Dr Gabriella Lazaridis

Senior Lecturer

BSc (Newcastle) MA (Leeds), MSc (Bath), PhD (Bristol)

Contact Details

• Tel: +44 (0)116 223 1083
• Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5082
• Email: gl36@leicester.ac.uk  

Introduction 

I joined the department of Politics and International Relations in September 2008. During the period 2003-2008 I worked for the department of Sociology and between 1994 and 2003 I held a permanent lectureship in the university of Dundee (Scotland) where I taught European studies, Qualitative methods, Migration and Gender.

I have been appointed to the ISTAME thinktank as special advisor/expert on migration to the Greek government.

I have also been successful in obtaining funding with Khursheed Wadia from University of Warwick under the 2009-10 ESRC seminar series competition, for the organisation an ESRC funded seminar series on ‘Whose Security? Migration-(In) Security Dilemmas Ten Years After 9/11’. This will start in Feb 2011 and continue for two years.

Research Interests

Main Research areas: Ethnicity, Migration, Race and Racisms, Belonging and Identity/ies, Processes of Inclusion-Exclusion, Gender inequalities, Implementation of EU policies in Southern Europe.

I am interested in both theoretical development and policy impact.

I am a strong believer in the value of collaborative, comparative and interdisciplinary research.

Current Research

My current research interests revolve around international migration, multi-sited governance and policy making and policy implementation; non-governmental organisations participating in and having an influence on policy making processes in the area of migration within and across borders; national and transnational migrant networks interested in the promotion and advancement of the rights of migrants; how people on the move see their life trajectories and interpret their experiences in the host country and what matters to them.

Recent Research Activities

I am currently authoring a research monograph titled Crossing Boundaries: International Migration in Europe, Ashgate.

Recent Research Grants

A more complete list is available in my CV .

• £120,380 (180,570 EURO) from the European Union (5th Framework) for research project on "Immigrants and Ethnic Minorities in European Cities: Life-courses and Quality of Life in a World of Limitations". Start date: 1st October 2002. The project included funding for a full time research assistant.
• £113,350 from the Leverhulme Trust for research project on "Social Exclusion of Albanian Migrants in Italy and Greece" (with University of Sussex).  Start date: 1st April 2001. Duration: 2 years. The project included funding for two full time research assistants. 
• £26,210 (39,316 ECU] under the Targeted Socio-economic Research Initiative (TSER) funded by the European Union, 1997 – 2000.Title of project:  'Self-employment of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Europe'.  Co-ordinator of the project: University of Frankfurt-am-Main. The project included funding for a research student for 3 years part-time.
• £8,000 from the British Council for research collaboration on "Poverty Reduction amongst Elderly in the Palestinian Population" (with An-Najah National University). Coordinated by Alan Findlay, Dept. of Geography, University of Dundee.  Start date: June 2001. Duration: 3 Years.
• 3,500 ECU under the DAPHNE initiative (EU) for studying ‘Trafficking of Women in Southern Europe’. January 1998 – December 1998.

PhD Supervision

I am keen to supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in ethnicity, migration, racism, citizenship, identity, gender, processes of inclusion-exclusion, multiculturalism, EU (especially policy implementation).

Teaching

• European Union  (undergraduate)
• Migration and Ethnicity: Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion
• International Migration: Political and Social Aspects (postgraduate/Masters level)

Most Recent Publications

Books and Special Issues of Journals

Security, Insecurity and Migration in Europe, Lazaridis, G. (ed), (Ashgate, 2011)

Women’s Work and Lives  in Rural Greece: Appearances and Realities (Ashgate, 2009)

Southern European Welfare States: Problems, Challenges and Prospects with G. Katrougalos (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003) 

 Legal and Sociological Aspects of Migration in Greece (editor) with G. Amitsis (Papazisis, 2001) [Published in Greek] 

Gender and Migration in Southern Europe: Women on the Move (editor) with F. Anthias (Berg, 2000) 

Into the Margins: Migration and Social Exclusion in Southern Europe (editor) with F. Anthias (Ashgate, 1999) 

'Eldorado or Fortress'? Migration in Southern Europe (editor) with R.King and C. Tsardanidis (Macmillan, 1999)

 The Changing Map of European Migration: Regulation and Governance (editor) a special volume of the International Journal of Population Geography with A. Williams (Vol. 8, No. 4, 2002, pp.83-199)

Southern Europe in Transition (editor) a special issue of the Journal of Area Studies (December 1996, Vol.6, pp.183)

Recent Journal Articles and Chapters

Papers published since 2000. A complete list including papers published prior to this date is available in my CV .

• Konsta, A-M. and Lazaridis, G. (2010) ‘Civic stratification “plastic citizenship and plastic subjectivities” in Greek Immigration policy’ International Migration and Integration, 11 (4) :356-382.
• Lazaridis, G. and Konsta, A-M. (2011) Plastic Citizenship, (In)Securities and processes of abjectification: the case of Albanian migrant women in Greece, in Lazaridis, G. (ed) (2011) Security Insecurity and Migration in Europe. Ashgate, pp. 259-285.
• Surwillo, I., Henderson, K. and Lazaridis, G. (2010) Between Euroscepticism and Eurosupport: the attitudes of urban and rural populations in Poland 2000-2008, Europe-Asia Studies, 62 (9):1053-1025.
• Lazaridis, G. (2009 in press), ‘Agency and Pathways to Inclusion: the case of Albanian Migrant Women in Greece’, in Abraham, M., Chow, E,. Maratou-Alipranti, L. and Tastoglou, E.  (eds) ‘Women and Citizenship in a Local/Global World’. 
• Lazaridis, G. (2009 in press), ‘Albanian Migration into Greece: Exclusionary and Inclusionary Processes and Practices’, in Stalford, H. Velluti, S and Currie, S. (eds)   Gender and Migration in the 21st Century Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate.
• Lazaridis, G. and Katrougalos, G. (2008 in press) ‘The  Southern European Welfare States till the onset of the new millennium: Identity and Problems’, in Journal of Social Cohesion and Development, No. 5.
• Lazaridis, G. (2008) ' Highly educated and/or skilled migrants from third countries and self employment in Greece: a comparison between men’s and women’s experiences', in Apitzsch, U. and Kontos, M. (eds) Self-employment activities of women and minorities. Their success or failure in relation to social citizenship policies in Europe. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften.
• Lazaridis, G. and Koumandraki, M. (2007) Networks and Migration: the case of Third Country Migrants in Greece, I.ME.PO (ed) Capturing the Benefits of Migration in Southeastern Europe. Washington DC: The Hellenic Migration Policy Institute.
• Lazaridis, G. (2007) Irregular Migration and the Trampoline Effect: 'Les Infirmieres Exclusives', 'Quasi-nurses', Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in Greece, in  E. Bergrren,  Branka Likic-Brboric, Gulay Toksöz, Nicos Trimiklinioti´s and Sezgi Durgun (eds) Irregular Migration, Informal Labour and Community in Europe. Denmark: Shaker Verlag.
• Lazaridis, G. (2007) Les Infirmieres exclusives and quasi-nurses in Greece,  European Journal of Women’s Studies,Vol.14, No.3, pp.227-245 .
• Lazaridis, G. and Koumandraki, M. (2007) Albanian Migration to Greece: Patterns and Processes of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Labor Market, European Societies, Vol.9, No. 1, pp.91-111.
• Zanoon, F., Findlay, A. and Lazaridis, G. (2006) Elderly, Poor and Alone in Palestine. Sociological Research on Line.
• Lazaridis, G. (2004) “Albanian migration into Greece: various forms, degrees and mechanisms of (in)exclusion”  in ‘New waves: migration from Eastern to Southern Europe’, edited by M. I. Baganha and M. L. Fonseca, Luso-Americal Foundation, Lisbon.
• Lazaridis, G.  and Koumandraki, M. (2003) “Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Greece: a Mosaic of Informal and Formal Business Activities”, published in the journal Sociological Research on Line, Summer, Vol.8, No. 2, http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/2/lazaridis.html
• Lazaridis, G. (2003) “From Maids to Entrepreneurs: Immigrant women in Greece” published in the book edited by J. Freedman ‘Gender and Insecurity: Migrant women in Europe’ Ashgate.
• Williams, A. and Lazaridis, G. (2002) “Introduction: the Changing Map of European Migration”, in ‘The Changing Map of European Migration: Regulation and Governance’, a special volume of the International Journal of Population Geography, Vol. 8, No. 4; pp. 83-89.
• Lazaridis, G. (2001) “Trafficking and Prostitution: the Growing Exploitation of Migrant Women in Greece”, European Journal of Women’s Studies,  Vol. 8, No.1, pp. 67-102.
• Lazaridis, G. and Koumandraki, M. (2001) “Youth Citizenship and its Changing Context: the Case of Passive and Active Labour Market Policies Towards the Young Unemployed in Greece”, Sociological Research on Line, Vol. 5, No 4. http://www.socresonline.org.uk/5/4/lazaridis.html
• Lazaridis, G. and Koumandraki, M. (2001) “Deconstructing Naturalism: the Racialisation of Ethnic Minorities in Greece”; in R. King (ed), The Mediterranean Passage: Migration and New Cultural Encounters in Southern Europe, Liverpool University Press, pp. 279-301.
• Amitsis, G. and Lazaridis, G. (2001) “Regulatory Policies on Migration in Greece”; in G. Amitsis and G. Lazaridis (eds) Legal and  Sociological Aspects of Migration in Greece, Papazisis, pp. 23-68.
• Lazaridis, G. et al (2000) “Berufstaetigkeit und Selbstaendigkeitsfoerderung on Frauen und Migranten in Griechenland”, Hessische Blaetter fuer Volksbildung,  Vol. 50, pp 58-75.
• Lazaridis, G. (2000) “Filipino and Albanian Women Migrant Labourers: Multiple forms of Oppression”; in F. Anthias and G. Lazaridis (eds), Gender and Migration in Southern Europe, Berg,  pp. 49-79.
• Anthias, F. and Lazaridis, G. (2000) “On the Move: Gender and Migration in Southern Europe”; in F. Anthias and G. Lazaridis (eds), Gender and Migration in Southern Europe, Berg,  pp.1-13.
• Lazaridis, G. (2000) “Filipino and Albanian Women Migrant Labourers: Multiple forms of Oppression”; in F. Anthias and G. Lazaridis (eds), Gender and Migration in Southern Europe, Berg, pp. 49-79.