Dr. Inta Mierina is the Director of The Center for Migration and Diaspora Research and tenured professor at the University of Latvia Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. She has directed several research grants on migration, including the ESF research grant “The Emigrant Communities of Latvia,” in which 14,068 Latvian emigrants were surveyed in 118 countries. She has been involved in a number of international comparative studies concerning migrants, mostly their civic and political participation, working careers, inequality, and well-being. She is the country coordinator of the European Values Study (EVS) in Latvia. Mieriņa has been a visiting researcher at academic institutions in Germany, Denmark, Poland, and the U.S. – at the University of Washington as a Fulbright research fellow (2015), as well as at the University of Yale as Juris Padegs Post-doctoral fellow (2016). Her publications have appeared in Social Science Research, The Sociological Review, European Societies, Europe-Asia Studies, and other journals.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4495 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8397-1800 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Inta-Mierina-2 |
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
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Socio-economic 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
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative 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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University of Latvia
University, Riga, Latvia
Tenured professor -
University of Latvia
University, Riga, Latvia
Professor (tenure) -
University of Latvia
University, Riga, Latvia
Director -
University of Latvia
University, Riga, Latvia
Senior researcher
Research
Diasporas organizāciju kapacitātes un vajadzību pētījums: pētījuma rezultāti
| Authors | Baiba Bela, Inta Mieriņa |
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| Year | 2024 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reimagining “Integration” in the Light of the New Forms of Mobility
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa, Marika Laudere |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
Cultural heritage as interpreted and practiced by young people in non-formal associations in Latvia
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Baltic Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Microfoundations of Threat and Security Perceptions in Ethnically Diverse States: Lessons from Russia’s “Near Abroad”
| Authors | Juris Pupcenoks, Toms Rostoks, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Nationalities Papers | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Latvijas profesionāļu iesaiste diasporas diplomātijā un tīklojuma diplomātijas potenciāls: pētījuma rezultāti
| Authors | Baiba Bela, Inta Mieriņa, Elīna Pinto |
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| Year | 2022 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Diasporas tīklošanās prakses un piesaistes faktori mūsdienās
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Akadēmiskā Dzīve | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Latvian Emigrants in the United States: Different Waves, Different Identities?
| Authors | Andris Saulītis, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2019 |
| Book Title | The Emigrant Communities of Latvia | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction
| Authors | Rita Kaša, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2019 |
| Book Title | The Emigrant Communities of Latvia | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
An Integrated Approach to Surveying Emigrants Worldwide
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2019 |
| Book Title | The Emigrant Communities of Latvia | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Minority Reconsidered: Towards a Typology of Latvia’s Russophone Identity
| Authors | Mārtiņš Kaprāns, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Europe-Asia Studies |
A Comparative Expert Survey on Measuring and Enhancing Children and Young People’s Well-Being in Europe
| Authors | Jessica Ozan, Inta Mierina, Ilze Koroleva |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Measuring Youth Well-being | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Exploring non-cognitive predictors of mathematics achievement among 9th grade students
| Authors | Anita Pipere, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Learning and Individual Differences |
Support for Far Right Ideology and Anti-Migrant Attitudes among Youth in Europe: A Comparative Analysis
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa, Ilze Koroļeva |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | The Sociological Review |
| Citations (WoS) | 13 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Getting support in polarized societies: Income, social networks, and socioeconomic context
| Authors | Natalia Letki, Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social Science Research | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Is Communism to Blame for Political Disenchantment in Post-Communist Countries? Cohort Analysis of Adults' Political Attitudes
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa, Edmunds Cers |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Europe-Asia Studies |
The Vicious Circle
| Authors | Inta Mieriņa |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | European Societies |
Suggested Research
Is participation on the move a utopia? The study of EU mobile citizens in Latvia
| Authors | Visvaldis Valtenbergs, Inta Mieriņa, Jurijs Ņikišins, ... |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Identities |