Zenia Hellgren is doctor of sociology and senior researcher at GRITIM-UPF (The interdisciplinary research group on immigration), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain. Currently she is Principal Investigator of the EU funded research-action project REACT (Research-Action against Antigypsyism and Anti-Muslim Discrimination: An Intersectional Approach to Deconstruct Institutional Racism in Schools).
Her research on inclusion/exclusion, racial/ethnic discrimination and inequalities in superdiverse societies engages with key concepts and issues in social and political theorizing such as instutitional and structural racism, intersectionality, citizenship, precariousness, and agency. The empirical dimension is essential in her scholarship: she largely conducts qualitative field studies, often applying ethnographic methods to collect extensive data. In her four most recent, EU funded research projects, she has developed a methodological approach inspired by Participatory Action Research (PAR). This means emphasizing the active role of the researcher as part of the social reality that is being studied, with the objective of contributing to social change beyond merely interpreting the empirical findings.
The translation of contemporary political and social dynamics into theorizing is a cornerstone of her work, which she has published in numerous peer-reviewed academic journals and edited volumes. She also strives to strengthen the interrelation between academia and the social and political spheres, developing contacts with policy-making actors and representatives of the third sector throughout her trajectory as a researcher, and disseminating her research also through non-academic publications in formats such as policy papers and reports, and media articles. This is guided by her perspective that research should be useful not only at the scientific level, but also for society in general, and for the often vulnerable groups – migrants and minorities – that constitute her “study objects” in particular.
Zenia Hellgren is a lecturer and supervisor (EUTOPIA, PhD, Master, and undergraduate levels) at the Pompeu Fabra University and the Barcelona School of Management.
For more details about her research projects and publications, see her personal website:
https://www.upf.edu/web/zenia-hellgren
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 169 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1557-3779 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenia-hellgren-56b94059/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/@ZeniaHellgren |
| Researcher ID | A-7382-2016 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zenia Hellgren |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
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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Qualitative 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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Universitat Pompeu Fabra
University, Barcelona, Spain
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Other, Barcelona, Spain
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Other, Barcelona, Spain
Lecturer -
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Other, Barcelona, Spain
Principal investigator -
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Other, Barcelona, Spain
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Stockholm University
University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm University
University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm University
University, Stockholm, Sweden
PhD researcher
Research
Struggle, Exit, “Resilience”—or How Precarious Workers Cope with Late Neoliberalism. Individual and Collective Agency of Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Spain
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | International Political Sociology |
Discrimination meets interculturalism in theory, policy and practice
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren, Ricard Zapata‐Barrero |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | International Migration |
| Citations (WoS) | 4 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Racialization and Aporophobia: Intersecting Discriminations in the Experiences of Non-Western Migrants and Spanish Roma
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren, Lorenzo Gabrielli |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL |
| Citations (WoS) | 12 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Dual Expectations Gap. Divergent Perspectives on the Educational Aspirations of Spanish Roma Families
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren, Lorenzo Gabrielli |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Intercultural Studies |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 |
Intercultural citizenship in the post-multicultural era
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
Harnessing the potential of Moroccans living abroad through diaspora policies? Assessing the factors of success and failure of a new structure of opportunities for transnational entrepreneurs
| Authors | R. Zapata-Barrero, Z. Hellgren |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Class, race – and place: immigrants’ self-perceptions on inclusion, belonging and opportunities in Stockholm and Barcelona
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |
Markets, Regimes, and the Role of Stakeholders: Explaining Precariousness of Migrant Domestic/Care Workers in Different Institutional Frameworks
| Authors | Z. Hellgren |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
“But later you regret it". Roma youth navigating aspirational dilemmas
| Authors | Abel Beremenyi, Zenia Hellgren |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Profesorado, Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Introduction to the Special Issue: Far from Colorblind. Reflections on Racialization in Contemporary Europe
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren, Balint Abel Beremenyi |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | SOCIAL SCIENCES-BASEL |
| Citations (WoS) | 8 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Transnationalism and Financial Crisis: The Hampered Migration Projects of Female Domestic Workers in Spain
| Authors | Zenia Hellgren, Inma Serrano |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Social Sciences | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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