Helma Lutz

Helma Lutz, a sociologist and Professor of Women and Genderstudies at Goethe University, Germany (2007-21), was the laureate of the Humboldt Award from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden (2012). She has held fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC (2012/3), and from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (2004/5). Her research is concerned with gender, care, (transnational) migration, ethnicity, nationalism, racism, citizenship and the...See more

Helma Lutz, a sociologist and Professor of Women and Genderstudies at Goethe University, Germany (2007-21), was the laureate of the Humboldt Award from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Sweden (2012). She has held fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC (2012/3), and from the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (2004/5). Her research is concerned with gender, care, (transnational) migration, ethnicity, nationalism, racism, citizenship and the relationship between post-colonialism/post-socialism. Recent publications include: Gender and Migration: Transnational and Intersectional Prospects (with A. Amelina), Routledge 2019; Routledge Handbook Intersectionality 2023 (edited with K. Davis). As a 32-years-long ISA member, Lutz has served in many ISA functions, currently as president of RC05. Her article, 'Care migration: The connectivity between care chains, care circulation and transnational social inequality' (2018), was selected in 2022 for a list of the 10 most important articles in 70 years' of the publication of Current Sociology . See less