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In partnership with IMISCOE’s Migration Research Hub, this database provides access to a range of migration experts from around the world. The academics and researchers registered with IMISCOE contribute their publications and expertise to further innovation in the field of migration studies, bringing knowledge on a range of topics related to the Global Compact for Migration. Links to their research are provided in their profiles. Search the database below by expertise and location to find an expert and review their latest work. Sign-in to contact an expert directly.

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Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
Independent Scholar
York

Research experience on Migration, Conflicts and Cultural Integration issues. Former Visiting Scholar at top European think tanks such as CERI (Paris 2015), ISDP (Stockholm 2016), ZEI (Bonn 2017), IAI (Rome 2018), DIIS (Copenhagen 2019), ARENA (Oslo 2020). Project Manager of the "Program for the cultural Integration of Refugees and Migrants" UH/UNHCR (2016-2019), which applied an action research approach to improve the integration of refugees and migrants from the Middle East in Ecuador.

  • Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
    Independent Scholar
    York

Research experience on Migration, Conflicts and Cultural Integration issues. Former Visiting Scholar at top European think tanks such as CERI (Paris 2015), ISDP (Stockholm 2016), ZEI (Bonn 2017), IAI (Rome 2018), DIIS (Copenhagen 2019), ARENA (Oslo 2020). Project Manager of the "Program for the cultural Integration of Refugees and Migrants" UH/UNHCR (2016-2019), which applied an action research approach to improve the integration of refugees and migrants from the Middle East in Ecuador.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Research consultant
Lausanne

Victoria is a research and policy-oriented professional who holds a PhD from the University of Geneva in Social Sciences. Her main research areas are migrant organizations, migration and development, integration, rights of migrants, labour migration and gender and migration. She has over ten years experience on migration, gender and child protection with international development, humanitarian and non-governmental organizations.

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
    Research consultant
    Lausanne

Victoria is a research and policy-oriented professional who holds a PhD from the University of Geneva in Social Sciences. Her main research areas are migrant organizations, migration and development, integration, rights of migrants, labour migration and gender and migration. She has over ten years experience on migration, gender and child protection with international development, humanitarian and non-governmental organizations.

Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
Coordinator
Port-au-Prince

Dr. Toni Cela is a cultural anthropologist whose research interests include: migration and education; anthropology of disaster and recovery; disaster health; Haitian youth identity formation; anthropology of education; and diaspora and development. She received her doctorate from Columbia University, is a former Fulbright Scholar and Spencer Foundation fellow.

  • Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
    Coordinator
    Port-au-Prince

Dr. Toni Cela is a cultural anthropologist whose research interests include: migration and education; anthropology of disaster and recovery; disaster health; Haitian youth identity formation; anthropology of education; and diaspora and development. She received her doctorate from Columbia University, is a former Fulbright Scholar and Spencer Foundation fellow.

University of the Philippines
Associate Professor
Quezon City

Jocelyn O. Celero is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Japan Studies Program at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. She teaches courses on Japanese society, culture, politics and economy. She obtained her PhD in International Studies at Waseda University, Japan in 2016. She has published on migration and transnationality of Filipino migrants and Japanese-Filipinos. Since 2019, she has served as Research Fellow/Focal Person for UP-CIFAL Philippines.

  • University of the Philippines
    Associate Professor
    Quezon City
  • UP CIFAL Philippines
    Consultant/Research Fellow/Focal Person
    Quezon City

Jocelyn O. Celero is currently Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Japan Studies Program at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. She teaches courses on Japanese society, culture, politics and economy. She obtained her PhD in International Studies at Waseda University, Japan in 2016. She has published on migration and transnationality of Filipino migrants and Japanese-Filipinos. Since 2019, she has served as Research Fellow/Focal Person for UP-CIFAL Philippines.

National Chengchi University
Associate Professor
Taipei

Ching-An Chang is an associate professor from the Department of Arabic Language and Culture at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan (R.O.C.). His research interests include 1) Middle East studies (with a special focus on the Levant), 2) refugee, migration, and diaspora in the Middle East, and 3) transnationalism. His work has appeared in International Migration, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, Social Inclusion, and Insight Turkey.

  • National Chengchi University
    Associate Professor
    Taipei
  • National Chengchi University
    Assistant Professor
    Taipei

Ching-An Chang is an associate professor from the Department of Arabic Language and Culture at the National Chengchi University in Taiwan (R.O.C.). His research interests include 1) Middle East studies (with a special focus on the Levant), 2) refugee, migration, and diaspora in the Middle East, and 3) transnationalism. His work has appeared in International Migration, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, Social Inclusion, and Insight Turkey.

Faculty of Socilogy and Anthropology, Thammasat
Assistant Professor,
Bangkok

Chantanee Charoensri is a sociologist of migration. She is currently the dean of the faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Her research includes: Thai Daughters, English Wives: A Critical Ethnography of Transnational Lives; Virtual Mobility among Highly Skilled Migrants in Thailand: Mobility movement and virtual mobility; From Migration Studies to Mobility Paradigm: An Evaluation of Frameworks Suitable for a Study of Highly Skilled Migration. She is a project leader for Thai-Norwegian couples in Thailand. Impact of transnational welfare and migration policy on return migration, which is a part of ThaiMig Project funded by Vid Specialized University's excellence in research. She is also a member of a research group : Transnational Intimacy and Migration Process (find out about the cluster here: https://transnationalintim.wixsite.com/website-3/team). Previously, she was a co-researcher for the Thai Entrepreneurs in the UK (Newton Fund).

  • Faculty of Socilogy and Anthropology, Thammasat
    Assistant Professor,
    Bangkok

Chantanee Charoensri is a sociologist of migration. She is currently the dean of the faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand. Her research includes: Thai Daughters, English Wives: A Critical Ethnography of Transnational Lives; Virtual Mobility among Highly Skilled Migrants in Thailand: Mobility movement and virtual mobility; From Migration Studies to Mobility Paradigm: An Evaluation of Frameworks Suitable for a Study of Highly Skilled Migration. She is a project leader for Thai-Norwegian couples in Thailand. Impact of transnational welfare and migration policy on return migration, which is a part of ThaiMig Project funded by Vid Specialized University's excellence in research. She is also a member of a research group : Transnational Intimacy and Migration Process (find out about the cluster here: https://transnationalintim.wixsite.com/website-3/team). Previously, she was a co-researcher for the Thai Entrepreneurs in the UK (Newton Fund).

Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Assistant Professor of Sociology
New Brunswick

My scholarship interrogates the significance of social categories as they mediate myriad opportunities and constraints in the everyday lives of immigrants and ethnoracial minorities. I utilize diverse methodologies, data sources, and theoretical perspectives to investigate how ascriptive social categories (race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc.) and their corresponding symbolic boundaries are activated, reinforced, and contested within organizations, politics, and popular culture, among others. My current research program consists of three streams: 1) immigrant organizations, 2) immigrant politics and civic participation, and 3) the sociology of music.

  • Rutgers University-New Brunswick
    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    New Brunswick
  • International Migration Institute
    Research Fellow
    Amsterdam
  • American Sociological Association: Section on Int'l Migration
    Secretary and Treasurer
    Washington D.C.

My scholarship interrogates the significance of social categories as they mediate myriad opportunities and constraints in the everyday lives of immigrants and ethnoracial minorities. I utilize diverse methodologies, data sources, and theoretical perspectives to investigate how ascriptive social categories (race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, etc.) and their corresponding symbolic boundaries are activated, reinforced, and contested within organizations, politics, and popular culture, among others. My current research program consists of three streams: 1) immigrant organizations, 2) immigrant politics and civic participation, and 3) the sociology of music.

  • FLAME University
    Associate Professor & Chair (Sociology)
    Pune
  • FLAME University
    Associate Professor of Sociology and Digital Humanities
    Pune
  • Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
    Assistant Professor of Sociology
    Jodhpur

I am a doctoral researcher in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. Broadly, I am interested in the politics of migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More specifically, I am interested in understanding how national governments across LAC manage different forms of migration (immigration, in-transit migration, forced migration, and return migration), what factors shape their management strategies, what explains variation across national governments in the region, and how such management strategies shape the lives of migrant communities. I address such questions by employing qualitative methods.

I am a doctoral researcher in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. Broadly, I am interested in the politics of migration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). More specifically, I am interested in understanding how national governments across LAC manage different forms of migration (immigration, in-transit migration, forced migration, and return migration), what factors shape their management strategies, what explains variation across national governments in the region, and how such management strategies shape the lives of migrant communities. I address such questions by employing qualitative methods.

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