Affiliate Assistant Professor
Associate Professor of Sociology, Umeå University
Biography
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2010
M.A., University of Washington, 2005
M.A., Stanford University, 2000
B.A., Stanford University, 1999
Maureen A. Eger is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Umeå University in Sweden and a 2024-25 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. She earned a PhD and MA in sociology from the University of Washington and MA in sociology and BA in psychology from Stanford University. Her research interests lie broadly in political sociology, with an emphasis on immigration, nationalism, and the welfare state. In 2026, she will join the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California (USC).
*The selection of publications listed under "Research" reflects work carried out while at UW and/or published with other UW Sociology alumni.
Awards and Honors
Herbert L. Costner Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 2009
John C. Flanagan Dissertation Fellowship, the Graduate School, University of Washington, 2008-2009
Research
Selected Research
- O’Brien, Michelle L., and Maureen A. Eger. 2021. “Suppression, spikes, and stigma: How COVID-19 will shape international migration and hostilities toward it.” International Migration Review 55(3): 640-659.
- Eger, Maureen A., and Sarah Valdez. 2019. “From radical right to neo-nationalist.” European Political Science 18(3): 379–399.
- Kornrich, Sabino, and Maureen A. Eger. 2016. “Family Life in Context: Men and Women's Perceptions of Fairness and Satisfaction Across Thirty Countries.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 23(1): 40-69. (Online first: 2014)
- Eger, Maureen A., and Sarah Valdez. 2015. “Neo-nationalism in Western Europe.” European Sociological Review 31(1): 115-130. (Online first 2014)
- Eger, Maureen A. 2010. “Even in Sweden: The Effect of Immigration on Support for Welfare State Spending.” European Sociological Review 26(2): 203-217.
- Eger, Maureen A. 2010. "Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Limits of Altruism." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.