Mahamadou Lamine Sagna is a sociologist and researcher. His work explores how African and European communities interact with institutions, technology, and globalization, emphasizing the human and social dimensions of transformation. He holds a PhD in Sociology from Université de Caen Normandie and has also studied management, finance, and ethnic-psychiatry. He is a Research Associate at the Institute of Science and Technology for Development at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is also an Affiliate Member of the Laboratoire de Changement Social et Politique, Université Paris Cité, and the Laboratoire de Recherche Économique et Monétaire, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar.