Computational Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies

This book showcases the potential of computational approaches for research questions at the heart of migration and integration research via a set of original, cutting-edge empirical studies by a diverse, international team of authors. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Emanuel Deutschmann is an Assistant Professor of Sociological Theory at Europa-Universität Flensburg, an Associate at the European University Institute’s Migration Policy Centre, and the author of ＂Mapping the Transnational World: How We Move and Communicate across Borders, and Why It Matters＂ (2022).

Lucas G. Drouhot is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Utrecht University (Netherlands). His core research agenda focuses on immigrant incorporation in Western liberal societies. His past work has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, the Annual Review of Sociology, Demography, and International Migration Review among other outlets.

Carolina V. Zuccotti is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow and Visiting Professor at University Carlos III de Madrid (Spain). She specializes in migration, ethnicity, social inequality, and urban studies. Her work has been published in journals like Sociology, International Migration Review, Population, Space and Place, and Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Emilio Zagheni is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. He is best known for his pioneering work on using Web and social media data for studying migration processes and for his role in developing the field of Digital and Computational Demography.