I am a sociologist of migration with a particular expertise in ethnography, refugee studies and the Horn of Africa. Over the past 10 years, my primary concerns of investigation have been the drivers and the dynamics of forced and high risk-migrants; migrant smuggling; gender and migration; secondary movements of asylum seekers and refugees within Europe; Dublin Regulations and its implications; home and housing studies; transnational families. Most of my empirical work has been based on qualitative...

Roles

  • University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerp, Belgium
    Assistant Professor in Migration and Global Mobility

  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen

    Other, Antwerp, Belgium
    FWO Postdoctoral Researcher

  • University of Trento

    University, Trento, Italy
    Post-doctoral researcher

  • CeMIS, University of Antwerp

    University, Antwerpen, Belgium
    Assistant Professor in Migration and Global Mobility

Research

Family project or individual choice? Exploring agency in young Eritreans’ migration

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
1 Journal Article

Methodological innovations, reflections and dilemmas: the hidden sides of research with migrant young people classified as unaccompanied minors

Authors Elaine Chase, Laura Otto, Annika Lems, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
2 Journal Article

The Big Gamble: The Migration of Eritreans to Europe

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2019
Journal Name
4 Journal Article

Refugees and citizens: Understanding Eritrean refugees’ ambivalence towards homeland politics

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2019
Journal Name International Journal of Comparative Sociology
5 Journal Article

Learning How to Squat: Cooperation and Conflict between Refugees and Natives in Rome

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
6 Journal Article

Refugees as Gamblers: Eritreans Seeking to Migrate Through Italy

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
7 Journal Article

"Solo di passaggio": l'Italia nelle rappresentazioni e nelle pratiche di mobilità dei giovani eritrei

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2016
Journal Name MONDI MIGRANTI
8 Journal Article

Breaking Free from Tradition: Women, National Service and Migration in Eritrea

Authors Milena Belloni
Year 2019
Journal Name Migration Letters
9 Journal Article

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