Lauren Wagner

Lauren Wagner is Associate Professor in Diasporic Mobilities and Programme Director of the MA Globalisation & Development Studies at Maastricht University, within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She is affiliated with the Department of Society Studies and the Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development Research Group.

Her research spans interdisciplinary social science, drawing from sociology, anthropology, geography, and sociolinguistics. Key interests include migration and diaspora (particularly Moroccan communities in Europe), mobile lifestyles, categorization, belonging, ethnomethodology, practice theory, leisure, consumption, and complexity. She employs theoretical frameworks such as assemblage and embodiment to understand lived experiences of mobility and identity.

The most recent publication, Diasporic Mobilities on Vacation (2023), explores the affective and embodied practices of European-Moroccans returning to Morocco for summer visits, reflecting her long-standing ethnographic engagement with transnational communities.

Lauren Wagner has no listed scientific awards in the provided text.

She mentors students in the MA Globalisation & Development Studies programme and leads curriculum development as Programme Director. While specific grants are not mentioned, her postdoctoral work at Wageningen University and current research suggest active engagement in funded academic projects. She also contributes to public scholarship through her Medium blog and personal website.

She is a member of the Globalisation, Transnationalism and Development Research Group at Maastricht University, which supports collaborative, interdisciplinary inquiry into global social transformations.