Katie Kuschminder (PhD) is a Senior Researcher in Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and an independent migration consultant. At the University of Amsterdam, she is the Principal Investigator of the ERC Starting Grant Reintegrate (2021-2026). This project will develop a conceptual understanding of what is reintegration governance, its implementation and effectiveness and a new theoretical framework of how different forms of reintegration governance shape returnees’ reintegration outcomes....
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3893
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5071-1060
Twitter https://twitter.com/@kkuschminder

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • Senior Researcher

    University, Amsterdam , Netherlands

  • Universiteit van Amsterdam

    Other, N/A, Netherlands
    Academic, Research Associate

Research

Moral Exclusion, Dehumanisation, and Continued Resistance to Return: Experiences of Refused Afghan Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Talitha Dubow
Year 2023
Journal Name Geopolitics
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1 Journal Article

Beyond ‘Just Comes’ and ‘Know-It-Alls’: Exploring Strategies to Deal with Returnee Stigmas During Diaspora Return Visits for Knowledge Transfer

Authors Charlotte Mueller, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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2 Journal Article

Forced, regulated and flexible temporariness in return migration

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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3 Journal Article

Return migration

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2022
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies
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4 Book Chapter

Introduction: definitions, typologies and theories of return migration

Authors Russell King, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2022
Book Title Handbook of Return Migration
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5 Book Chapter

Family Strategies in Refugee Journeys to Europe

Authors Talitha Dubow, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 8
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6 Journal Article

Contextualizing and conceptualizing reintegration processes in the context of return

Authors Ine Lietaert, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 14
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7 Journal Article

Before disembarkation: Eritrean and Nigerian migrants journeys within Africa

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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8 Journal Article

Evaluations of Return Within A Mass Deportation: Ethiopians’ Experiences of Return After Expulsion From Saudi Arabia

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Zoe Ogahara, Iman Rajabzadeh
Year 2020
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 2
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9 Journal Article

At Europe's frontline: factors determining migrants decision making for onwards migration from Greece and Turkey

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Jennifer Waidler
Year 2020
Journal Name Migration and Development
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10 Journal Article

Smuggling, Trafficking, and Extortion: New Conceptual and Policy Challenges on the Libyan Route to Europe

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Anna Triandafyllidou
Year 2020
Journal Name Antipode
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11 Journal Article

The Multi-level Governance of Asylum in Italy: Understanding Eritreans’ Secondary Movements in Search of Relocation within Italy

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 3
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12 Journal Article

Migration and multidimensional well-being in Ethiopia: investigating the role of migrants destinations

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Lisa Andersson, Melissa Seigel
Year 2018
Journal Name Migration and Development
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14 Journal Article

A spurious relationship?

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2018
Book Title The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of Migration in Europe
15 Book Chapter

Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision-Making in Greece and Turkey

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
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16 Journal Article

The root causes of movement: Exploring the determinants of irregular migration from Afghanistan

Authors Craig Loschmann, Katie Kuschminder, Melissa Siegel
Year 2017
Book Title A Long Way to Go: Irregular Migration Patterns, Processes, Drivers and Decision-making
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17 Book Chapter

Assisted voluntary return and reintegration of migrants: A comparative approach

Authors Khalid Koser, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2017
Book Title A Long Way to Go: Irregular Migration Patterns, Processes, Drivers and Decision-making
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18 Book Chapter

Interrogating the Relationship between Remigration and Sustainable Return

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2017
Journal Name International Migration
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20 Journal Article

Return migrants’ perceptions of living conditions in Ethiopia: A gendered analysis

Authors Özge Bilgili, Katie Kuschminder, Melissa Siegel
Year 2017
Journal Name Migration Studies
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21 Journal Article

Strong ties, weak ties: Exploring the role of networks in domestic worker migration from Ethiopia to the Middle East

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2016
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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22 Journal Article

Determinants of diaspora policy engagement of Ethiopians in the Netherlands

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Melissa Siegel
Year 2016
Journal Name African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal
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23 Journal Article

Diaspora Engagement Policies and the Power of the Strong State

Authors Katie Kuschminder, Metka Hercog
Year 2016
Book Title Adjusting to a World in Motion
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24 Book Chapter

Lessons Learned from Refugee Return Settlement Policies: A Case Study on Burundi's Rural Integrated Villages

Authors Sonja Fransen, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2014
Journal Name Refugee Survey Quarterly
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25 Journal Article

Knowledge Transfer and Capacity Building Through the Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals to Afghanistan

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2013
Journal Name International Migration
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26 Journal Article

A History of Pashtun Migration, 1775-2006

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Year 2011
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
27 Journal Article

Organizing Care across the Continuum: Primary Care, Specialty Services, Acute and Long-term Care

Authors Nelly Oelke, Leslie Cunning, Kaye Andrews, ...
Year 2009
Journal Name Healthcare Quarterly
28 Journal Article

Migrant experiences of sexual and gender based violence: a critical interpretative synthesis

Authors Sze Eng Tan, Katie Kuschminder
Year 2022
Journal Name Globalization and Health
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29 Journal Article

Diaspora Engagement and Policy in Ethiopia

Authors Melissa Siegel, Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Emigration Nations
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30 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

Reintegration Strategies

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate
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2 Book Chapter

Overview of Female Return Migration to Ethiopia: Professionals, Students, and Domestics

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate
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3 Book Chapter

Reintegration Strategies of Female Return Migrants to Ethiopia

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate
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4 Book Chapter

Structural and Cultural Environment of Female Return Migration to Ethiopia

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate
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5 Book Chapter

Reintegration Dimensions of the Analytical Groups

Authors Katie Kuschminder
Book Title Reintegration strategies : conceptualizing how return migrants reintegrate
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6 Book Chapter

Afghans in Greece and Turkey seeking to migrate onward : decision-making factors and destination choices

Authors Katie KUSCHMINDER, Khalid KOSER
Year 2016
Journal Name Migration Policy Practice
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7 Journal Article

Back to the land the long-term challenges of refugee return and reintegration in Burundi

Authors Sonja Fransen, Katie Kuschminder, UNHCR. Policy Development and Evaluation Service
Year 2012
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8 Report

Assisted voluntary return and reintegration of migrants : a comparative approach

Authors Khalid KOSER, Katie KUSCHMINDER
Year 2017
Book Title A Long Way to Go: Irregular Migration Patterns, Processes, Drivers and Decision-making
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9 Book Chapter

Reintegration package for Ethiopia

Authors Katie KUSCHMINDER, Alexandra RICARD-GUAY
Description
Ethiopia has been facing an increased return of migrants, as a result of mass deportation from countries like Saudi Arabia, The Government of Ethiopia, together with other humanitarian actors successfully managed the return but, due to the absence of a national framework on reintegration, the reintegration component was not addressed. Hence this report presents the recommended approach for developing a reintegration package for return migrants in Ethiopia. This package is expected to serve as a point of reference and practical guide for the Government of Ethiopia, UN agencies, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to develop programs in support of the successful reintegration of returnees, back into their community and labour market.
Year 2018
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10 Report

Reintegration background report

Authors Katie KUSCHMINDER, Alexandra RICARD-GUAY
Description
This report accompanying the “Reintegration package” provides the context of return and reintegration in Ethiopia including the current policies, processes and stakeholders involved in reintegration interventions and to analyze the opportunities and gaps in the current system and make recommendations.
Year 2018
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11 Report

Fluctuations in Migration Flows to Europe

Authors Maastricht University, Scientific Research and Documentation Centre, Ministry of Security and Justice, Katie Kuschminder, ...
Description
In 2015, there were higher than normal migration flows from Turkey to Greece and then via the Western Balkans to other European Union (EU) countries, leading to what has been termed Europe’s ‘refugee crisis’. The primary research question guiding this study is: How can the fluctuations in migration flows on the Balkans route from January 2015-December 2018 be explained? The core sub-questions guiding this research are: What explanations are there for the sharp decrease in the number of refugees and migrants on the Balkans route even before the EU-Turkey Statement came into effect? What are the decision making factors of refugees and migrants when choosing to leave Turkey before and after the EU-Turkey Statement? To what extent do policy interventions impact refugees and migrants’ decision-making regarding routes and destination choices?
Year 2019
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12 Report
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