Valentina Mazzucato is Professor of Globalisation and Development at Maastricht University. She has been awarded 5 large-scale, international and interdisciplinary research grants to conduct multi-sited research in migrants’ African countries of origin and in communities where they live in European cities. She is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) one of the highest honours conferred to scientists in The Netherlands. She heads interdisciplinary and multicultural...
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| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3008-6541 |
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
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative 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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Maastricht University
University, Maastricht, Netherlands
Professor
Research
Reconceptualizing family reunification from a youth mobilities perspective: transnational youth between Ghana and Belgium
| Authors | Sarah Anschütz, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Children's Geographies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational peer relationships as social capital: mobile migrant youth between Ghana and Germany
| Authors | Laura J. Ogden, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES |
| Citations (WoS) | 9 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mixed‐method social network analysis for multi‐sited transnational migration research
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Building Educational Resilience Through Transnational Mobility Trajectories: Young People Between Ghana and The Netherlands
| Authors | Joan van Geel, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | YOUNG |
| Citations (WoS) | 15 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Multiple precarity and intimate family life among African-Chinese families in Guangzhou
| Authors | Lucy Jordan, Andrew Pau Hoang, Cheryl H. K. Chui, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The evolution of migration trajectories of sub-Saharan African migrants in Turkey and Greece: The role of changing social networks and critical events
| Authors | Marieke Wissink, Franck Düvell, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Geoforum |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational migration, health and well-being: Nigerian parents in Ireland and the Netherlands
| Authors | Allen White, Bilisuma B. Dito, Angela Veale, ... |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Moving for a ‘better welfare’? The case of transnational Sudanese families
| Authors | ESTER SERRA MINGOT, VALENTINA MAZZUCATO |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational families: Cross‐country comparative perspectives
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Bilisuma B. Dito |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
African transnational families: Cross‐country and gendered comparisons
| Authors | Kim Caarls, Valentina Mazzucato, Elisabeth K. Kraus |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Resilience among Nigerian transnational parents in the Netherlands: a strength‐based approach to migration and transnational parenting
| Authors | LIDEWYDE H. BERCKMOES, VALENTINA MAZZUCATO |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Melissa Siegel, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Providing social protection to mobile populations: symbiotic relationships between migrants and welfare institutions
| Authors | Ester Serra Mingot, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Longitudinal Analysis of Well‐Being of Ghanaian Children in Transnational Families
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Valentina Mazzucato, Ernest Appiah |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Child Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
In transit: Changing social networks of sub-Saharan African migrants in Turkey and Greece
| Authors | Marieke Wissink, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Social Networks |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conceptualising youth mobility trajectories: thinking beyond conventional categories
| Authors | Joan van Geel, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
Gendered Perceptions of Migration Among Ghanaian Children in Transnational Care
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Valentina Mazzucato, Melissa Siegel |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Child Indicators Research |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mapping Transnational Networks of Care from a Multi-actor and Multi-sited Perspective
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Ernestina Dankyi, Miranda Poeze |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | Situating Children of Migrants across Borders and Origins |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Effects of Transnational Parenting on the Subjective Health and Well-Being of Ghanaian Migrants in the Netherlands
| Authors | Bilisuma B. Dito, Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Psychological Well-being of Ghanaian Children in Transnational Families
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Victor Cebotari |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 10 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational parenting and the well-being of Angolan migrant parents in Europe
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Jeanne Vivet, Bilisuma B. Dito, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 4 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Navigating transnational childcare relationships: migrant parents and their children's caregivers in the origin country
| Authors | Miranda Poeze, Valentina Mazzucato, Ernestina K. Dankyi |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mobile Populations in Immobile Welfare Systems: A Typology of Institutions Providing Social Welfare and Protection Within a Mobility Framework
| Authors | Ester Serra Mingot, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Mobile Populations in Immobile Welfare Systems: A Typology of Institutions Providing Social Welfare and Protection Within a Mobility Framework |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Child Development and Migrant Transnationalism: The Health of Children Who Stay Behind in Ghana and Nigeria
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Valentina Mazzucato, Melissa Siegel |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | The Journal of Development Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reciprocity in global social protection: providing care for migrants’ children
| Authors | Ernestina Dankyi, Valentina Mazzucato, Takyiwaa Manuh |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Oxford Development Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational relationships and reunification
| Authors | Kim Caarls, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Demographic Research |
| Citations (WoS) | 3 |
Migration and the education of children who stay behind in Moldova and Georgia
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Melissa Siegel, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Educational Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reunifying versus Living Apart Together across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of sub-Saharan Migration to Europe
| Authors | Cris Beauchemin, Valentina Mazzucato, Pau Baizan, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Citations (WoS) | 15 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Families between Africa and Europe
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans, Cris Beauchemin, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Citations (WoS) | 19 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Educational performance of children of migrant parents in Ghana, Nigeria and Angola
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Theorising Chance: Capturing the Role of Ad Hoc Social Interactions in Migrants' Trajectories
| Authors | Nataliia Gladkova, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational families and the subjective well-being of migrant parents: Angolan and Nigerian parents in the Netherlands
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Bilisuma B. Dito |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
'Left behind' but not left alone: Parental migration & the psychosocial health of children in Moldova
| Authors | Michaella Vanore, Valentina Mazzucato, Melissa Siegel |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social Science & Medicine |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational families and the well-being of children and caregivers who stay in origin countries Introduction
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social Science & Medicine |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
International parental migration and the psychological well-being of children in Ghana, Nigeria, and Angola
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Victor Cebotari, Angela Veale, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social Science & Medicine |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
La migration internationale est-elle un facteur de divorce ? Les couples ghanéens au Ghana et à l’étranger
| Authors | Kim Caarls, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Population |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Quality of Parent–Child Relationships in Transnational Families: Angolan and Nigerian Migrant Parents in The Netherlands
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 18 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Remittances and Household Wealth after Conflict: A Case Study on Urban Burundi
| Authors | Sonja Fransen, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | World Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Families and the Well-Being of Children: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Djamila Schans |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Marriage and Family |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reverse remittances in the migration–development nexus: two‐way flows between Ghana and the Netherlands
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 58 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Role of Support Networks in the Initial Stages of Integration: The Case of West African Newcomers in the Netherlands
| Authors | Magali Chelpi-den Hamer, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2010 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
CONSTRUCTING HOMES, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: MIGRANT INVESTMENTS IN HOUSES
| Authors | LOTHAR SMITH, VALENTINA MAZZUCATO |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |
| Citations (WoS) | 31 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Small is beautiful: the micro‐politics of transnational relationships between Ghanaian hometown associations and communities back home
| Authors | VALENTINA MAZZUCATO, MIRJAM KABKI |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Citations (WoS) | 18 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Informal Insurance Arrangements in Ghanaian Migrants’ Transnational Networks: The Role of Reverse Remittances and Geographic Proximity
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2009 |
| Journal Name | World Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Remittances in Ghana: Origin, Destination and Issues of Measurement
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Bart Van Den Boom, N.N.N. Nsowah‐Nuamah |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Africa < > Europe: A Double Engagement
| Authors | Ralph Grillo, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Double Engagement: Transnationalism and Integration. Ghanaian Migrants’ Lives Between Ghana and The Netherlands
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 70 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Wo benanϵ a ϵyϵ bebree’: the economic impact of remittances of Netherlands‐based Ghanaian migrants on rural Ashanti
| Authors | Mirjam Kabki, Valentina Mazzucato, Ernest Appiah |
| Year | 2004 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Why do savings institutions differ within the same region? The role of environment and social capital in the creation of savings arrangements in Eastern Burkina Faso
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, David Niemeijer |
| Year | 2003 |
| Journal Name | Oxford Development Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Moving beyond indigenous soil taxonomies: local theories of soils for sustainable development
| Authors | David Niemeijer, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2003 |
| Journal Name | Geoderma |
Population Growth and the Environment in Africa: Local Informal Institutions, the Missing Link*
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, David Niemeijer |
| Year | 2002 |
| Journal Name | Economic Geography |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Soil Degradation in the West African Sahel: How Serious Is It?
| Authors | David Niemeijer, Vaientina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2002 |
| Journal Name | Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development |
The Cultural Economy of Soil and Water Conservation: Market Principles and Social Networks in Eastern Burkina Faso
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, David Niemeijer |
| Year | 2000 |
| Journal Name | Development and Change |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Migration and the Economy of Funerals: Changing Practices in Ghana
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Mirjam Kabki, Lothar Smith |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | Development and Change |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Diversifying analytical categories for studying youth with and without migration background: an example of mobility-based categories
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Travel and personal growth: the value of visits to the country of origin for transnational migrant youth
| Authors | Sarah Anschütz, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Doing and contesting borderwork in Senegal: local implementers of migration information campaigns
| Authors | Cecilia Schenetti, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational youth mobility: new categories for migrant youth research
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Karlijn Haagsman |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Pacing mobility trajectories: Temporality and agency in ‘home’ visits by migrant youth
| Authors | Sarah Anschütz, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Gendered Transnational Parenting
| Authors | Karlijn Haagsman, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2021 |
| Book Title | The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Migration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The well-being of stay behind family members in migrant households
| Authors | Karlijn Haagsman, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2020 |
| Book Title | Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“I could have married in Europe, if I wanted to” How black migrant men challenge moralizing and racializing discourses when returning to Senegal
| Authors | Karlien Strijbosch, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnational Mothers and the Law: Ghanaian Women’s Pathways to Family Reunion and Consequences for Family Life
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Miranda Poeze |
| Book Title | Family Life in an Age of Migration and Mobility |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Changing relationships to the country of origin through transnational mobility: migrant youth’s visits to Ghana
| Authors | Laura J. Ogden, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Mobilities |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Women’s social resilience in the context of male out-migration in Dehradun district, India
| Authors | Federica Cagliani, Federica Cagliani, Valentina Mazzucato, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Doing’ Teamwork as ‘Doing’ Family: Researching Transnational Migrant Families Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Bilisuma Dito, Karlijn Haagsman |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Interdisciplinarity in the Scholarly Life Cycle |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Performing return: victims, criminals or heroes? Senegalese male returnees engaging with the stigma of deportation
| Authors | Karlien Strijbosch, Valentina Mazzucato, Ulrike Brunotte |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Gender, Place & Culture |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Overcoming interruptions in educational trajectories: Youth in Ghana with international migrant parents
| Authors | Onallia Esther Osei, Karlijn Haagsman, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Global Networks |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sustaining Ghanaian Transnational Parent–Child Relationships through WhatsApp: A Youth-Centric Perspective
| Authors | Onallia Esther Osei, Valentina Mazzucato, Karlijn Haagsman |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Handbook of Transnational Families Around the World |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Aspiring While Waiting: Temporality and Pacing of Ghanaian Stayer Youth’s Migration Aspirations
| Authors | Onallia Esther Osei, Valentina Mazzucato, Karlijn Haagsman |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Social Inclusion |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Why Are You Not Crying?’
| Authors | Gladys Akom Ankobrey, Valentina Mazzucato, Lauren B. Wagner |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | African Diaspora |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Giving back’ through mobility trajectories: motivations for engaging in development encounters in Ghana among transnational youth
| Authors | Gladys Akom Ankobrey, Valentina Mazzucato, Lauren B. Wagner |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mobility Trajectory Mapping for Researching the Lives and Learning Experiences of Transnational Youth
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Gladys Akom Ankobrey, Sarah Anschütz, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | (Re)Mapping Migration and Education: Centering Methods and Methodologies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mobility Trajectory Mapping for Researching the Lives and Learning Experiences of Transnational Youth
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Gladys Akom Ankobrey, Sarah Anschütz, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Book Title | (Re)Mapping Migration and Education |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |