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 teams that conduct multi-sited research.She has published widely on transnational migrant networks, transnational family life and the effects of mobility on the life worlds of youth with a migration background. She was recently awarded an ERC Consolidator grant.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 259 | |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia
| Authors | Victor Cebotari, Melissa Siegel, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Migration Studies |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Transnational families and the subjective well-being of migrant parents: Angolan and Nigerian parents in the Netherlands
| Authors | Karlijn Haagsman, Valentina Mazzucato, Bilisuma B. Dito |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 5 |
'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 | Karlijn Haagsman, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 18 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Africa < > Europe: A Double Engagement
| Authors | Ralph Grillo, Valentina Mazzucato |
| Year | 2008 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
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 |
‘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 |
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 |
Transnational youth mobility: new categories for migrant youth research
| Authors | Valentina Mazzucato, Karlijn Haagsman |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
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 |
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 |
“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 |
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 |
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 |
‘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 |