Since January 2019, I am a postdoctoral fellow at Concordia University’s Centre for the Study of Immigration and Politics (CSPI) and Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la diversité et la démocratie (cridaq). After obtaining my dual PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris and Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, I moved to Canada (Montreal) to further study migration politics in federal states. As a political scientist, I pursue a comparative research agenda focused on the dynamics of immigration policymaking at the subnational level
More generally, I study immigration, public policy, comparative politics, and federalism. My PhD dissertation is entitled « Intégrer pour exister ? Nationalisme sous-étatique et intégration des immigrés en Flandre et au Québec » (“Why integrate? Sub-state nationalism and immigrant integration in Flanders and Quebec”). I graduated in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris (Political Theory) as well as in Law from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Master in de rechten – Master of Laws, LL.M publiek recht/public law). From December 2015 to May 2016, I was a Visiting Assistant in Research at Yale University (MacMillan Center). From May 2016 to October 2016, I was in Montreal for a research stay at McGill University. In 2018, I was a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University (OXPO Visiting Scheme). I am the co-coordinator of the Working Group Political Theory and FéDéRé within the Belgian Association of Political Science (ABSP) and I co-edit the association’s blog (BePolitix). I am also part of a research team studying Quebec’s migration politics/policies, in which I am in charge of knowledge transfer (ÉRIQA – Équipe de recherche sur l’immigration dans le Québec actuel).
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1079 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3233-8853 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-xhardez-78462320/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/CathXhardez |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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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Concordia University
University, Montreal, Canada
Postdoctoral Fellow -
Université de Montréal
Other, Montreal, Canada
Assistant Professor -
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Other, Brussels, Belgium
FWO Postdoctoral Fellow -
Fonds de La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Other, Brussels, Belgium
Aspirante F.R.S.-FNRS - Research Fellow -
Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles
Other, Bruxelles, Belgium
Teaching Assistant
Research
Immigrant integration policies when regions decide ‘who comes in’: the case of Canadian provinces
| Authors | Mireille Paquet, Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Regional Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Beyond the Usual Suspects and Towards Politicisation: Immigration in Quebec’s Party Manifestos, 1991–2018
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez, Mireille Paquet |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
| Citations (WoS) | 12 |
Citizenship as a rhetorical tool of nation-building: discourse in Flanders and Quebec
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Citizenship Studies |
Immigration Federalism: Towards a Broader, Comparative and Subnational Research Agenda
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Federal Governance | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
From different paths to a similar road? Understanding the convergence of subnational immigrant integration policies in Belgium
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Regional Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The integration of new immigrants in Brussels: an institutional and political puzzle
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Brussels Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An Indicator-Based Approach to Comparative Policy Analysis: Measuring Regional Governance of Migrant Integration
| Authors | Francesco Pasetti, Catherine Xhardez, Verena Wisthaler, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Temporary Protection in Times of Crisis: The European Union, Canada, and the Invasion of Ukraine
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez, Dagmar Soennecken |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Politics and Governance | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
‘Stand by me’: competitive subnational regimes and the politics of retaining immigrants
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
The hidden power of provincial and territorial immigration programs in shaping Canada’s immigration landscape
| Authors | Catherine Xhardez, Danoé Tanguay |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
How sub-state nationalism and immigrant integration policies entwine over time: a spotlight on Flanders (Belgium)
| Authors | Ilke Adam, Catherine Xhardez |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Migration and Nationalism | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |