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Sean Lauer

Sean Lauer

University of British Columbia, Member Place and Infrastructure Theme
EducationPhD, University of New Hampshire
Areas of ExpertiseImmigration, friendship, marriage, community, community organizations
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Sean Lauer is a Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. His research uses institutional and network approaches to study immigration, friendship, marriage, and community organizations. He has published widely, including the books Getting Married: The Public Nature of Private Relationships with Carrie Yodanis and Neighbourhood Houses: Building Community in Vancouver with Miu Chung Yan. 

He is currently exploring how social infrastructure contributes to social integration through projects that examine friendship formation through participation in community organizations, interethnic friendships and interethnic relationships in the settlement sector.

Recent Publications

Lauer, S. (2023). Cosmopolitan Social Infrastructure and Cross-ethnic Friendship (external link) . Current Sociology.

Lauer, S. & Yan, M.C. (2022). Social Infrastructure and Social Capacity Development Among Newcomers to Canada: The Role of Neighborhood Houses in Vancouver (external link) . Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23, 911-029.

Lauer, S., Yan, M.C. (2021). Canadian Immigrant Youth and Co-ethnic Friendship Group Change (external link) . Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(4), 639-658.