Laura Morosanu is Reader in Sociology at the University of Sussex, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. She co-convenes the Ethnicity, Race, and Diverse Societies Research Network at Sussex, and, together with Sarah Scuzzarello, co-coordinates the IMISCOE Standing Committee on Gender and Sexuality in Migration Studies (GenSeM).
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1171
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-1866

Roles

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Senior Lecturer

  • University of Sussex

    University, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Reader

Research

Integration and intersectionality: boundaries and belonging “from above” and “from below”. Introduction to the special issue

Authors Sarah Scuzzarello, Laura Moroşanu
Year 2023
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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1 Journal Article

‘One improves here every day’: the occupational and learning journeys of ‘lower-skilled’ European migrants in the London region

Authors Laura Moroşanu, Russell King, Aija Lulle, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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2 Journal Article

Growing up abroad: Italian and Romanian migrants’ partial transitions to adulthood

Authors Laura Moroşanu, Alexandra Bulat, Caterina Mazzilli, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 1
3 Journal Article

And then came Brexit: Experiences and future plans of young EU migrants in the London region

Authors Aija Lulle, Russell King, Laura Morosanu
Year 2018
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 15
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4 Journal Article

Researching migrants’ diverse social relationships: From ethnic to cosmopolitan sociability?

Authors Laura Moroşanu, Laura Morosanu
Year 2018
Journal Name The Sociological Review
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5 Journal Article

Professional Bridges: Migrants’ Ties with Natives and Occupational Advancement

Authors Laura Moroşanu
Year 2016
Journal Name Sociology
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6 Journal Article

Denying Discrimination: Status, ‘Race’, and the Whitening of Britain's New Europeans

Authors Jon E. Fox, Laura Morosanu, Eszter Szilassy, ...
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 19
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7 Journal Article

‘No smoke without fire’: Strategies of coping with stigmatised migrant identities

Authors Laura Morosanu, Jon E. Fox, Laura Moroşanu, ...
Year 2013
Journal Name Ethnicities
Citations (WoS) 24
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8 Journal Article

‘We all eat the same bread’: the roots and limits of cosmopolitan bridging ties developed by Romanians in London

Authors Laura Moroşanu, Laura Morosanu
Year 2013
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 10
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9 Journal Article

Between Fragmented Ties and ‘Soul Friendships’: The Cross-Border Social Connections of Young Romanians in London

Authors Laura Morosanu
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 15
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10 Journal Article

The Racialization of the New European Migration to the UK

Authors Jon E Fox, Laura Moroşanu, Eszter Szilassy
Year 2012
Journal Name Sociology
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11 Journal Article

Young EU Migrants in London in the Transition to Brexit

Authors Aija Lulle, Laura Moroşanu, Russell King
Year 2022
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12 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Mixed Migrant Ties Social Networks and Social Capital in Migration Research

Authors Laura MOROSANU
Description
Abstract Social network and social capital theories have gained substantial ground in migration research in recent years. While existing scholarship documents a vast array of resources, and indeed constraints, generated by social networks, it tends to remain narrowly focused on the ethnic group, or at best kin or community-of-origin ties. By showing how social networks enter and shape migration processes, I argue that current research does not adequately capture the complexity of the ties migrants may develop at destination. Given their limited focus on ethnic (or kin- or community-of-origin-based) networks vis-à-vis the host and/or home society, (neo)assimilation studies, transnationalism, as well as combinations of the two, typically fail to discuss the formation and workings of mixed, cross-national networks (linking migrants of different ethno-national origins in the receiving context). In light of this omission, I conclude by making several methodological recommendations for further research, which would allow us to understand how diversity emerges in migrant ties, while not ignoring ethnic or community bonds. Résumé Au cours des dernières années, les théories du capital social et des réseaux sociaux sont devenues des outils essentiels de l’étude des migrations. Si les études existantes prennent en compte de nombreuses ressources et contraintes générées par les réseaux sociaux, elles ont néanmoins tendance à ne considérer que les liens rattachant l’individu au groupe ethnique auquel il appartient. Au mieux prennent-elles également en compte les liens familiaux et de la communauté d’origine. En montrant comment les réseaux sociaux pénètrent et transforment les processus migratoires, je soutiens que la recherche actuelle ne donne pas suffisamment de poids aux liens que les migrants peuvent développer une fois à destination. Etant donné que leur champ d’étude est trop souvent limité aux réseaux ethniques (ou familiaux ou de la communauté d’origine) vis-à-vis de la société d’accueil et/où d’origine, les études (néo)assimilationistes et transnationales ne parviennent pas à rendre compte de la formation et des mécanismes sous-jacents des réseaux mixtes et transnationaux (reliant des migrants d’origines ethno-nationales diverses dans le pays d’accueil). A la lumière de cette omission, je formule pour conclure plusieurs recommandations méthodologiques pour les recherches futures, permettant de saisir comment la diversité émerge des liens mêmes que les migrants entretiennent entre eux, sans pour autant négliger l’importance des liens ethniques ou communautaires.
Year 2010
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