Laura Lambert
Dr. des.
- Sociology - migration, bureaucracy, externalization, infrastructures, ethnography, asylum determination, refugees, future-making, political struggles, citizenship, state-making, West Africa, Niger, Sierra Leone, European Union, biometrics, digital identification
Research areas
Africa Europe Group of Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) (External organisation)
Lambert, L. (Chair), Bjarnesen, J. (Chair), Kandilige, L. (Chair) & Zanker, F. (Chair)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
African Migration Research Networks: Where Next?
Lambert, L. (Organiser), Zanker, F. (Organiser), Bjarnesen, J. (Organiser) & Kandilige, L. (Organiser)
11.06.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
AMMODI Virtual Roundtable: "Making African(ist) Migration Research Visible"
Lambert, L. (Organiser), Zanker, F. (Organiser), Bjarnesen, J. (Organiser) & Kandilige, L. (Organiser)
28.11.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Brill Verlag (Publisher)
Lambert, L. (Editorial Board)
2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Brokers of Citizenship: Justices of the Peace as Intermediaries in Sierra Leone’s Digital Identification Project
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
08.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changing ID Systems in West Africa and their Implications
Lambert, L. (Panel participant), Hammar, A. (Speaker), Fourchard, L. (Panel participant) & Sanwo-Olu, G. (Panel participant)
08.04.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
DigID Advisory Board Meeting
Scheel, S. (Organiser), Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Hargyono, S. (Organiser)
08.10.2025 → 10.10.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Enacting Citizenship in the Digital Age
Lambert, L. (Organiser) & Scheel, S. (Organiser)
29.11.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fabricating the Digital Citizen
Lambert, L. (Speaker)
01.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Migration Research Network (External organisation)
Lambert, L. (Member)
2025 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research