I am a Sociologist researching on migration. Presently, I am moderating a webinar series on covid and mobility called Corona Conversations: Mobility in a (post)Covid Future (https://gssc.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltungen/webinare/2020-corona-conversation-mobility-and-migration) hosted by the Global South Studies Centre, University of Cologne and supported by the DAAD.
My current interest is in future of migration from the perspective of transnational practices of Indian women migrants in Germany especially those migrating under EU Blue Card scheme and for higher education. Significant rise in their arrival is changing the social-cultural landscape in Germany as these young women are visible in German public spaces, white-collar employees, often bring their male dependent partners and effectively combine 'home-here' practices to invent homeland in Germany.
I am also interested in migration-covid interface from the perspective of how does post-covid truth shape the future of migration.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1317 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0542-8853 |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/Achilles_Heel4 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amrita_Datta3 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
- Racism, xenophobia and discrimination
- Cultural identity and belonging
- Attitudes, migration and migrants
- Media representations of migration
- Migrants in sports, arts, leisure
- Migrants and religion
- Diasporas and transnational communities
- Descendants of migrants
- Marriage and migration
- Upbringing of children and migration
- Migrants' language skills
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
Geographies
Roles
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Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
University, Köln, Germany
Researcher and Visiting Lecturer -
Global South Studies Centre, University of Cologne
University, Köln, Germany
Moderator of Corona Conversations: Mobility in (post)Covid Future -
Bielefeld University
University, Bielefeld, Germany
Lecturer and Researcher -
University of Siegen
University, Siegen, Germany
Marie Curie Fellow -
University of Cologne
University, Cologne, Germany
Visiting Lecturer
Research
Sreedeep Bhattacharya, Consumerist Encounters: Flirting With Things and Images
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | International Sociology |
Stories of the Indian Immigrant Communities in Germany
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2023 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Graphic migrations: precarity and gender in India and the diaspora
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Gender, Place & Culture | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Manjusha Nair, Undervalued Dissent: Informal Workers’ Politics in India
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mediascape and Identity Reproduction and Sustenance: A Case of Indian Guest-Workers in Germany
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Media Critiques | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Guest Editor’s Introduction for Special Dossier on Uncertain Mobilities
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Diversity | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Do the Kerala nurses in Germany break the myth of migration as a male-space?
| Authors | Amrita Datta, Arani Basu |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Migration and Diversity | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mobility as survival and freedom: Pandemic, Immobility and its implications for women and queer migrants
| Authors | Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | MIGRATION LETTERS | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
The Future of Urbanisation: Migration Policies in the Post-pandemic World
| Authors | S. Irudaya Rajan, Amrita Datta |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Urbanisation |