Shahar Shoham

Dr. Shahar Shoham, an anthropologist specializing in labor and forced migration, is an Associate Member of the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt University of Berlin. She works within the Department of Migration in Global Perspective and serves as a Research Fellow for the ERC-funded ChainGe Lab: New Labor Law for a Global Value Chain Economy project.

• Education: Doctoral research at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University.

Dr. Shoham's work bridges migrant-centered research with feminist methodology and multisensory knowledge production. Her current multimodal visual anthropology project builds on her analysis of the Thai-Israeli migration regime, focusing on translocal practices to support workers' struggles for better futures and the lived experiences of returning migrants.

Her recent publications highlight ethical co-dissemination with refugees, exploitative labor migration systems, and the impact of deportation policies. These works emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, merging anthropology with policy advocacy and multisensory dissemination techniques.

Dr. Shoham previously led the Migrants and Refugees Unit at Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, investigating externalization policies toward refugees. Her advocacy spans two decades in academic and non-academic contexts, prioritizing marginalized voices in migration research.

Labs/Teams: She is affiliated with the ChainGe Lab and contributes to BIM's interdisciplinary research clusters, including digital infrastructure and sovereignty studies in migration.