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 methods such as life-stories collection, qualitative interviews and, most notably, multi-sited ethnography. I have done fieldwork in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands from 2012 onwards. My research settings included refugee camps, asylum centers, and urban diverse neighbourhoods.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 3467 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1261-4988 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/milena-belloni-55564740/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/BelloniMilena |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Milena-Belloni |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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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 -
CeMIS, University of Antwerp
University, Antwerpen, Belgium
Post doctoral Researcher
Research
The Big Gamble: The Migration of Eritreans to Europe
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Family project or individual choice? Exploring agency in young Eritreans’ migration
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
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 | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 6 |
When the phone stops ringing: on the meanings and causes of disruptions in communication between Eritrean refugees and their families back home
| Authors | MILENA BELLONI |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
Refugees and citizens: Understanding Eritrean refugees’ ambivalence towards homeland politics
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Comparative Sociology | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Learning How to Squat: Cooperation and Conflict between Refugees and Natives in Rome
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF REFUGEE STUDIES | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Refugees as Gamblers: Eritreans Seeking to Migrate Through Italy
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies |
"Solo di passaggio": l'Italia nelle rappresentazioni e nelle pratiche di mobilità dei giovani eritrei
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | MONDI MIGRANTI |
Return and Retreat in a Transnational World: Insights from Eritrea
| Authors | Georgia Cole, Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Breaking Free from Tradition: Women, National Service and Migration in Eritrea
| Authors | Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | MIGRATION LETTERS | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Deserving or undeserving?
| Authors | Silvia Aru, Silvia Aru, Milena Belloni, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Cities |
Family reunification and administrative citizenship
| Authors | Milena Belloni, Gert Verschraegen |
| Year | 2024 |
| Book Title | Family Reunification in Europe | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Accumulated Homelessness: Analysing Protracted Displacement along Eritreans’ Life Histories
| Authors | Milena Belloni, Aurora Massa |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
Fraudulent Families? Investigating the Role of Paperwork in the Assessment of Refugees’ Family Reunification in Belgium
| Authors | Sara De Hertog, Sara De Hertog, Milena Belloni, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Lived Citizenship – The Case of the Eritrean Diaspora
| Authors | Tanja R. Müller, Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Africa Spectrum | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Women in Mediterranean asylum flows:
| Authors | Milena Belloni, Ferruccio Pastore, Christiane Timmerman |
| Year | 2018 |
| Book Title | Gender and Migration |
Daring to aspire: theorising aspirations in contexts of displacement and highly constrained mobility
| Authors | Lea Müller-Funk, Ayşen Üstübici, Milena Belloni |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
L’intelligence collective sur le terrain : cognition distribuée et recherches qualitatives multi-sites
| Authors | Ilka Vari-Lavoisier, Paolo Boccagni, Milena Belloni, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Espaces et sociétés | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |