Temporal injustice and asylum reception centres in Norway: towards a critical geographies of architecture in the institution by Ragne Øwre Thorshaug, Cathrine Brun

“…This article develops a conceptual framework for understanding the asylum centre by drawing on geographical literature on architecture and contributions from migration studies on temporality. It analyses the ways in which the reception centre becomes a focal point in the asylum seekers’ lives and how people’s lived experiences, the asylum institution and the materiality of the buildings housing the centres come together in the particular temporalities produced by the asylum-seeking process. …”
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‘Going to the West Is My Last Chance to Get a Normal Life’: Bulgarian Would-Be Migrants’ Imaginings of Life in the UK by Polina Manolova

“…By engaging with the existing debates in migration studies and literature on Bulgarian migration, this article exposes the deficiencies of economic reductionism, which presents migration decision-making as a conscious, rational and calculative act and, instead, demonstrates that, very often, people are led by dreams and idealisations that are reflective of their emotions and life-worlds.…”
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Away From Innocence: Migration And Cultural Trauma in Sabina Khan's Young Adult Novel Zara Hossain Is Here by Sofia Cavalcanti

“…However, a number of recent writings belonging to the emergent genre of refugee and migration youth literature have been disrupting the traditional coming-of-age story by envisioning alternative means for the young to face the complexities of identity construction in the new land. By drawing on migration studies as well as decolonial theory and culturally sustaining pedagogy, I will examine Sabina Khan’s transcultural novel Zara Hossain is Here (2021) which provides an empowering depiction of a queer Pakistani immigrant teen facing cultural trauma through political activism and community building. …”
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Defining “talent” : insights from management and migration literatures for policy design by Cerna, Lucie, Chou, Meng‐Hsuan

“…We review how “talent” is defined in two sets of literature, talent management and migration studies, and find that definitions fall under one of two categories: binary (“talent” as qualities) or composite (“talent” as a relational concept). …”
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In Search of Work – the Life of Croatian Immigrant Men in Canada between the Two World Wars by Snježana Ružić

“…To begin the article, the author surveys the existing historiography, in particular the new trends in social history that examine the everyday life of “average” men and women which have opened new approaches in immigration history, paying less attention to the political and diplomatic events surrounding migration studies. Her methodological approach follows concepts developed by the “new” social history and is based on a theoretical concept of masculinity. …”
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Refugee and Immigrant Youth Leaders: Strengths, Futurity, and Commitment to Community by Jane Pak, Jyoti Gurung, Amy Argenal

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The Role of the Fibronectin Synergy Site for Skin Wound Healing by Irene Gimeno-LLuch, María Benito-Jardón, Gemma Guerrero-Barberà, Natalia Burday, Mercedes Costell

“…To test how the synergy site-mediated adhesion affects the course of wound healing fibrosis, we used a mouse model of skin injury and in-vitro migration studies with keratinocytes and fibroblasts on FN^syn. …”
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South Atlantic Bight – a final stop for Ruddy Turnstones migrating to the Arctic by Felicia J. Sanders, Adam D. Smith, Janet M. Thibault, Deborah L. Carter, Maina C. Handmaker, Fletcher M. Smith

“…Like other shorebird migration studies, most of the Ruddy Turnstones made use of tailwinds at departure and ground speeds were positively correlated with tailwind support. …”
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Volunteering as a Means of Fostering Integration and Intercultural Relations. Evidence from Six European Contexts by Andrea Carlà, Heidi Flarer, Marie Lehner, Astrid Mattes, Ursula Reeger

“…Bringing together the field of migration studies and research on volunteering, we investigate whether volunteering would foster processes of integration and intercultural relations. …”
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Market making and the production of nurses for export: a case study of India–UK health worker migration by Benjamin M Hunter, Susan F Murray, Sibille Merz, Ramila Bisht

“…We adapt conceptual frameworks from migration studies to examine the networked and commercialised nature of the Indian market for nurse migration to the UK.Methods We draw on data from 27 expert interviews conducted with migration intermediaries, healthcare providers and policymakers in India and the UK.Findings India–UK nurse migration occurs within a complex and evolving market encompassing ways to educate, train and recruit nursing candidates. …”
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Experiences of the Migrant Farmworkers during the Syndemic Due to COVID-19 in Spain by Manuel Rubio González, María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte, María Idoia Ugarte-Gurrutxaga, Karim El Marbouhe El Faqyr, José Granero-Molina, Cayetano Fernández-Sola, Fernando Jesús Plaza del Pino

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Potential role of climate change on the spread of salmonid skin condition: the biogeochemical hypothesis on ulcerative dermal necrosis on the Słupia River - Poland by Marcin Stokowski, Wojciech Sobiegraj, Ewa Kulczykowska

“…UDN affects primarily an epidermal and dermal layer of the skin lesion, which in the early stages, occurs in the head area of migratory adult salmonids entering freshwater for upstream river migration. Studies show that acid-base water properties in estuaries are exceptionally dynamic, which results from the variability of the CO2 system. …”
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A causal model for creating public value (in institutional voids)—the case of Lesvos by Andrea Cederquist

“…Although the paper draws on a case study that is relevant to migration studies, it is not a migration study, but rather an attempt to use and improve “social-theory reflection” by applying a systems thinking approach as we embark on addressing public value creation, social problems and social-systems transformation (in institutional voids).…”
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Sociology of values: experience of building a taxonomy by using natural language analysis technology by M. A. Kashina, S. Tkach

“…It was found that articles with a more conservative core of theoretical categories (gender studies, migration studies, the theory of globalism) are more amenable to clustering, while theories with a loosely structured and fluid theoretical core (theories using environmental terminology, theories of inequality) are much less amenable to explicit clustering. …”
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The Polish Catholic Church and the Russian invasion of Ukraine | A Igreja Católica da Polónia e a invasão russa da Ucrânia by Marcin Zatyka

“…The aid provided to Ukrainian refugees after the 2014 Russian invasion was until the beginning of the 2022 war little known and omitted in migration studies. Also within the political debate and among some commentators, Polish Catholics have been criticised in recent years for their indifference or even hostility towards the victims of war. …”
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Giovani albanesi di seconda generazione raccontano i loro percorsi di vita by Sabrina Colombo

“…Il tema delle seconde generazioni è centrale in dibattiti politici, sia europei che nazionali, per quanto riguarda cittadinanza, integrazione, inclusione sociale; ma non solo, ha risvegliato anche l’interesse di studiosi e ricercatori impegnati in migration studies sia in Europea che in America. Oltreoceano la seconda generazione è stata oggetto di studio fin dai tempi della School of Chicago, quando gli studiosi cominciarono ad interessarsi dei figli dei migranti europei. …”
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Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant‐Origin Minorities in Local Elections by Daniela Vintila, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Marta Paradés, Carles Pamies

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Ukrainian war migrants – motivations, expectations, aspirations and other directions of sociological understanding by Shevchenko S. L.

“…The paper examines available empirical data on this topic, conducts a theoretical analysis of modern migration studies, and takes steps to form a sociological framework for further study of the situation of Ukrainian war migrants. …”
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Oxide-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Application: A Review by Aisha Idris Ali, Munir Abba Dandago, Fatima Idris Ali, Genitha Immanuel, Jishnu Naskar

“…Incorporation of metal oxide nanoparticles into polymers allows for the production of nanocomposites with increased mechanical strength, water and oxygen barrier properties, and can also confer other additional functional properties, such as antioxidant, antimicrobial activity and light-blocking properties. According to migration studies, only a small quantity of nanomaterial migrates from packaging into food simulants or foods, implying that consumer exposure to these nanomaterials and the health concerns associated with them are low. …”
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Migrants becoming mathematics teachers : personal resources and professional capitals by Benson, Alan

“…It draws upon Bourdieu’s theory of habitus and field to discuss how these student teachers adapt their capitals, as described in migration studies by Erel (2010) and Nowicka (2015) and how, during initial teacher training (ITT), they develop professional capitals for the teaching of mathematics (Nolan, 2012). …”
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