Mai, Nicola

Nicola
Mai

My research straddles criminology sociology and anthropology and focuses on the experiences and representations of criminalised marginalised and stigmatised migrant groups. My work is qualitative and based on an ethnographic long term engagement with the people and communities with whom I undertake my research. I am also a filmmaker and my films complement my academic writing and emerge through the collaboration with migrants and sex workers and by expressing their perspectives priorities and...
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2881
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6073-0820
LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-mai-6966342b/
Twitter https://twitter.com/NickMaiNormal
Researcher ID https://le.ac.uk/people/nick-mai
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicola-Mai

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • The University of Leicester

    University, Leicester, United Kingdom
    Professor of Criminology

  • Kingston University

    University, Kingston-Upon-Thames, United Kingdom
    Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies

  • London Metropolitan University

    University, London, United Kingdom
    Professor of Sociology and Migration Studies

  • University of Leicester

    University, Leicester, United Kingdom
    Professor of Criminology

  • The University of Newcastle

    University, Callaghan, Australia
    Professor of Sociology

Research

Migration and Social Cohesion: Appraising the Resilience of Place in London

Authors Mary J Hickman, Nicola Mai
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 5
9 Journal Article

“The antiAtlas of Borders, A Manifesto”

Authors Cédric Parizot, Anne Laure Amilhat Szary, Gabriel Popescu, ...
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Borderlands Studies
10 Journal Article

‘Turks’ in the UK: Problems of Definition and the Partial Relevance of Policy

Authors Russell King, Mark Thomson, Nicola Mai, ...
Year 2008
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
17 Journal Article

Gendering migration and remittances: evidence from London and northern Albania

Authors Russell King, Mirela Dalipaj, Nicola Mai
Year 2006
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 63
18 Journal Article

Albanian migration and new transnationalisms

Authors Nicola Mai, Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers
Year 2003
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 22
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22 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Anti-Trafficking in the Time of FOSTA/SESTA: Networked Moral Gentrification and Sexual Humanitarian Creep

Authors Jennifer Musto, Anne E. Fehrenbacher, Heidi Hoefinger, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL
Citations (WoS) 18
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1 Journal Article
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