Kaltrina
Kusari
Kaltrina Kusari (MSW, RSW) was born and grew up in Kosova before moving to North America to pursue higher education. The growing up in a post-war society has shaped many of her career aspirations and research interests. Her Master of Social Work (University of Calgary) research focused on the experiences of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova, with the aim of highlighting the voices of a largely hidden migrant population. Currently, she is completing her PhD at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary; her research is grounded in postcolonial theories and transnational feminism and focuses on the experiences of return migrant women to Kosova. Staying true to her commitment to social justice, she has grounded her work in the lived experiences of marginalized migrant populations. She has also been involved with research projects which explore refugee resettlement in Canada; homelessness and housing insecurity among immigrants in Calgary; financial literacy among older migrants in Canada; and the complexities of the nexus between immigration and disability.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2088 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4159-1981 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaltrina-Kusari |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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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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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Migration 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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Subject Areas
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
Roles
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University of Calgary
University, Calgary, Canada
PhD Candidate
Research
Challenging repatriation as a durable solution: A critical discourse analysis of Kosova's repatriation strategy
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari, Christine A. Walsh |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Southeast European and Black Sea Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Being a helping professional in a transnational context: A framework of practice with forced returnees
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Constructivist Psychology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Participatory training in disability and migration: mobilizing community capacities for advocacy
| Authors | Natalie Spagnuolo, Yahya El-Lahib, Kaltrina Kusari |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Knocking on doors that never open’: examining discourses of rejected asylum seekers from Kosova
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Rejected Asylum Seekers from Kosova: A Social Work Critique of Repatriation as a Durable Solution
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari, Christine A. Walsh |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
(In)Voluntary Repatriation and Human Rights Violations of Kosovar Returnees
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Human Rights and Social Work | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
"Even When the Sun Shines There, It Does Not Warm You": Examining Experiences of Return Migrant Women to Kosova
| Authors | Kaltrina Kusari |
| Year | 2024 |