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Nando Sigona is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their academic work primarily focuses on social sciences, with particular expertise in sociology and political science. This expertise extends into subfields such as political science and international relations, demography, general health professions, and ecology.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, including:

  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Sigona has contributed to various recent studies, demonstrating sustained engagement with migration issues and related social policies. Selected publications include:

  • "Death and Migration: Migrant Journeys and the Governance of Migration During Europe's "Migration Crisis"," 2020, published in International Migration Review
  • "Intergenerational narratives of citizenship among EU citizens in the UK after the Brexit referendum," 2021, Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • "From the state of the art to new directions in researching what Brexit means for migration and migrants," 2022, Migration Studies
  • "Migration infrastructures and the production of migrants' irregularity in Japan and the United Kingdom," 2021, Comparative Migration Studies
  • "Brexit Rebordering, Sticky Relationships and the Production of Mixed-Status Families," 2023, Sociology

Their frequent coauthors reflect collaborative research efforts in migration and social sciences. Notable coauthors include Alexandra Délano Alonso, Michaela Benson, Elena Zambelli, Catherine Craven, and Jenny Phillimore.

Sigona's work is regularly published in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • International Migration Review
  • Migration Studies
  • Comparative Migration Studies

Overall, the scope of Sigona's scholarship is anchored in migration studies and intersects with aspects of social policy, health, and labor dynamics. This interdisciplinary orientation highlights migration as a multifaceted subject, linking demographic shifts to political, social, and economic dimensions.

Best Publications

  • The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies

    Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh;Gil Loescher;Katy Long;Nando Sigona

  • Campzenship: reimagining the camp as a social and political space

    Nando Sigona

  • Locating ‘The Gypsy Problem’. The Roma in Italy: Stereotyping, Labelling and ‘Nomad Camps’

    Nando Sigona

  • Ethnography, diversity and urban space

    Mette Louise Berg;Nando Sigona

  • ‘I have too much baggage’: the impacts of legal status on the social worlds of irregular migrants

    Nando Sigona

  • Immigration, Social Cohesion and Social Capital: What are the Links?

    Roger Zetter;David Griffiths;Nando Sigona;Don Flynn

  • How Can a `Nomad' be a `Refugee'? Kosovo Roma and Labelling Policy in Italy

    Nando Sigona

  • Social capital or social exclusion? The impact of asylum-seeker dispersal on UK refugee community organizations

    Roger Zetter;David Griffiths;Nando Sigona

  • Migration routes and strategies of young undocumented migrants in England: a qualitative perspective

    Alice Bloch;Nando Sigona;Roger Zetter

  • Refugee community organisations and dispersal : networks, resources and social capital

    David Griffiths;Nando Sigona;Roger Zetter

  • Unravelling Europe's 'migration crisis':: Journeys over land and sea

    Heaven Crawley;Heaven Crawley;Franck Duvell;Katharine Jones;Simon McMahon

  • The contested politics of naming in Europe’s “refugee crisis”

    Nando Sigona

  • Destination Europe?: Understanding the dynamics and drivers of Mediterranean migration in 2015

    Heaven Crawley;Franck Duvell;Katharine Jones;Simon McMahon

  • Sans Papiers: The Social and Economic Lives of Young Undocumented Migrants

    Alice Bloch;Nando Sigona;Roger Zetter

  • The governance of Romani people in Italy: discourse, policy and practice

    Nando Sigona

  • Integrative Paradigms, Marginal Reality: Refugee Community Organisations and Dispersal in Britain

    David Griffiths;Nando Sigona;Roger Zetter

  • Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe

    Nando Sigona;Nidhi Trehan

  • Editors' Introduction. The Roma in the New EU: Policies, Frames and Everyday Experiences

    Nando Sigona;Peter Vermeersch

  • Introduction: Refugee and forced migration studies in transition

    Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh;Gil Loescher;Katy Long;Nando Sigona

  • Within and Beyond Citizenship : Borders, Membership and Belonging

    Roberto G. Gonzales;Nando Sigona

  • Navigating the Central Mediterranean in a Time of ‘Crisis’: Disentangling Migration Governance and Migrant Journeys:

    Simon McMahon;Nando Sigona

  • Integrative paradigms, marginal reality: refugee community organisations and dispersal

    Roger Zetter;David Griffiths;Nando Sigona

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Zetter
Roger Zetter University of Oxford
Gil Loescher
Gil Loescher University of Oxford
Ann Phoenix
Ann Phoenix University College London
Nira Yuval-Davis
Nira Yuval-Davis University of East London
Floya Anthias
Floya Anthias University of Roehampton
Alexander Betts
Alexander Betts University of Oxford

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