Maurizio
Ambrosini
Maurizio Ambrosini, phd
Born in Vercelli (Italy), the 7th October 1956.
Current position: Full Professor of Sociology of Migrations, Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences, University of Milan.
Maurizio Ambrosini, PhD in Sociology (1989), researcher at the Catholic University of Milano (1989-1998), was professor of Sociology of organization and Sociology of work in the same university, seat of Brescia.
From 1998, he became Associated Professor of Sociology at the University of...
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| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1788-8686 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration governance
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Governance actors
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Roles
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University of Milan, Department of Social and Political Sciences
University, Milan, Italy
Professor of Sociology of Migrations -
University of Milan
University, Milan, Italy
Professor -
University of Genoa
University, Genoa, Italy
Associate Professor
Research
CIVIL SOCIETY AND MIGRATION POLICY. Advocacy and solidarity
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | LIFE AND AGENCY AT THE BORDERS. Advocacy for the right of migrants and refugees to have rights |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Framing Asylum at the Local Level: Experts’ Narratives of Conflictual Dynamics in the Post-Reception Period in Italy
| Authors | Iraklis Dimitriadis, Iraklis Dimitriadis, Maurizio Ambrosini, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Urban Governance of Asylum as a “Battleground”: Policies of Exclusion and Efforts of Inclusion in Italian Towns
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Cities, Migration, and Governance |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The care shortage and social acceptance: why the welfare needs of native families subvert immigration policies
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Migration Patterns Across the Mediterranean |
De-Bordering Solidarity: Civil Society Actors Assisting Refused Asylum Seekers in Small Cities
| Authors | Iraklis Dimitriadis, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reimagining the homeland: diasporic belonging among Turkish and Kurdish second generations in Italy
| Authors | Gül Ince-Beqo, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | International Review of Sociology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Moral economy and deservingness in immigration policies. The case of regularisations in Italy
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Humanitarian Help and Refugees: De-Bordering Solidarity as a Contentious Issue
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 18 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Actions speak louder than claims: humanitarian corridors, civil society and asylum policies
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Ilaria Schnyder von Wartensee |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Citizenship beyond the normative script: young immigrants’ volunteering as a practice of ‘citizenship from below’
| Authors | Maurizio Artero, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Citizenship Studies |
The transnationalized social question and immigration policies: three comments and one question in regard to an outstanding study
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The battleground of asylum and immigration policies: a conceptual inquiry
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Urban Governance of Asylum as a “Battleground”: Policies of Exclusion and Efforts of Inclusion in Italian Towns
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Geographical Review |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Female Immigrant Entrepreneurs: More Than a Family Strategy
| Authors | Deborah De Luca, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Superdiversity, multiculturalism and local policies: a study on European cities
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Policy & Politics |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Protected but Separate: International Immigrants in the Italian Catholic Church
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2016 |
| Book Title | Migration, Transnationalism and Catholicism |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Why irregular migrants arrive and remain: the role of intermediaries
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
La regolazione dell'immigrazione in Italia e nell'Europa meridionale: tra sovranità nazionale, mercato e diritti umani
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
From “illegality” to Tolerance and Beyond: Irregular Immigration as a Selective and Dynamic Process
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction to the Special Issue: Implementing Human Rights: Civil Society and Migration Policies
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Joanne Van der Leun |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
NGOs and Health Services for Irregular Immigrants in Italy: When the Protection of Human Rights Challenges the Laws
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Urban Multiculturalism beyond the ‘Backlash’: New Discourses and Different Practices in Immigrant Policies across European Cities
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Paolo Boccagni |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Intercultural Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction. Work, trade unions, and migrations: insights and challenges in different countries
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Lorenzo Frangi |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | MONDI MIGRANTI |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Networking, protesta, advocacy, aiuto. La società civile italiana e gli immigrati
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | MONDI MIGRANTI |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
L’integrazione quotidiana: famiglie migranti e relazioni di vicinato
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2015 |
| Book Title | Lingue migranti e nuovi paesaggi |
Family migration in southern Europe : integration challenges and transnational dynamics : an introduction
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Paola BONIZZONI, Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | International Review of Sociology |
Irregular but tolerated: Unauthorized immigration, elderly care recipients, and invisible welfare
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Parenting from a distance and processes of family reunification: A research on the Italian case
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicities |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Non tutti gli insuccessi regolativi vengono per nuocere: la costruzione di un welfare parallelo e l'immigrazione irregolare
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO |
Dal multiculturalismo alla diversity. Una ricerca europea sulle politiche locali per gli immigrati
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | MONDI MIGRANTI |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and Transnational Commitment: Some Evidence from the Italian Case
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
La valutazione delle riviste sociologiche: riflessioni a valle di un serrato dibattito
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | SOCIOLOGIA E RICERCA SOCIALE |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction: Irregular Immigration between Political Rejection and Practical Tolerance
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Surviving Underground: Resources and Practices of Irregular Migrants in the Care Sector
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reasons and Dynamics of Irregular Immigration
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Families in Trouble and Demand for Care Services: The Formation of an Invisible Welfare and the Contribution of Migrants
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Across Borders: Care Work and Family Life
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
Conclusion: As the Dreaded Illegal Immigrants Become Deserving Care Workers
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘We are against a multi-ethnic society’: policies of exclusion at the urban level in Italy
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 58 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Surviving underground: Irregular migrants, Italian families, invisible welfare
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Social Welfare |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Immigration in Italy: Between Economic Acceptance and Political Rejection
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Irregular Immigration Control in Italy and Greece: Strong Fencing and Weak Gate-keeping serving the Labour Market
| Authors | Anna Triandafyllidou, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Migration and Law |
| Citations (WoS) | 54 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migrants dans l’ombre. Causes, dynamiques, politiques de l’immigration irrégulière
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Séparées et réunies : familles migrantes et liens transnationaux
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Travailler dans l'ombre. Les immigrés dans l'économie informelle
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 1999 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Les immigrés réguliers en Italie : liens ethniques et modes d'insertion dans le monde du travail
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 1997 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration, (il)legal status and housing precarity: Difficulties and coping strategies
| Authors | Senyo Dotsey, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Urban Affairs |
Refugee Protection and the Role of Law
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Ambrosini, Maurizio (2013). Immigrazione irregolare e welafe invisibile: Il lavoro de cura atraverso le frontiere
| Authors | Luis Garzón |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Papers. Revista de Sociologia |
Migrazioni e politiche migratorie: uno sguardo europeo
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Book Title | Migrazioni in Italia: oltre la sfida |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Confini contesi: chiusure selettive e iniziative solidali
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Journal Name | REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Who help irregular migrants? Supporters of irregular migrants in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Turin (Italy)
| Authors | Minke Hajer, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Journal Name | REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Becoming a Borderland: The “Refugee Crisis” in Italy and Beyond
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Book Title | Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Fratelli ma non troppo. La chiesa cattolica e gli immigrati in Italia
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Mondi migranti |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Irregular Migration: Beyond Common Wisdom
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Book Title | Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Convergences and Divergences: Southern European Policies on Irregular Immigration
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Book Title | Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sponsors of Entrance and Settlement: The Actions of Intermediaries
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Book Title | Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Local policies of exclusion of minorities and immigrants in public life
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2013 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Local Policies of Exclusion: The Italian case
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2012 |
The Embodiment of Tolerance in Discourses and Practices Addressing Cultural Diversity in Italian Schools
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2011 |
Immigrant Volunteering: A Form of Citizenship from Below
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Maurizio Artero |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Between Fears, Contacts and Family Dynamics: the Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Italy
| Authors | Nazareno Panichella, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
New knowledge about Italy
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2013 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Discourses in Italy
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2010 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Diasporas and Collective Remittances: From State-Driven to Unofficial Forms of Diaspora Engagement
| Authors | Nare Galstyan, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Immigrant Solidarity Amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Italy: Forms of Help, Intergroup Solidarity, and Recognition
| Authors | Maurizio Artero, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Constrained to be (im)mobile? Refugees' and Asylum seekers' practices to integrate in restrictive socio-economic urban contexts in Northern Italy
| Authors | Iraklis Dimitriadis, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Frontiers in Sociology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Role of Local Authorities in the Policies of Exclusion
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2012 |
Overview Report on Tolerance and Cultural diversity Concepts and Practices in Italy
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA |
| Year | 2012 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
National Identity, Cultural Diversity, and Immigration
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Samuele Davide Molli |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Implicit’ remittances in family relationships: The case of Bangladeshis in Italy and beyond
| Authors | Francesco Della Puppa, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Immigrazione, Religione e Integrazione. Il caso delle comunità sikh e filippine in Lo
| Authors | Samuele Davide Molli, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | EDUCATIONAL REFLECTIVE PRACTICES |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
How religion shapes immigrants’ integration: The case of Christian migrant churches in Italy
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Paola Bonizzoni, Samuele Davide Molli |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Current Sociology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Immigrati cristiani a Milano: esperienze di partecipazione, aggregazione, integrazione sociale
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Paola Bonizzoni, Samuele D. Molli |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Annali di Scienze Religiose |
Institutional discrimination and local chauvinism. The combative role of pro bono lawyers in defence of migrant minorities’ welfare rights
| Authors | Maurizio Ambrosini, Samuele Davide Molli, Maristella Cacciapaglia |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Working with a Family. How a Family-Oriented Welfare System Opens the Border for Migrant Care Workers
| Authors | Maurizio Artero, Minke H. J. Hajer, Maurizio Ambrosini |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Local “Battlegrounds”. Relocating Multi-Level and Multi-Actor Governance of Immigration
| Authors | Iraklis Dimitriadis, Minke H. J. Hajer, Elena Fontanari, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Revue européenne des migrations internationales |
Challenges to Tolerance in Political Life: A comparative overview of 15 European countries
| Authors | Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA, Ayhan KAYA, ... |
| Year | 2012 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |