Cai Chen is a PhD candidate and teaching assistant at the Laboratory of Anthropology of Contemporary Worlds (LAMC), Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. He is a prizewinner of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (Belgium, 2026). His research interests include queer migration, overseas Chinese, conjugal mixedness, ethnic and race relations, and Africa–China engagements. Chen's doctoral research explores the ethno-racial dynamics among Sino-Congolese couples living in the postcolonial Democratic Republic of Congo. He previously worked on the interrelationship between migration and sexuality among Chinese gay students in France. His work has been featured, among others, in Global China Pulse, the Journal of Chinese Overseas, the Handbook of Chinese Migration to Europe (Brill, 2024), Lien social et Politiques, and Migrations Société.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3420 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5348-8263 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/www.linkedin.com/in/chencai1994/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/CHEN_Cai_Anthro |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cai-Chen-16 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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
- Ethnic, religious and national minorities
- Diasporas and transnational communities
- Interethnic contact and conflict
- Marriage and migration
- Family relations and migration
- Upbringing of children and migration
- Migrants' language skills
- Intergroup relations and contact
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Université libre de Bruxelles
University, Brussels, Belgium
PhD Researcher
Research
Migrations LGBT+ vers la France : appropriations et négociations des catégories migratoires
| Authors | Cyriac Bouchet-Mayer, Nancy Nzeyimana-Cyizere, Cai Chen |
| Year | 2026 |
| Journal Name | Lien social et Politique | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Living the Field: How Accommodation Choices Shape Research on Global China in Africa
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Global China Pulse | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
« Je veux obtenir mon diplôme et avoir une relation gay ». Aspirations des gays chinois en mobilité pour études en France
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | e-Migrinter | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sexuality, socialization, and inequalities on the move: The Lived experiences of young Chinese gay migrant men in France and Belgium
| Authors | Cai Chen, Aaron Raphael Ponce |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Handbook of Chinese Migration to Europe | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Abderrahmane Sissako, dir. Black Tea. 2024. 110 minutes. Mandarin Chinese and French, with French subtitles. France, Mauritania, Luxembourg, Taiwan, and Ivory Coast. Gaumont. €19.99.
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | African Studies Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Situated Researcher: A Critical Autoethnography on Migrant Researcher’s Mobility, Positionality, and Agency
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Belgeo: Belgian Journal of Geography | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Un chercheur chinois sur le terrain en RD Congo : parcours, identités et relations d’enquête
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Suds : Géographies critiques, perspectives des Suds | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration et (re)socialisation sexuelle : le cas des jeunes migrants homosexuels chinois en France
| Authors | Cai Chen |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Migrations Société | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Rethinking the Gay Chinese Migrant through the Prism of Migration Aspirations: Observations from France and Belgium
| Authors | Aaron Raphael Ponce, Cai Chen |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Chinese Overseas | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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