Piotr
Goldstein

https://www.piotrgoldstein.org

I am a social scientist with research expertise in activism and civil society, post-conflict societies, the everyday, migration, inter-ethnic dynamics, identity and gender. My multi-disciplinary background and commitment to visual, sensory and mixed methods shape both my research and my teaching practice.

Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2264
ORCID	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5068-3263
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Expertise

Migration processes

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

Socio-cultural consequences
Socio-economic consequences
- Urban development, migration, and diversity
Transversal consequences
- Migrant networks
Legal-political consequences
- Migrants' civic engagement and rights

Migration governance

Governance actors
- Civil society
Immigrant policy and law
- Citizenship, naturalisation and statelessness
Migration policy and law
- Diaspora engagement policies

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

Migration research and theory
- Migration data
Transversal themes
- Race and ethnicity

Roles

German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)

Research Institute, Berlin, Germany
Research Fellow
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Research Institute, Berlin, Germany
Research Fellow
German Center for Integration and Migration Research

Other, Berlin, Germany
Researcher at VISION Project
Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

Other, Berlin, Germany
Researcher
Trinity College Dublin

Other, Dublin, Ireland
Thomas Brown Assistant Professor
University of Manchester

University, Manchester, United Kingdom
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Novi Sad

University, Novi Sad, Serbia
Postdoctoral Researcher

Research

Language as a diasporic stance: Polish in a migrant urban space

Authors	Piotr Goldstein, Yaron Matras
Year	2024
Journal Name	Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

1 Journal Article

Visualising Invisible (Migrant) Activism

Authors	Piotr Goldstein
Year	2021
Journal Name	Entanglements
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2 Journal Article

Post-Yugoslav Everyday Activism(s): A Different Form of Activist Citizenship?

Authors	Piotr Goldstein
Year	2017
Journal Name	Europe-Asia Studies

3 Journal Article

Grassroots Narratives and Practices of Diversity in Mostar and Novi Sad

Authors	Piotr Goldstein
Year	2015
Book Title	Governing through Diversity

4 Book Chapter

Everyday Active Citizenship the Balkan Way: Local Civil Society and the Practice of ‘Bridge Building’ in Two Post-Yugoslav Cities

Book Title	Cartographies of Differences
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5 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

Young Poles in Times of Dramatic Change: Refugees, Identity and Social Engagement

Authors	Félix Krawatzek, Piotr Goldstein
Description	Young people have experienced profound changes in the way Polish national identity is expressed in public since the conservative Law and Justice Party (PiS) gained far-reaching control of Polish politics in 2015. This report examines young people’s political attitudes in conjunction with their views on the arrival of over two million refugees from Ukraine in 2022, and their views on those refugees who have been trying to get into the EU through the Polish- Belarusian border since 2021. Views on both events allow us to better understand young people’s sense of Polishness. Moreover, opinions on national history are central to understandings of identity, as are young people’s perceptions of Poland’s place in Europe. The fears and uncertainties young Poles express are analysed in an original online survey conducted in March 2022 among 2 002 respondents aged 16–34, combined with insights from focus group discussions conducted in May 2022 among a set of young participants and participants aged 65 and older in the cities of Gdańsk and Lublin. Such a combination of methodologies allows unique insights into the reasoning behind the patterns that a survey can identify. The key findings are as follows: - Nearly half of young people state that Poland should let in as many refugees from Ukraine as necessary. The presence of Ukrainians in Poland since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2014 and the resulting personal contacts are an important factor in the welcoming attitude to and support for the Ukrainian refugees who have arrived since February 2022. - There is also overall approval for the political support for Ukraine, in particular when it comes to supplying humanitarian assistance. In addition, nearly 15 % of respondents support the deployment of Polish soldiers to Ukraine. - The welcoming attitude vis-à-vis Ukrainian refugees stands in stark contrast to the support for the pushbacks of the mostly Muslim refugees who have tried to enter Poland via Belarus since 2021. The relative ethnic and religious homogeneity of Poland that resulted from World War II feeds into fear of others, particularly Muslims. There is, moreover, rather low support for granting those refugees the right to apply for asylum, with only 9 % of young people stating that these people should definitely have the right to apply. - Gender is crucial when it comes to understanding the different views on the refugees coming from Ukraine and the Middle East. Women are more likely to want to see refugees from Ukraine return as soon as it becomes possible to Ukraine, whereas men are more likely to support a hard line on refugees at the border with Belarus. - Despite the current government’s involvement in memory politics, the common Polish-Ukrainian history is practically unknown to young Poles, and even when it is known it is considered largely irrelevant. Ukraine and Belarus are for young Poles a different ‘Eastern Europe’ than the Central Europe they feel part of. - The informal help that Polish people, including the younger generation, have offered to refugees from Ukraine is hard to quantify. Many offered accommodation in their own homes, transportation, or help in settling in, but few would consider this ‘humanitarian aid’ in the early phase of the war. - Resentment and fear are among the key emotions driving the opinions and sentiments of many young people when they talk about their attitudes towards refugees and related changes in Polish society and politics. Young Poles, and particularly young women, are significantly more concerned about welfare issues such as access to childcare, healthcare, and the situation on the job market than people of their grandparents’ generation. These fears and uncertainties underpin assessments of politics and attitudes towards ethnic and social diversity in Poland. Read More
Year	2022
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Piotr Goldstein

Expertise

Migration processes

Migration drivers

Migration forms

Migration infrastructures

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

Socio-cultural consequences

Socio-economic consequences

Transversal consequences

Legal-political consequences

Migration governance

Governance actors

Immigrant policy and law

Migration policy and law

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

Migration research and theory

Transversal themes

Disciplines

Disciplines

Subject Areas

Methods

Other

Qualitative research

Quantitative research

Types of study

Geographies

UN Countries

Roles

German Centre for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)

Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)

German Center for Integration and Migration Research