Experts Database

Nathan Levy is a PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam, studying research-policy dialogues on migration and migration-related diversity.

Aleksandra Lewicki is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology, a Member of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS).

Her work investigates structural inequalities in post-colonial Europe. Her main research areas are: institutional dynamics of racism & political mobilisation and agency.

Yong Li is a sociologist, post-doctoral fellow at the Triangle Laboratory, ENS de Lyon, France. He is research coordinator in the International Advanced Laboratory “Post-Western Sociology in Europe and in China” ENS Lyon/Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also a fellow of the French Collaborative Institute on Migration. His research interests include student mobility, career paths of skilled migrants, experiences of discrimination and racism of people of Asian origin in France, migrant entrepreneurship, social ramification of the food safety scandals in mainland China.

I am currently a PhD candidate in Geography and Resource Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

I'm a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. My PhD research focuses on PRC-born migrants' senses of belonging and civic engagement in Sydney. I have also been involved in research projects related to international student mobility in Hong Kong and the UK, and internal educational migration in China.

Gustav Lidén (PhD in Political Science, 2011) has his background in comparative politics with a specific interest in the local political arena. During 2012 and 2013 he was post doctoral fellow at the Department of Social Sciences at Mid Sweden University. Since 2014 Lidén is Associate Professor (docent) in political science at Mid Sweden University.

He has been a visting scholar at Åbo Akademi University (2012) and at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2021).

His work has been published in journals such as Democratization, Journal of Refugee Studies, Local Government Studies and Policy Studies

His most recent research contribution is a monography titled Local Migration Policy - Governance Structures and Policy Output in Swedish Municipalities (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021).

Lidén's research focus is directed towards the local political arena and is placed within these fields:
• Local migration and integration policy.
• Local governance and policy.