Our colleague Sonila Danaj co-authored a peer reviewed article published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. The article explores the career pathways and work practices of Albanian labour migrants in Italy during the economic crisis. It shows how long-term migrants utilise resources accumulated from the early experiences of their (often) informal migration to address the crisis-induced employment challenges. Through a biographical approach, the authors find that rather than victimising their own position, migrants have deployed different resources accumulated from the early stages of their migratory pathways, which they have combined to produce various practices of resilience, reworking and resistance against these new crisis-related challenges. Read more.
