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Maureen A. Eger serves as Associate Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden, and holds a 2024-25 Fellowship at Stanford University's Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). She maintains affiliations with the University of Washington and University of California, Berkeley, and will transition to the University of Southern California (USC) Sociology Department in 2026.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Washington, 2010
- M.A. in Sociology, University of Washington, 2005
- M.A. in Sociology, Stanford University, 2000
- B.A. in Psychology, Stanford University, 1999
Research Focus: As a comparative political sociologist, Eger investigates intersections of immigration, (neo-)nationalism, and welfare state dynamics across demographic and institutional contexts. Her work examines how attitudes toward ethnic diversity shape social policy preferences, voting behavior, and democratic resilience, with methodological expertise in multilevel modeling, panel data analysis, and comparative historical approaches. Current projects emphasize longitudinal changes in political attitudes and immigrant experiences.
Publication Trends: Recent work reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) migration stigma's health and social consequences, (2) higher education's role in moderating prejudice through academic discipline exposure, and (3) cross-national analyses of nationalism's relationship to welfare chauvinism. Geographically concentrated in Western Europe and the U.S., her research increasingly integrates stigma theory with traditional group threat frameworks while leveraging computational reproducibility methods.
Scientific Recognition:
- Herbert L. Costner Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award (2009)
- John C. Flanagan Dissertation Fellowship (2008-2009)
- Fulbright Scholar at Stockholm University
- CASBS Fellowship (2024-25)
Academic Contributions: Eger has supervised doctoral candidates under committee guidance from Michael Hechter, Lowell Hargens, and Edgar Kiser. Her research is supported through CASBS and Fulbright fellowships, with current projects examining migration stigma's political ramifications. She actively collaborates with the Center for Right-Wing Studies at UC Berkeley and Stanford's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity.
Research Ecosystem: Eger operates within transnational networks including CASBS at Stanford, UC Berkeley's Center for Right-Wing Studies, and Stanford's Research Institute for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. These affiliations facilitate her cross-institutional work on migration politics, while her upcoming USC appointment signals continued expansion of her research infrastructure.
