Yvonne Riaño is an Associate Professor at the Geography Institute of the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), and chairs the Swiss National Committee of the International Geographical Union (IGU). She is also a Research Project Leader at the Swiss National Centre for Competence in Research - The Migration-Mobility Nexus, and leads the 'Transnational Mobilities' Module. Yvonne Riaño obtained a PhD in Human Geography in 1996 from the University of Ottawa (Canada), and has since taught at Canadian,...
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2071 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3463-6977 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvonne-ria%C3%B1o-90a5b926/ | |
| Researcher ID | 2071 |
| Research Gate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yvonne-Riano |
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
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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
Roles
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Université de Neuchâtel
Other, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Associate Professor -
University of Bern
University, Bern, Switzerland
Lecturer -
University of Neuchâtel
University, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Senior researcher -
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Other, Graz, Austria
Lecturer -
University of Ottawa
University, Ottawa, Canada
Teaching associate -
International Development Research Centre
Other, Ottawa, Canada
Urban officer for Latin America -
Dr. Ernst A. Brugger
Other, Zurich, Colombia
Adviser for small-scale business development -
State Planning Department of Bogota
Other, Bogota, Colombia
Urban officer
Research
Globalizations from below: understanding the spatialities, mobilities and resources of transnational migrant entrepreneurs across the globe
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Natasha Webster, Laure Sandoz, ... |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Globalizations |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
Transnational migrant entrepreneurs: understanding their dependencies, fragilities, and alternatives
| Authors | Laure Sandoz, Christina Mittmasser, Lorena Izaguirre, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Globalizations |
| Citations (WoS) | 2 |
Spatial Mobility Capital: A Valuable Resource for the Social Mobility of Border-Crossing Migrant Entrepreneurs?
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Christina Mittmasser, Laure Sandoz |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Societies |
Migrant Entrepreneurs as Agents of Development? Geopolitical Context and Transmobility Strategies of Colombian Migrants Returning from Venezuela
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
| Citations (WoS) | 11 |
A Review of Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship: Perspectives on Unequal Spatialities
| Authors | Laure Sandoz, Christina Mittmasser, Yvonne Riaño, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Understanding brain waste: Unequal opportunities for skills development between highly skilled women and men, migrants and nonmigrants
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
How to explain migration policy openness in times of closure? The case of international students in Switzerland
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Annique Lombard, Etienne Piguet |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Globalisation, Societies and Education |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
New directions in studying policies of international student mobility and migration
| Authors | Yvonne Riano, Christof Van Mol, Parvati Raghuram |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | GLOBALISATION SOCIETIES AND EDUCATION |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Conceptualising space in transnational migration studies. A critical perspective
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2017 |
| Book Title | Interdisziplinäre Studien zu Lateinamerika / Interdisciplinary Studies on Latin America / Estudios interdisciplinarios sobre América Latina. |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Minga biographic workshops with highly skilled migrant women: enhancing spaces of inclusion
| Authors | Yvonne Riano |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Qualitative Research |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Feminist participatory methodologies in geography: creating spaces of inclusion
| Authors | Martina Angela Caretta, Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Qualitative Research |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Shaping gender inequalities: critical moments and critical places
| Authors | Yvonne Riano, Katharina Limacher, André Aschwanden, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
11. ‘He’s the Swiss citizen, I’m the foreign spouse’: Binational marriages and the impact of family-related migration policies on gender relations
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2013 |
| Book Title | Gender, Generations and the Family in International Migration |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Drawing New Boundaries of Participation: Experiences and Strategies of Economic Citizenship among Skilled Migrant Women in Switzerland
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space |
| Citations (WoS) | 15 |
Understanding the Labour Market Participation of Skilled Immigrant Women in Switzerland: The Interplay of Class, Ethnicity, and Gender
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Nadia Baghdadi |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Journal of International Migration and Integration |
« Je pensais que je pourrais avoir une relation plus égalitaire avec un Européen »
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Nadia Baghdadi |
| Year | 2007 |
| Journal Name | Nouvelles Questions Féministes |
Immigration Policies, State Discourses on Foreigners, and the Politics of Identity in Switzerland
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Doris Wastl-Walter |
| Year | 2006 |
| Journal Name | Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space |
| Citations (WoS) | 31 |
Weaving transnational spaces: Peruvian and Colombian suitcase traders moving across South American borders
| Authors | Lorena Izaguirre, Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography |
Highly Skilled Migrant and Non-Migrant Women and Men: How Do Differences in Quality of Employment Arise?
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Administrative Sciences |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Migration de femmes latino-américaines universitaires en Suisse
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño |
| Book Title | La Suisse au rythme latino |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
International Student Migration
| Authors | Yvonne Riaño, Etienne Piguet |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |