Experts Index

I am Emeritus Professor in Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Bristol (UK) and author of Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants (Polity Press/Wiley, 2018) as well as academic articles on the philosophy of migration and other topics.

Chris Levesque joined Kenyon’s Department of Sociology in July 2023. His research studies migration, demography and the far-reaching consequences of U.S. immigration law. Specifically, he focuses on the legal process in newer immigrant destinations. He uses mixed methods to study the intersection between...

Director & Research Fellow: Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria. Research interests: migration, regional integration, borders, the informal economy, water governance. Teaching: Regional Integration; African & Regional Politics; States & Governance in Africa;...

Christopher Ali Thorén defended his dissertation Muslims, Education, and the Multicultural Neighbourhood: Swedish Muslims in Upper-secondary Schools, their Orientations and Struggle for Recognition in December 2024 at the Department of Sociology and Work Science (SOCAV) and the Centre for Educational...

Sociologist and epidemiologist with a research focus on refugee children's transition to adulthood in Denmark and other countries, organised around the themes of education, employment and health. Most of my work is quantitative and comparative, exploring how refugee children's life courses differ across...

I'm an Anthropologist with a background in Music Education, Musicology, and Music Performance. My research expertise lies in (forced) migration, inclusion and inclusivity, (non-)citizenship, (non-)belonging, encounters, globalisation, and creative practices and expressions. I'm interested in and committed...

Cigdem Manap is a Visiting Scholar at Brandenburg University of Technology. Before, she was an assistant professor at Department of Sociology, Suleyman Demirel University and Research Fellow at Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Her research and publications focus on...

Cihan is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at KU Leuven's Spatial Applications Division (SADL), specializing in urban mobility and accessibility. His current work focuses on EU Horizon projects including UPPER (public transport innovation) and expertise in co-creation methods, serious games, and cycling policy...

Ciprian Badescu studied business and sociology, obtaining a doctorate in sociology of organizations, followed by a post-doctorate in sociology of culture, cultural economy and social economics at the Romanian Academy. His more recent work includes participating in a two-year research project on improving...

I am a sociologist and a senior SNF researcher based at the University of Lausanne. My research interests include privileged transnational migration and intersectional analysis of international elites.

Dr Claire Dorrity is a lecturer in social policy at the School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork (UCC). Her main research interests include Migration Policy; Border Securitisation and Externalisation; Refugee Displacement; Critical Multiculturalism and Superdiversity; Migrant Solidarities...

Claire Schiff was trained in intercultural studies, anthropology and sociology in the United-States and France. She is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Bordeaux University and does research in the areas of Migration and Ethnic Relations, Youth and Education. She has studied issues such as education...

Post-Doctoral Researcher at Centre d'Etudes Européennes et de Politiques Comparées, Sciences-Po, Paris. Sociologist

Dr Ayelotan is a researcher and writer specialising in migration, religion, law, and human rights. Her work explores the intersections of African Pentecostalism, child witchcraft accusations, and migration, with a focus on their social, legal, and policy implications. She employs interdisciplinary methods,...