Elizabeth Marie Jacobs

Dr. Elizabeth Marie Jacobs is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her research investigates how institutions—state, corporate, and academic—shape the mobility and inequality of immigrants and refugees through computational methods and novel data sources. She specializes in migration, race, gender, education, and work, with a focus on institutional reproduction of inequality in global contexts.

• Research Affiliations: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Postdoctoral Fellow), Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration, Massive Data Institute
• Key Research Areas: Migration policy, digital demography, gender inequality, skilled migration, refugee displacement
• Collaborations: United Nations High Commission on Refugees, European Population Council, Population Association of America

Her recent work examines gender gaps in professional migration using LinkedIn data and develops computational models to forecast refugee displacement during crises. She has received fellowships from the Max Planck Society and Georgetown University, along with multiple research grants from institutions like the Benjamin Franklin Graduate Fellowship and Center for Advanced Study of India.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022–2023)
  • Georgetown University Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021–2022)
  • Benjamin Franklin Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (2015–2020)