Cities of Migration: Understanding the diversity of urban diversities in Europe (IMISCOE Research Series)

This open access book develops a typology of cities by exploring how current levels of migration-related diversity and segregation relate to three groups of factors: international mobilities, inequalities and political-institutional aspects of local governance. Based on both quantitative and qualitative data from 16 cities in four European countries (France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Italy), the book compares the cities and uses a method of fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis. It demonstrates the shared contingencies of factors among the cities within each type and the crucial differences between the types of localities, and offers a more differentiated, holistic understanding of migration-related diversity configurations through the five conceptualised types: (1) Superdiverse cities, (2) Postindustrial diverse cities. (3) Middle class diverse cities, (4) Divided cities, and (5) Marginal migration cities. As such, the book is a valuable read to all those who would like to learn more about urban migration-related diversity and how it is formed and governed.

Asya Pisarevskaya is an Assistant Professor in Migration and Diversity Governance at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She works on migration-related diversities and modes of governance in European cities. Her wider research interests lie in the comparative analysis of policies and practices for migrant inclusion. Dr. Pisarevskaya holds a PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research from the University of Milan and the University of Turin, Italy. She is a lecturer and thesis supervisor in the international Master Programme ‘Governance of Migration and Diversity’ and Bachelor programme ‘Management of International Social Challenges’ at the Erasmus School of Social and Behvaioural Sciences. 

Peter Scholten is Full Professor in the Governance of Migration and Diversity at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Peter is director of the LDE (Leiden-Delft-Erasmus) Research Center on the Governance of Migration and Diversity and Coordinator of the European University of Post-Industrial Cities. Also, he is editor in chief of the journal Comparative Migration Studies, and associate editor of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. His work focuses on the multi-level governance of migration and diversity policies, on cities of migration, on governance mainstreaming, complexity governance and on the relationship between research and policy in the field of migration policymaking.