I am a cultural anthropologist whose work examines how mobility, institutions, governance, and cultural practices shape everyday life in contemporary societies. Grounded in ethnographic inquiry, my research engages with questions of diversity, transculturality, agency, responsibility, belonging, and social transformation across diverse social and transnational contexts.
My work brings together qualitative ethnography, interdisciplinary perspectives, and mixed-methods approaches to explore migration, institutional life, and societal change. I am particularly interested in the ways public institutions, organizational structures, and cultural formations shape decision-making, social relations, and lived experience.
I hold a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology and have regional research experience across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and West Africa. My scholarly interests lie at the intersection of migration studies, the anthropology of institutions and governance, and broader questions of culture, inequality, and social transformation.
Alongside my research, I teach at BA and MA level in Anthropology, Cultural Studies and related fields. My teaching focuses on ethnographic methods, migration, and music and popular culture as cultural texts, with particular attention to transnational dynamics, representation, and social inequality.
I am also Co-Founder of GLUE – Global Learning & Understanding Each Other, an international initiative dedicated to collaborative learning, intercultural exchange, and dialogue across institutional and societal boundaries. Through GLUE, I develop formats that connect academic knowledge with public engagement.
My work is guided by a commitment to rigorous scholarship, collaborative research practices, and forms of knowledge that are both analytically robust and socially meaningful.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 6588 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9239-2489 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-katharina-johnson/ | |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
- Gender relations
- Labour markets and employment
- Poverty and inequality
- Conflict, war and violence
- International relations and geopolitical transformations
- Political situation, repression and regime transitions
- Civil and political rights
- Migration governance and infrastructure
- Migration policy and other public policies
- Personal resources and migration experience
- Migrant communities and networks
- Education services and training opportunities
- Migrant aspirations and attitudes
- Cultural norms and ties
- Globalisation and (post)colonialism
- Transnational ties
- Family size and structure
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
Roles
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Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Research Institute, Germany
Researcher
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