Paola Bonizzoni
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She has carried out research on several migration-related issues, including (il)legalization and family reunification policies.
Paola Bonizzoni holds a PhD in Sociology (2008) and she is Associate Professor at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milan, where she teaches “Globalization, Diversity and Inequality” and “Society and Social Change”. She has carried out research on several migration-related issues, including (il)legalization and family reunification policies (and migrants’ strategies), immigration governance in small local contexts, intra-EU Italian youth mobility in a time of economic crisis, gendered and familial experiences of migration. Her latest publications explore the role of civil society in the migration and refugee field, with a focus on regularization processes and local service provision in medium and small-sized towns in Italy. She is currently coordinating a research unit for the project “AspirE – Asian prospects in (re)migration to/within the EU” (HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01, HORIZON-RIA).