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Anna Triandafyllidou

Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou

Professor & Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration
EducationBA (Panteion University, Athens, Greece), PhD (European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Social and Political Sciences)
OfficeTEC-205
Phone416-979-5000 x544446

Migration is as much about the people who move as it is about the people who stay, and about the lived experiences of migrants, communities at origin and destination, and the transnational spaces in-between.

Anna Triandafyllidou

Areas of Expertise: 

migration governance; migrant integration; nationalism; cultural diversity; comparative approaches; qualitative methods

Research: 

Dr. Triandafyllidou is the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration (CERC). Through the CERC research program, she leads as many as 30 different research projects on migration with a special focus on the role of migrant agency, the interaction between different drivers of migration and the global governance of migration and asylum (including irregular migration). She is the Scientific Director of Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides, (opens in new window)  an innovative new research program to further understanding of migrant integration during a time of rapid technological transformation. With regard to migrant integration, she has a special interest in issues of identity, diversity, nationalism and multicultural citizenship approaches. Dr. Triandafyllidou is particularly interested in analysing migration and migrant integration in relation to the wider processes of socio-economic and geopolitical transformation that characterise the 21st century.

Websites:

www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migration/

www.annatriandafyllidou.com (external link, opens in new window) 

Graduate Program Membership (available for supervision):

  • MA Immigration & Settlement Studies
  • MA Public Policy & Administration
  • Master of Planning in Urban Development
  • PhD Policy Studies
  • PhD Management, TRSM

Community & Professional Service:

Recent Publications:

Journal Articles:

Triandafyllidou, A. and B.S. Yeoh. 2023. Sustainability and resilience in migration governance for a post-pandemic world. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies 21(1): 1-14.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2023. Pandemic nationalisms. (external link, opens in new window)  Ethnicities.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. Temporary migration: category of analysis or category of practice? (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48(16): 3847-3859.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. Migration 2030: Governing migration in a globalising world. (external link, opens in new window)  International Migration 60(4): 3-7.

Magazzini, T., A. Triandafyllidou and L. Yakova. 2022. State-religion relations in Southern and Southeastern Europe: moderate secularism with majoritarian undertones. (external link, opens in new window)  Religion, State & Society 50(4): 396-414.

Palumbo, L., A. Corrado and A. Triandafyllidou. 2022. Migrant Labour in the Agri-Food System in Europe: Unpacking the Social and Legal Factors of Exploitation. (external link, opens in new window)  European Journal of Migration and Law 24(2): 179-192.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. Contextualising Nationalism. (external link, opens in new window)  Ethnicities 22(4): 573-588.

Maru, N., M. Nori, I. Scoones, G. Semplici and A. Triandafyllidou. 2022. Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralists’ experiences. (external link, opens in new window)  Comparative Migration Studies 10:5.  

Sahin-Mençutek, Z., S. Barthoma, N.E. Gökalp-Aras and A. Triandafyllidou. 2022. A crisis mode in migration governance: comparative and analytical insights (external link, opens in new window) . Comparative Migration Studies 10:12.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. The Global Governance of Migration: Towards a ‘Messy’ Approach. (external link, opens in new window)  International Migration 60(4): 19-27; published online 15 November 2021.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. Decentering the Study of Migration Governance: A Radical View. (external link)  Geopolitics 27(3): 811-825; published online 28 October 2020.

Lam, L. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2021. An Unlikely Stepping Stone? Exploring how platform work shapes newcomer migrant integration. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Transient Migration 5(1): 11-29.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2020.  Nationalism in the 21st Century: Neo-Tribal or Plural? (external link, opens in new window)  Nations and Nationalism 26(4): 792-806.

Molho, J., P. Levitt, N. Dines and A. Triandafyllidou. 2021. Cultural Policies in Cities of the Global South: a Multi-Scalar Approach. (external link, opens in new window)  International Journal of Cultural Policy 26(6): 711-721.

Isar, Y.R. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2020. Introduction to this Special Issue: Cultural Diplomacy: What Role for Cities and Civil Society Actors? (external link, opens in new window)  International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society.

Kuschminder, K. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2019. Smuggling, Trafficking and Extortion: New Conceptual and Policy Challenges on the Libyan Route to Europe. (external link, opens in new window)  Antipode 52(1): 206-226. 

Triandafyllidou, A. and A. Ricard-Guay. 2019. Governing Irregular and Return Migration in the 2020s: European Challenges and Asian Pacific Perspectives. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 17(2): 115-127.

Isaakyan, I. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2019. Transatlantic Repatriation: Stigma Management of Second-Generation Italian- and Greek-American Women ‘returning home’. (external link, opens in new window)  European Journal of Cultural Studies 22(2): 180-194.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2019. The Migration Archipelago: Social Navigation and Migrant Agency. (external link, opens in new window)  International Migration 57(1): 5-19. 

Triandafyllidou, A. 2018. A “Refugee Crisis” Unfolding: “Real” Events and Their Interpretation in Media and Political Debates. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 16(1-2): 198-216. 

Krzyzanowski, M., A. Triandafyllidou and R. Wodak. 2018. The Mediatization and the Politicization of the “Refugee Crisis” in Europe. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies 16(1-2): 198-216.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2018. Migrant Smuggling: Novel Insights and Implications for Migration Control Policies. (external link, opens in new window)  ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 676(1): 212-221.

Isaakyan, I. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2018. Reflections on Diaspora and Soft Power: Community Building among Female US Expats in Southern Europe. (external link, opens in new window)  Identities: Global Studies on Culture and Power 25(6): 650-667.  

Triandafyllidou, A. 2017. Beyond Irregular Migration Governance. Zooming in on Migrants’ Agency. (external link, opens in new window)  European Journal of Migration and Law 19(1): 1-11.

Isaakyan, I. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2017. Sending so much more than money: Exploring social remittances and transnational mobility.  (external link, opens in new window)  Ethnic and Racial Studies 40(15): 2787-2805. 

Trenz, H.J. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2017. Complex and Dynamic Integration Processes in Europe: Intra EU Mobility and International Migration at Times of Recession. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 43(4): 546-559.

Bartolini, L., R. Gropas and A. Triandafyllidou. 2017. Drivers of highly skilled mobility from Southern Europe: Escaping the Crisis and Emancipating Oneself. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 43(4): 652-673.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2015. Reform, counter-reform and the politics of citizenship: Local Voting Rights for Third Country Nationals in Greece. (external link, opens in new window)  Journal of International Migration and Integration 16(1): 43-60. 

 

Authored Books:

Triandafyllidou, A. and R. Gropas. 2022. What is Europe? 2nd ed. (open access). (external link, opens in new window)   London: Routledge.  

Gemi, E. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2021. Rethinking Migration and Return in Southeastern Europe: Albanian Mobilities to and from Italy and Greece. (external link, opens in new window)  London UK: Routledge.

Triandafyllidou, A. and R. Gropas. 2015. What is Europe? (external link, opens in new window)  London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan. 

Triandafyllidou, A. and T. Maroukis. 2015. Migrant Smuggling. Irregular Migration from Asia and Africa to Europe. (external link, opens in new window)  London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.

 

Edited Books:

McNeil-Willson, R. and A. Triandafyllidou (eds.). 2023. The Routledge Handbook of Violent Extremism and Resilience. (external link, opens in new window)  London, UK: Routledge.

Isaakyan, I., A. Triandafyllidou and S. Baglioni (eds.). 2023. Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand: A Biographical Perspective. (external link, opens in new window)  Cham (Switzerland): Springer Nature.

Triandafyllidou, A. and A. Triantaphyllidu (eds.). 2022. The Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies (2nd ed). (external link, opens in new window)  London, UK: Routledge.

Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.). 2022. Migration and Pandemics: Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception. (external link, opens in new window)  Cham (Switzerland): Springer. 

Triandafyllidou, A. and T. Magazzini (eds.). 2020. Routledge Handbook on the Governance of Religious Diversity. (external link, opens in new window)  London, UK: Routledge. 

Spencer, S. and A. Triandafyllidou (eds.). 2020. Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe. Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges. (external link, opens in new window)  Cham (Switzerland): Springer. 

Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.). 2018. Handbook of Migration and Globalisation. (external link, opens in new window)  Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 

Triandafyllidou, A. and T. Modood (eds.). 2017. The Problem of Religious Diversity: European Challenges, Asian Approaches. (external link, opens in new window)  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 

Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.). 2017. Multicultural Governance in a Mobile World. (external link, opens in new window)  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 

Triandafyllidou, A. (ed.). 2017. Global Governance from Regional Perspectives. (external link, opens in new window)  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 

Triandafyllidou, A. and I. Isaakyan (eds.). 2015. High Skill Migration and Recession: Gendered Perspectives. (external link, opens in new window)  New York: Palgrave MacMillan.

 

Chapters in Books:

Isaakyan, I., S. Baglioni and A. Triandafyllidou. 2023. "The ‘back-stepper’and the ‘career diplomat’: Turning points of labour market integration" (external link)  in Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective (pp. 120-137), edited by S. Baglioni and F. Calò. Bristol University Press.

Ellis, C. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2023. "Precarity, Opportunity, and Adaptation: Recently Arrived Immigrant and Refugee Experiences Navigating the Canadian Labour Market" in  Immigrant and Asylum Seekers Labour Market Integration upon Arrival: NowHereLand: A Biographical Perspective (external link)  (pp. 101-128), edited by I.A. Isaakyan, A. Triandafyllidou and S. Baglioni. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Nature.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. "Migrant smuggling" (external link)  in Routledge Handbook of Immigration and Refugee Studies (pp. 426-433), edited by A. Triandafyllidou. London, UK: Routledge.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. "Spaces of solidarity and spaces of exception: migration and membership during pandemic times" (external link)  in Migration and Pandemics: Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception (pp. 3-21), edited by A. Triandafyllidou. Cham (Switzerland): Springer.  

Spencer, S. and A. Triandafyllidou. 2022. "Irregular Migration" (external link)  in Introduction to Migration Studies (pp. 191-204), edited by P. Scholten. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Nature.

Triandafyllidou, A. 2022. "Migration and the Nation" (external link)  in Introduction to Migration Studies (pp. 207-218), edited by P. Scholten. Cham (Switzerland): Springer Nature.