Originally from Ireland, Louise worked for many years at Middlesex University, London, where she was Co-Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, from 2016 she was Professor of Sociology at University of Sheffield. In 2020 she became Senior Professor at London Metropolitan University. Louise has a particular interest in migration, especially intra-EU mobility, and has published many highly cited articles on migrant social networks. She is currently writing a book on migration and social networks to be published by Policy Press.

Roles

  • London Metropolitan University

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Senior Professor

  • Global Diversities and Inequalities research centre

    Research Institute, London, United Kingdom
    Director

  • London Metropolitan University

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Senior Professor of Sociology

Research

Return migration and embedding: through the lens of Brexit as an unsettling event

Authors Izabela Grabowska, Louise Ryan
Year 2024
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
5 Journal Article

Dis-embedding or Re-embedding? Exploring Migrants’ Responses in Contexts of ‘Unsettling Events’

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2023
Book Title Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times
6 Book Chapter

Bringing anchoring and embedding together: theorising migrants’ lives over-time

Authors Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska, Louise Ryan
Year 2022
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
7 Journal Article

Telling network stories: researching migrants' changing social relations in places over time

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2020
Journal Name Global Networks
15 Journal Article

Talking about Bordering

Authors Nira Yuval-Davis, Louise Ryan
Year 2020
Citations (WoS) 1
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20 Journal Article

De-individualising the ‘NEET problem’: An ecological systems analysis

Authors Magdolna Lőrinc, Louise Ryan, Alessio D’Angelo, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name European Educational Research Journal
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21 Journal Article

Gendered, spatial and temporal approaches to Polish intra-European migration

Authors Marta Bivand Erdal, Louise Ryan
Year 2018
Journal Name Gender, Place & Culture
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27 Journal Article

Perceptions, prejudices and possibilities: young people narrating apprenticeship experiences

Authors Louise Ryan, Magdolna Lőrinc
Year 2018
Journal Name British Journal of Sociology of Education
28 Journal Article

Differentiated embedding: Polish migrants in London negotiating belonging over time

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 17
30 Journal Article

Looking for weak ties: using a mixed methods approach to capture elusive connections

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2016
Journal Name The Sociological Review
Citations (WoS) 7
32 Journal Article

Visualization in Mixed-Methods Research on Social Networks

Authors Alessio D'angelo, Louise Ryan, Paola Tubaro
Year 2016
Journal Name Sociological Research Online
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33 Journal Article

The Visual Sociogram in Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research

Authors Paola Tubaro, Louise Ryan, Alessio D'angelo
Year 2016
Journal Name Sociological Research Online
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34 Journal Article

Introduction: Contemporary Irish Emigration

Authors Mary J. Hickman, Louise Ryan
Year 2015
Journal Name Irish Journal of Sociology
36 Journal Article

Friendship-making: Exploring Network Formations through the Narratives of Irish Highly Qualified Migrants in Britain

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2015
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 13
38 Journal Article

‘Gotta Go Visit Family’: Reconsidering the Relationship Between Tourism and Transnationalism

Authors Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Louise Ryan, Jon Mulholland
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 6
39 Journal Article

Talking Ties: Reflecting on Network Visualisation and Qualitative Interviewing

Authors Louise Ryan, Jon Mulholland, Agnes Agoston
Year 2014
Journal Name Sociological Research Online
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41 Journal Article

'Islam does not change': young people narrating negotiations of religion and identity

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Youth Studies
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42 Journal Article

French connections: the networking strategies of French highly skilled migrants in London

Authors LOUISE RYAN, JON MULHOLLAND
Year 2013
Journal Name Global Networks
Citations (WoS) 32
46 Journal Article

Trading Places: French Highly Skilled Migrants Negotiating Mobility and Emplacement In London

Authors Louise Ryan, Jon Mulholland
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 39
47 Journal Article

‘Mothering Through Islam’: Narratives of Religious Identity in London

Authors Louise Ryan, Elena Vacchelli
Year 2013
Journal Name Religion and Gender
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49 Journal Article

Compare and contrast: understanding Irish migration to Britain in a wider context

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2013
Journal Name Irish Studies Review
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50 Journal Article

Introduction: Gender, Religion and Migration

Authors Louise Ryan, Elena Vacchelli
Year 2013
Journal Name Religion and Gender
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51 Journal Article

Exploring Trends and Challenges in Sociological Research

Authors Linda McKie, Louise Ryan
Year 2012
Journal Name Sociology
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52 Journal Article

Migrants' Social Networks and Weak Ties: Accessing Resources and Constructing Relationships Post-Migration

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2011
Journal Name The Sociological Review
Citations (WoS) 126
53 Journal Article

Transnational Relations: Family Migration among Recent Polish Migrants in London

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration
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55 Journal Article

Becoming Polish in London: negotiating ethnicity through migration

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2010
Journal Name Social Identities
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57 Journal Article

Insiders and outsiders: working with peer researchers in researching Muslim communities

Authors Louise Ryan, Eleonore Kofman, Pauline Aaron
Year 2010
Journal Name INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
58 Journal Article

Family Strategies and Transnational Migration: Recent Polish Migrants in London

Authors Louise Ryan, Rosemary Sales, Mary Tilki, ...
Year 2008
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 124
60 Journal Article

Polish ‘Temporary’ Migration: The Formation and Significance of Social Networks

Authors Anne White, Louise Ryan
Year 2008
Journal Name Europe-Asia Studies
Citations (WoS) 71
61 Journal Article

‘I Had a Sister in England’: Family-Led Migration, Social Networks and Irish Nurses

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2008
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 20
64 Journal Article

Explanations of depression among Irish migrants in Britain

Authors Gerard Leavey, Linda Rozmovits, Louise Ryan, ...
Year 2007
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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66 Journal Article

Who do you think you are? Irish nurses encountering ethnicity and constructing identity in Britain

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2007
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 27
67 Journal Article

Depression in Irish migrants living in London: case-control study

Authors Louise Ryan, Gerard Leavey, Anne Golden, ...
Year 2006
Journal Name The British Journal of Psychiatry
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68 Journal Article

Rethinking Social Movement Theories in the Twenty-first Century

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2006
Journal Name Sociology
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69 Journal Article

Revisiting Ethnicity, Migration and Economy

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2004
Journal Name Sociology
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73 Journal Article

Family Matters: (E)migration, Familial Networks and Irish Women in Britain

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2004
Journal Name The Sociological Review
Citations (WoS) 57
74 Journal Article

Moving spaces and changing places: Irish women's memories of emigration to Britain in the 1930s

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2003
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 34
75 Journal Article

Sexualising emigration: Discourses of irish female emigration in the 1930s

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2002
Journal Name Women's Studies International Forum
78 Journal Article

Irish Female Emigration in the 1930s: Transgressing space and culture

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2001
Journal Name Gender, Place & Culture
79 Journal Article

Aliens, migrants and maids: Public discourses on Irish immigration to Britain in 1937

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2001
Journal Name Immigrants & Minorities
80 Journal Article

‘Drunken Tans’: Representations of Sex and Violence in the Anglo-Irish War (1919–21)

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 2000
Journal Name Feminist Review
81 Journal Article

Constructing ‘Irishwoman’: Modern girls and comely maidens

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 1998
Journal Name Irish Studies Review
83 Journal Article

Negotiating modernity and tradition: newspaper debates on the 'modern girl' in the Irish Free State

Authors L Ryan
Year 1998
Journal Name Journal of Gender Studies
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84 Journal Article

A question of loyalty: War, nation, and feminism in early twentieth-century Ireland

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 1997
Journal Name Women's Studies International Forum
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85 Journal Article

‘The massacre of innocence’ infanticide in the Irish free state

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 1996
Journal Name Irish Studies Review
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86 Journal Article

Traditions and double moral standards: the Irish suffragists' critique of nationalism[1]

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 1995
Journal Name Women's History Review
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87 Journal Article

Women without votes: The political strategies of the Irish suffrage movement

Authors Louise Ryan
Year 1994
Journal Name Irish Political Studies
88 Journal Article

An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology?

Year 2015
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91 Journal Article
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