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      Mr Nicola Montagna

      Dr.
      ROLE: Senior Lecturer-Criminology & Sociology
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Law and Social Sciences
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5245
      EMAIL: N.Montagna@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • 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

        The two emergencies of migrant-related policies in Italy during the first wave of COVID-19: The spread of the virus and the workforce shortages

        Montagna, Nicola (2023) The two emergencies of migrant-related policies in Italy during the first wave of COVID-19: The spread of the virus and the workforce shortages. Journal of International Migration and Integration . ISSN 1488-3473 (Published online first)

        For a new Sociology of Social love

        Montagna, Nicola (2023) For a new Sociology of Social love. The American Sociologist . ISSN 0003-1232 (Published online first)

        Quarantine ships as spaces of bordering: The securitization of migration policy in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic

        Montagna, Nicola (2023) Quarantine ships as spaces of bordering: The securitization of migration policy in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Migration Review . ISSN 0197-9183 (Published online first)

        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

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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)

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