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Maria Guadalupe Rivera Garay is a doctoral candidate at the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (Universität Bielefeld) and a Research Associate at the Department of Education and Social Work, University of Luxembourg. Her academic roles include Research Associate positions at TU Dortmund (2021–2023) and the London School of Economics (2014–2016). She holds an MSc in Sustainable Development from SOAS, University of London (2018) and a BA in Business Languages and Management from HTWG Konstanz and Universiti Sains Malaysia (2015).
Her research focuses on transnationalization, social and spatial mobility linked to international migration, social inequality, migration and development, and transnational families. Key projects include investigating migrant organizations’ role in social security co-production and the interplay between migration and social positioning.
No scientific awards or articles were explicitly listed in the provided texts. She has been a German Academic Scholarship Foundation recipient (2011–2018).
Current affiliations include Universität Bielefeld (doctoral studies) and the University of Luxembourg (research associate). Her work bridges migration studies, transnational sociology, and development policy.