, together with S. Carlson). Cultures of Transnationality in European Migration. Subjectivity, Family, and Inequality Transnational social protection: Migrant strategies and patterns of inequality Gendered dynamics of transnational social protection Migrant Organizations: Multifunctional and Flexible Providers of Social Protection and Welfare in Changing Societies Transnational class formation: identities, practices, and symbolic classifications
She currently co-leads two large collaborative research projects: