Sophie Hohmann

Sophie Hohmann is a Lecturer at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), affiliated with the Eurasia department. Her research focuses on post-Soviet migration, Arctic sociology, and Central Asian history.

• Co-director of the Europe-Eurasia Research Center (CREE)
• Head of the DU Passerelle for exiled students
• Member of editorial boards: Connexe, Mongolian and Siberian Studies, Slovo

Research interests include:

• Sociology of migration in post-Soviet spaces
• Social history of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
• Sociology of violence and soldiers' diaries
• Islam in Central Asia and Arctic regions
• Post-Soviet urban mobility and identity recomposition
• Methodology of qualitative surveys

Recent publications address:

• Arctic Muslim communities (2024)
• Crisis impacts on Central Asian migration (2023)
• Post-Soviet border dynamics (2023)
• Arctic identity formation (2020)
• Islam in Russia's Arctic cities (2019)

Research teams:

• Europe-Eurasia Research Center (CREE)