Sanne Boersma

Sanne Boersma serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Humanities at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, where she contributes to academic instruction and research within social sciences.

Her doctoral research culminated in a 2019 PhD thesis examining knowledge production and affective dimensions in immigrant integration monitoring systems at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Core research domains include:

• Critical Migration Studies
• Sociological Theory of Society-Immigrant Relations
• Cultural Analysis of Integration Policies
• Visual Representation in Public Discourse
• Temporal Dimensions of Migration Narratives
• Constructivist Approaches to Social Imaginaries

Publication analysis (2015-2019) reveals consistent investigation into how societal perceptions of immigrants are materially constructed through monitoring practices, visual technologies, and discursive frameworks. Her work demonstrates interdisciplinary rigor across sociology, cultural studies, and policy analysis, particularly highlighting the performative aspects of integration governance and the dissociation mechanisms within societal self-representation.