PhD Sociology, University of Michigan (2011)
Ramón y Cajal Researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (current)
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 27 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4720-1841 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Either/Mixed
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Qualitative research
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Other, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Other, Bellaterra, Spain
Associate Professor
Research
Religious representation and performative citizenship: The civic dimensions of Shia lamentation rituals in Barcelona
| Authors | Avi Astor, Rosa Martínez-Cuadros, Víctor Albert-Blanco |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Social Compass | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Religion and its modifiers: making sense of the definition and subtypification of a contested concept
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Theory and Society |
Culturalized Religion: A Synthetic Review and Agenda for Research
| Authors | Avi Astor, Damon Mayrl |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
'A Latin Can Be Worth Just as Much or More than a Saxon': Boxing, Gender, and Transnational Latinity in Late Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century Spain
| Authors | Avi Astor, Jofre Riba Morales, Raul Sanchez Garcia |
| Year | 2020 |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Religious governance in the Spanish city: hands-on versus hands-off approaches to accommodating religious diversity in Barcelona and Madrid
| Authors | Avi Astor, Mar Griera, Mónica Cornejo |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Religion, State and Society |
Street Performance, Public Space, and the Boundaries of Urban Desirability: The Case of Living Statues in Barcelona
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research |
Polarization and the Limits of Politicization: Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral and the Politics of Cultural Heritage
| Authors | Avi Astor, Marian Burchardt, Mar Griera |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Qualitative Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Knocked out: Ritual disruption and the decline of Spanish boxing
| Authors | Avi Astor, Jofre Riba |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | International Review for the Sociology of Sport | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Politics of Religious Heritage: Framing Claims to Religion as Culture in Spain
| Authors | Avi Astor, Marian Burchardt, Mar Griera |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Social Position and Place-Protective Action in a New Immigration Context: Understanding Anti-Mosque Campaigns in Catalonia
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
Reviews of Books
| Authors | Ian Mackenzie, Maria Boguszewicz, Kimberly A. Nance, ... |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Bulletin of Spanish Studies |
Governing Religious Diversity Amid National Redefinition: Muslim Incorporation in Spain
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2015 |
| Book Title | After Integration | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Religious Governance and the Accommodation of Islam in Contemporary Spain
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Memory, community, and opposition to mosques: the case of Badalona
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Theory and Society |
Unauthorized Immigration, Securitization and the Making of Operation Wetback
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | LATINO STUDIES |
How does lack of insurance affect use of intensive care? A population-based study*
| Authors | Marion Danis, Walter T. Linde-Zwirble, Avraham Astor, ... |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | Critical Care Medicine |
Nationalist Mobilization, Ethno-Religious Contention, and Legal Innovation in a Stateless Nation: Explaining Catalonia’s 2009 “Law on Centers of Worship”
| Authors | Avi Astor |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Religions | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
L’Achoura à Barcelone : adaptations spatiales d’un rituel islamique chiite en situation diasporique
| Authors | Víctor Albert-Blanco, Avi Astor, Rosa Martínez-Cuadros |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |