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Researcher

Milena Belloni

  • Research Expertise:I am a sociologist of migration with a particular expertise in ethnography, refugee studies and the Horn of Africa. I am currently working on a project about refugee families' reunification procedures in Belgium and Italy. Over the past 10 years, my primary concerns of investigation have been the drivers and the dynamics of forced and high risk-migrants; migrant smuggling; gender and migration; secondary movements of asylum seekers and refugees within Europe; Dublin Regulations and its implications; home and housing studies. Most of my empirical work has been based on qualitative methods such as life-stories collection, qualitative interviews and, most notably, multi-sited ethnography. I have done fieldwork in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands from 2012 onwards. My research settings included refugee camps, asylum centers, and urban diverse neighbourhoods.
  • Keywords:AFRICA, ASYLUM, REFUGEES, FAMILY REUNION, ERITREA, TRANSNATIONAL FAMILIES, MIGRATION POLICY, ETHNOGRAPHY, MIGRATION, MIGRATION BARRIERS, Political and social sciences
  • Disciplines:Anthropology, Applied sociology, Policy and administration, Social change, Social stratification, Social theory and sociological methods, Social work, Sociology of organisations and occupations, Other sociology and anthropology, Citizenship, immigration and political inequality, Multilevel governance, Political organisations and institutions, Public administration, Other social and economic geography, Other social sciences
  • Research techniques:Qualitative methods: ethnography; in-depth interviews; focus groups; semi-structure interviews; biographic interviews.
  • Users of research expertise:NGOs, international organisations, local authorities, municipalities, European think tank, European Union, consultancy companies.