Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2022). Targeting on Social Networking Sites as Sampling Strategy for Online Migrant Surveys: The Challenge of Biases and Search for Possible Solutions. Migration Research in a Digitized World. (Eds.) Pötzschke, S., Rinken, S.. IMISCOE Research Series. Springer, Cham. [in English]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2022). E-namus? Social networking sites and conservative norms of romantic relationships among second-generation migrants in Russia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(13), 3240-3258. [in English]

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Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A. (2021). “Homeland-Rooted” or Acquired in the Receiving Society: How Does the Composition of Migrants’ “Co-Ethnic” Ties Affect Their Patterns of Integration?. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 22, 347–368. [in English]

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Varshaver, E. (2020). Migration Museum as a Dream and a Project. In (Eds.). Agapova, D.A., Khalikova, D.R.,Sinitsyna, O.V., Zhvitiashvili, N.Y., (Ed-in-Ch.) D.R. Khalikova, O.V. Sinitsyna. Migration: Revealing the Personal. Museum practices and recommendations for working on migration, mobility and diversity. Moscow: ICOM Russia. [in  English]

Timeframe: December 2018 - December 2021.

Egorova, T., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2020). Formation of Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Sweden: a Case-Study of Rinkeby, Stockholm. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 13(7), 1112-1125. [in English]

How did Russian migrants go through the coronavirus pandemic? The Head of the Group presented the results of the recent research of the Group with foreign colleagues at the OSCE webinar "The impact of COVID-19 on labor migration". These results were also mentioned in the "The New York Times" article on pandemic in Russia.

In the Journal of International Migration and Integration a new article authored by Evgeni Varshaver and Anna Rocheva which reveals the association between types of 'co-ethnic' social circles and integration trajectory of migrants from Kyrgyzstan was recently issued. The full text can be assessed through the link. 

How does the integration of migrants of different generations happen in Russia and Europe? Anna Rocheva and Evgeni Varshaver discussed these and other issues with Maurice Crul, Frans Lelie, Jens Schneider and Ksenia Tenisheva at the panel organized by the Group as the part of the 5th international conference “Migration, displacement and urban development”.

The Group for Ethnic and Migration studies has successfully completed its yearly student expedition which has been organized under the auspices of the Centre for field research within the "Summer School" independent educational project for the last 2 years. This year the expedition was focused on the representation of ethnicity in local museums in Russia's national republics. The Group's researchers Evgeni Varshaver and Nataliya Ivanova, along with students from various universities and other participants, went on an expedition to Karelia and Kalmykia. To prepare for the field trip, they first worked on their research instrumentation in the Summer School in Dubna, Moscow oblast, and once returned, proceeded to analyze collected materials in that same School. The expedition has been a definite success - data has been collected and posted in a way that anyone can access and use it, participants have drawn general conclusions and, besides, each of them has been a given "a home assignment" - to write an article on one of the research issues by winter.

The life of second generation migrants from Central Asia and Transcaucasia in Russia: where they work and study, how they make friends, date, marry and identify themselves within the broader Russian society. These are the questions the Group explores in its newly published study on second generation migrants in Tumen Oblast, Siberia.

Migrants and Russia: do they want to settle or dream to go back? What are the key factors and how can state policies impact their decision? The Group delves into these and other related issues in its latest article on Russia's migrants' plans for their future.

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2019). Second Generation Migrants Aged 18–35 in Russia: Research Project Results. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (2(150)), 318-363. [in English]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2019). Youth with a Migrant Background: Are They Willing to Stay in Russia?. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 12(7), 1256-1281. [in English]

The article which finalizes a wide-scale two-year project on integration of young adult second-generation migrants in Russia got issued in The Monitoring of Public Opinion Journal #2 (2019). We are happy to share the most comprehensive results on the topic with our international colleagues!

Varshaver, E., Rocheva A. (2018). Localized Migrant Communities in the Absence of Ethnic Neighbourhoods: A Glimpse into Moscow’s Ethnic Cafés. Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography, 8(2), 42-58. [in English]

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Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E. (2017). Gender Dimension of Migration from Central Asia to the Russian Federation. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 32(2), 87-136. [in English]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A. (2014). Migrant Communities in Moscow: Their Origins, Functionality, and Maintenance Mechanisms. Preprint. [in English]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E. (2017). Giving Voice to the City in Migration Studies (Introduction to the Special Issue). Urban Studies and Practices, 2(1), 9-10. [in English]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2017). Bridging Science and Practice: Migrant Integration Events in Moscow Neighborhoods. Urban Studies and Practices, 2(1), 25-39. [in English]

Varshaver, E. (2022).  “Stop beating the dead primordial horse”: actual agendas in the constructivist research of ethnicity. The Russian Sociological Review, 21(3), 31-58. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N., Rocheva, A. (2022). Why  and  When  Do  Migrants  in  Russia  Come to Homeownership and How Is It Related to Integration?. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (2(168)), 223-247. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., (ed.) (2022). On Ethnic Diversity in Modern Dagestan: Students' field trip collection of articles. Authors: M. Gutsunaev, A. Drozdova, E. Kozharinova, A. Kunina, A. Malinovskiy, V. Nazarov, A. Rakacheva, D. Stepanova. Moscow: HSE Publishing House. [in Russian]

Ivanova, N. (2022). The Effect of Residential Concentration of Migrants on the Integration of Second Generation Migrants in Russia. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 13(7), 1112-1125. [in Russian]

Ivanova, N., Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A. (2022). What Migrants Do Economically Developed Countries Attract and How They Do It: Analysis of International Cases. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, 15(6), 811-825. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2021). Factors and Mechanisms of the Formation of Migrant Residential Concentration Areas Around Markets. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (5(165)), 425-449. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N., Andreeva A. (2021). Migrants in Russian cities: settlement, concentration, integration. Moscow: Publishing House "Delo" RANEPA. 226 p. [in Russian]

Andreeva A., Ivanova N., Varshaver E. (2021). Do Kotelniki Qualify as an Ethnic And Migrant Enclave? Case-Study of Residents’ Ethnic and Migration Origins in Kotelniki, Moscow’s Satellite City. Urban studies and practices, 5(4), 54-72. [in Russian]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2020).  Vulnerable Groups in Disasters: Solidarity and Trust in Government as the Basis for Migrant Strategies in Russia During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (6(160)), 488-511. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E. (2020). Intercultural Events in Russia. Intercultural and interconfessional management: Theory and Practice. A Handbook. E. Varshaver, E. Idrisov, E. Markwart, E. Pain, A. Sitnikov, I. Starodubrovskaya. Editor: I. Starodubrovskaya. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo "Prospekt". P. 215-238. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N., Rocheva, A. (2020).  Migrants in Russia during the COVID-19 pandemic: survey results. RANEPA.  81p. [in Russian]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E. (2020). Migration Intentions of Youth with and without Migrant Backgrounds: a Russian Case. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (3), 295-334. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N., Ermakova M. (2020).  Residential Concentrations of Migrants in Russian Cities: Is There a Pattern?. The Russian Sociological Review, 19(2), 225-253. [in Russian]

Ermakova M., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2020). Features of settlement and integration of migrants in Moscow and Moscow region. RUDN Journal of Sociology (Vestnik Rossiiskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Seriya: Sotsiologiya), 20(2), 363-381. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Andreeva A., Ivanova, N. (2020).  Migrants' settlement patterns in global cities and their determinants: Paris, Singapore, Sydney and Moscow. Part II. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (2), 457-485. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Andreeva A., Ivanova, N. (2019).  Migrants' settlement patterns in global cities and their determinants: Paris, Singapore, Sydney and Moscow. Part I. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (6(154)), 479-504. [in Russian]

Kazenin K., Kozlov V., Mitrofanova E., Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A. (2019) The Birth Rate among Foreign Migrants in Russia and the Factors Affacting It (Analysis of Survey Date). The Bulletin of the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2019. (1), 100-111. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2019). Second Generation Migrants Aged 18–35 in Russia: Research Project Results. The Monitoring of Public Opinion: Economic and Social Changes Journal, (2(150)), 318-363. [in Russian]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2019). Integration of Second-Generation Migrants from Transcaucasia and Central Asia in the Tyumen Region: Social, Linguistic and Identification Aspects. Vestnik Arheologii, Antropologii i Etnografii, (2(45)), 166-175. [in Russian]

Rocheva, A., Varshaver, E., Ivanova, N. (2019). Integration of Second-Generation Migrants from Transcaucasia and Central Asia in the Tyumen Region: Educational Trajectories and Employment. Vestnik Arheologii, Antropologii i Etnografii, (1(44)), 136-145. [in Russian]

A new article "Localized Migrant Communities in the Absence of Ethnic Neighbourhoods: A Glimpse into Moscow’s Ethnic Cafés" authored by Group's researchers Evgeni Varshaver and Anna Rocheva has recently been issued in Urbanities - Journal of Urban Ethnography, vol. 8, #2.

We invite you to participate in the research panel on the youth with migrant background in various settings, which we are planning to organize at the Annual IMISCOE conference which will be held in Malmö, Sweden in June 26-28, 2019. [more]

Call for participation: Panel Session

Youth with Migrant Background in ‘Old’ and ‘Emerging’ Destinations

at IMISCOE 2019 (June 26-28, 2019 in Malmö)

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to participate in the research panel on the youth with migrant background in various settings, which we are planning to organize at the Annual IMISCOE conference which will be held in Malmö, Sweden in June 26-28, 2019.

The two main sets of factors shaping trajectories of the youth with migrant background in the destination countries can be designated as ‘context of reception’ and ‘characteristics of migrant families’. Presumably, established ‘immigration countries’ will have a different story of integration of youth with migrant background in comparison with the ‘emerging migration magnets.’ At the same time, the larger share of theoretical literature on the youth with migrant background has been created on the basis of research in the ‘classical’ immigrant receiving states, first of all – USA. To what extent does it remain relevant for other contexts, such as ‘emerging migration magnets’? To address this question, at this research panel we aim at bringing together scholars working on a wide array of topics related to the integration paths of the youth with migrant background (2nd generation, generation 1.5, etc) in a variety of settings – ‘classical’ as well as ‘emerging’ immigrant receiving states, rural and urban contexts. We also encourage scholars to look at the various temporal dimensions – nowadays as well as 100 years ago. Possible topics include but are not limited to the educational and labour market aspirations and trajectories of the youth with migrant background, their social ties and transnational practices, marriage and romantic relations, citizenship and belonging, parenting cultures and gender relations, values and norms, identification and religion.

The requirement of the IMISCOE conference organizers implies inclusion of the paper proposals together with the panel proposal. Thus, if you would like to participate in the panel, please, send us the abstract of about 250 words with the name and affiliation no later than November 23rd. This timeframe will allow for your individual submission, in case we are not able to include your paper in the session. The email for abstract submission and any related questions is center.migration.ethnicity@gmail.com.

Best regards,

Evgeni Varshaver and Anna Rocheva

Group for Migration and Ethnicity Research

RANEPA

In July 2018 researchers of the Group organized and held a student car expedition to the Middle Volga region of Russia, where they focused on ethnicity in poliethnic contexts.

Ivanova, N., Varshaver, E. (2018) Peculiarities of the Legal Status of Labor Migrants from the EAEU and other CIS Member States in Russia: a Comparative Analysis (Beginning). Migration Law, (3), 3-8. [in Russian]

Ivanova, N., Varshaver, E. (2018) Peculiarities of the Legal Status of Labor Migrants from the EAEU and other CIS Member States in Russia: a Comparative Analysis (Final Part). Migration Law, (4), 9-16. [in Russian]

An article by the lead researcher of the group dr. Anna Rocheva and the head of the group dr. Evgeni Varshaver 'Gender Dimension of Migration from Central Asia to the Russian Federation' was published at Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 32, # 2.

Varshaver, E. (2017). Neurophysiology of Ethnicity (based on foreign literature). Social Psychology and Society, 8(4), 43-54. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Rocheva, A., Ivanova, N. (2017). Second-Generation Migrants in Russia of the Age 18–30 Years Old: Characteristics of the Structural Integration. Social Policy and Sociology, 16(5), 63-72. [in Russian]

Varshaver, E., Starodubrovskaya, I. (2017). Who Justifies Violence in Dagestan and Why? A Comparative Analysis of Value Profiles of Muslim Religious Groups in Dagestan. State, Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide, 35(3), 202-233. [in Russian]