Agata A. Lambrechts

Agata A. Lambrechts serves as a Researcher at the Institute of Communication and Public Policy (ICPP) within the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society at the University of Lugano (USI). She earned her PhD in Education from the University of York in 2021, with a dissertation focusing on higher education opportunities for refugee background students in Europe. At USI, she manages the Summer School in Social Sciences Methods and the Doctoral School on 'Socio-Cultural Approaches in Business Studies: Theoretical Foundations and Theory-Building'.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Education, University of York, 2021 (Thesis: Higher education opportunities for refugee background students in Europe)

Dr. Lambrechts' research critically examines structural inequities in academia, with gender disparities in academic labor as a central focus. She investigates migration-driven access barriers to higher education, doctoral training ecosystems, career progression trajectories, and comparative research funding frameworks. Her work extends to cross-border higher education alliances and systemic diversity in global academic institutions, employing qualitative methodologies to unpack socio-cultural dynamics.

Her scholarship appears in leading publications including Higher Education, Scientific Data, and International Higher Education. Through her leadership in USI's Summer School and Doctoral School, she advances methodological rigor in social sciences while cultivating interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks for business studies, directly shaping emerging scholars' research capabilities and institutional collaboration strategies.