Experiences
In Bolivia, immigrants from various destinations have settled during the last century. This is just one example of the considerable and increasing migration to countries of the ‘Global South’. Yet, in public debate as well as in Anglo-Saxon and European migration scholarship, this goes widely unnoticed. Why is there an ...
+ Read moreMethodological nationalism has been omnipresent in migration theory and research since the publication of a famous article by Wimmer and Glick Schiller in 2002. However, with respect to scientific conferences and gatherings in which scholars debate these issues, this type of interrogation has been absent. In what follows, I will ...
+ Read moreTransnational grandparents and their contribution to the intergenerational circulation of care are rarely subject of attention in social sciences and public discourses on migration. Yet, as a central dimension of family solidarity, grandparents’ involvement in childcare also takes place within transnational families, both in countries of origin and settlement. Various ...
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This post offers insights into the first national field experiment on ethnic discrimination in the housing market. Financed by the Swiss Office for Housing and the nccr – on the move, we examined to what extent one’s name affects the likelihood to be invited to view an apartment. We covered
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Caring for vulnerable kin, children and elderly parents plays an important role in transnational families. As addressed in the global care circulation concept, female migrants from the Global South taking care of children and elderly members of wealthy families solve a public problem privately. We slightly change the focus and
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