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, She holds PhDs in sociology, and social anthropology and ethnology. She received her Habilitation from the University Paris 5. Ulrike is the current president of ISA-RC 09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development, Ulrike Schuerkens is senior lecturer at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales