Mr Nicola Montagna

Mr Nicola Montagna

ROLE: SL-Criminology & Sociology

SCHOOL: Law

DEPARTMENT: Criminology & Sociology

TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5245

Biography &
Qualifications

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy UK

PhD - Sociology and Criminology - Middlesex University:

MSc - Sociology - London School of Economics (LSE).

BA - Philosophy - Milan University

Languages Spoken

Italian (first language) and English

Learning &
Teaching Interests

Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology and Former Programme Leader of the BA Sociology

Globalisation, Social Movements and Protest, Populism, Social Policy, Political and Organised Violence, Interpersonal Violence, Political Sociology and Political Science, Criminological Theories.

Research Outputs &
Interests

International Migration, Migration Policy, Migrant Activism and Participation, Migration and Citizenship, Social Movements, Populism and Far Right, Urban Conflicts, Social Policy

RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Blitz, B., Kofman, E., d’Angelo, A., Montagna, N. (2017), Mapping Refugee Reception In the Mediterranean: First Report of the Evi-Med Project, Available at: mdx.ac.uk/evimed

Mulholland, J., Montagna, N, and Sanders-McDonagh, E. (2015) Women in Nationalist Movements in the UK, BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

Kofman E, Lukes S., D’Angelo A., Montagna N. (2009) The Equality Implications Of Being A Migrant In Britain: A Review, Research Report for the Equal and Human Rights Commission (REF entry)

Sales, R., Hatziprokopiou, P., Christiansen, F., D'Angelo, A., Liang, X., Lin, X., and Montagna, N. (2009) London's Chinatown: Diaspora, identity and belonging, AHRC Diasporas, Migration Identities programme. Social Policy Research Centre Working Paper Series, WP n. 3, Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University. (available online: mdx.ac.uk/hssc/research/centres/sprc/docs/London_Chinatown.pdf)

Kofman E, Lukes S., D’Angelo A., Montagna N. (2007) New Migrant and their Needs in England, Research Report for the Refugees Housing Association

Jubany O., Sales R. et al. (2005) SMILING (Skilled Migrants and Labour Market Integration), European Commission, VI Framework Programme

Montagna, N. (2003). Un paesaggio in movimento. Le cooperative sociali a Venezia (Characteristics of the third sector in Venice). Osservatorio Politiche Sociali: Venice.

CUCR (2000). Pepys Community Forum: Baseline report 2000. Goldsmith College: London

Publication Feed

Non solo il Mediterraneo: sbarchi di migranti e politiche dei confini lungo la rotta della Manica

Montagna, Nicola (2022) Non solo il Mediterraneo: sbarchi di migranti e politiche dei confini lungo la rotta della Manica. In: MigraReport 2022. Migrazioni e migranti vittime delle guerre. Vita & Pensiero.

Onward migration and intra‐European mobilities: a critical and theoretical overview

Della Puppa, Francesco and Montagna, Nicola and Kofman, Eleonore (2021) Onward migration and intra‐European mobilities: a critical and theoretical overview. International Migration , 59 (6). pp. 16-28. ISSN 0020-7985

Onward migration: an introduction

Montagna, Nicola and della Puppa, Francesco and Kofman, Eleonore (2021) Onward migration: an introduction. International Migration , 59 (6). pp. 8-15. ISSN 0020-7985

Da Blair a Brexit. Venti anni d'immigrazione e politiche migratorie nel Regno Unito

Montagna, Nicola (2020) Da Blair a Brexit. Venti anni d'immigrazione e politiche migratorie nel Regno Unito. Project Report. Franco Angeli.

'Narrations of the nation in mobility life stories: gendered scripts, emotional spheres and transnational performativity in the Greek diaspora'

Christou, Anastasia (2018) 'Narrations of the nation in mobility life stories: gendered scripts, emotional spheres and transnational performativity in the Greek diaspora'. In: Gendering Nationalism: Intersections of Nation, Gender and Sexuality in the 21st Century. Mulholland, Jon and Montagna, Nicola and Sanders-McDonagh, Erin , eds. Palgrave McMillan, pp. 299-314. ISBN 9783319766980

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Funded Research &
Knowledge Exchange Projects

Stranding in Sicily: Migration governance and reception in the Mediterranean, Middlesex University, 2018 (6 months) Value of research grant: 3.8K, Principal investigator

EVI-MED - Constructing an evidence base of contemporary Mediterranean migrations, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 2015-17 (21 months), Value of research grant: 200K, Co-investigator
Italian Migration in London, Middlesex University, 2015 (6 months). Value of research grant: 1.5K, Co-investigator

Women in nationalist movements in the UK, British Academy/Leverhulme Grant 2013-14 (18 months), Value of research grant: 10K, Co-investigator

A comparative study of Citizenship in Europe, Home Office, Italy and ISMU-Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità, 2010 (6 months)

The Equality Implications of Being a Migrant in Britain: a Review, Equal and Human Rights Commission, 2008 (6 months), 20K, Co-investigator

New Migrants Communities in the UK, Refugee Housing Association, 2006-07 (6 months), 20K, Co-investigator

Cityscapes of diaspora: images and realities of London’s Chinatown, Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2007-08 (18 months), 220K, Co-investigator

The changing Chinese Community in London: new migration, new needs, Big Lottery Fund, 2006-08 (24 months), 240K, Co-investigator

SMILING: Skilled Migrants and Labour Market Integration, 2004-05 (18 months), European Commission, VI Framework Programme, Co-investigator

Engagement &
Impact

BSA (British Sociological Association)

AIS (Associazione Italian di Sociologia)

CCRC (Crime and Conflict Research Centre, Middlesex University London)

SPRC (Social Policy Reserach Centre, Middlesex University London)

Member of the Scientific Committee of CIRMIB (Center for Initiatives and Research on Migration, Catholic University, Brescia)

Biography &Qualifications