Experts Index

Juliana Fornasier is a PhD student at the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra-Barcelona, where she has also finished her Master in Migration Studies. Her research focuses on policy learning at the local level in the field of migration. She is also a research assistant...

After having studied Sociology (University of Geneva, 2005-2008) and Social sciences (University of Lausanne, 2008-2010), I was hired by the University of Lausanne as a junior researcher on SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) and SNIS (Swiss Network for International Studies) research projects (2009-2011)....

Julija Kekstaite is a Ph.D. fellow at the Department of Social Work and Pedagogy and the Department of Sociology at University of Ghent. She has received her MSc in Sociology, Migration and Ethnic Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Her research interests include sociological examination of forced...

Dr. Julio Davies is an anthropologist focused on migration and diaspora studies, processes of nation-formation, racialisation and post-colonial legacies. Julio holds a BA in Social Sciences awarded by Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil), and was awarded a MSc by King’s College London in Sociology...

As a night ethnographer and migration scholar, for the past decade Julius-Cezar Macarie (or MacQuarie) has reached out to migrant nightshift workers working around the clock in European cities, because he is concerned with their invisibility from public debates, political agendas, and scholarly fields. RESEARCH...

I am a PhD candidate at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, the Australian National University. I received my BA in Chinese Philology at Peking University and MA in Chinese History at Columbia University. Prior to my studies at ANU, I worked as a voluntary teacher in Yunnan, Southwest China....

Professor of Geography at the University of Turku. Former director of research consortium URMI (Urbanization, Mobilities and Immigration, www.urmi.fi). Recently conducted research on asylum-related journeys, irregular migration and related processes in the EU, at the border of the EU and in the origin...

Currently an anthropology major in their last year, Justine Cabe's research interests include ecologies, migration, medical pluralism, and language maintenance. Their first full-fledged research paper tackles the migration of the Asi people from Banton Island, Romblon, Philippines vis-a-vis their search...

I work as a senior researcher at the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University. I have a PhD in sociology from Queen's University, Belfast, UK. In the recent years, I have been involved in research examining migrant involvement in welfare services; I studied migrant mental health;...

Justyna Salamońska is Associate Professor at Kozminski University. Justyna holds a PhD in Sociology from Trinity College Dublin. She previously carried out research and taught at Trinity College Dublin, University of Chieti, European University Institute and University of Warsaw. Her research and teaching...

Social science researcher specialised in migration and asylum. Conducting research for advocacy at Secours Catholique Caritas France.

Dr. Kaisu Koskela is a postdoctoral researcher at the Nijmegen School of Management, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment. She is part of the multidisciplinary Radboud University Network on Migrant Inclusion (RUNOMI) and also works in collaboration with the Faculty of Law. Her research project...

Kaltrina Kusari (MSW, RSW) was born and grew up in Kosova before moving to North America to pursue higher education. The growing up in a post-war society has shaped many of her career aspirations and research interests. Her Master of Social Work (University of Calgary) research focused on the experiences...