1st Edition
Immigrant Integration in Southeast Europe Policy and Outcomes in EU Member States and Candidate Countries
Part 1: Turning towards the Southeast – introducing an emerging region of interest for immigrant integration in contemporary Europe 1. Introduction 2. Explaining immigrant integration outcomes: Interplay between individual characteristics and contextual factors? 3. Research design and methods Part 2: Immigrant integration politics, policies, and contextual landscapes in Southeast Europe 4. Disentangling the European Union’s influence in shaping migration management and immigrant integration 5. Setting the stage: Analysis of immigrant integration contexts in the countries of Southeast Europe Part 3: What drives integration? Exploring multidimensional integration outcomes in comparative context of Southeast Europe 6. Immigrants’ legal-political integration in Southeast Europe: Naturalization and political participation 7. Immigrants’ economic integration in Southeast Europe: Employment and income 8. Immigrants’ social integration in Southeast Europe: Social contacts and life satisfaction Part 4: Lessons learned and the way forward for the future-looking Europe 9. Rethinking integration in Southeast Europe and beyond
Biography
Laura Elina Coşkun is a migration practitioner, combining her academic and policy experience with a special focus on immigrant integration and international cooperation on migration in the European context. She has several years of experience in the field of migration across various international organizations, including both UN and EU agencies, and she defended her Ph.D. in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2024.
