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Project C1

Transnationality and Inequality: Pilot Project for the Panel Study

Breckenkamp, Jürgen, Dr.
Research associate Project C1
Faist, Thomas, Prof. PhD
Head of Project C1
Fauser, Margit, Dr.
Research associate Project C1
Razum, Oliver, Prof. Dr.
Head of Project C1
Tuncer, Hidayet
Research associate Project C1

The aim of this project is to develop a panel study to investigate social inequality within a transnational context. Although the issue is currently attracting increasing attention, there is still a lack of concepts and concrete research questions with which to understand it in more detail. This necessitates a research design that is capable of studying inequality in the transnational context.

In this framework, "transnationality" is regarded as a feature of heterogeneity that contributes to the genesis and reproduction of social inequalities. It is a feature defined by cross-border social and symbolic bonds and practices maintained by individuals and households. These give rise to processes of inequality at various locations within transnational social spaces which intersect states. The project seeks to identify the underlying mechanisms in order to understand how inequalities arise and change.

Innovative research design is a key requirement for an empirical study of this issue. The present approach employs a mixed-methods design and multisited research. It combines the analysis of existing panel data (SOEP) with the use of longitudinal, qualitative and quantitative transnational surveys. The first funding period will be used to prepare the panel study for implementation in the subsequent funding period, and is therefore devoted to developing research questions, methods and instruments. These will need to take account of the cross-border character of the phenomenon. The project begins this task by focusing on the German-Turkish reference area.

49 Publications

2016 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2900936
Social Comparisons in Migration and Inequality Studies: A Literature Review and Evidence from a Pilot Study
Sienkiewicz JJ, Hapke P, Faist T (2016) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 55.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2718746
Measuring transnationality of immigrants in Germany: prevalence and relationship with social inequalities
Fauser M, Liebau E, Voigtländer S, Tuncer H, Faist T, Razum O (2015)
Ethnic and Racial Studies 38(9): 1497-1519.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2015 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2764443
The transnational social question: cross-border social protection and social inequalities
Faist T (2015)
In: Race, Ethnicity and the Welfare State: An American Dilemma. Kettunen P, Michel S, Petersen K (Eds); Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar: 227-254.
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2015 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2684429 PUB | DOI | WoS | PubMed | Europe PMC
 
2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2722537
Technical Report: "Pilot project for the panel study" Project C1: "Transnationality and inequality"
Tuncer H, Breckenkamp J, Razum O, Faist T (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 16.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2015 | Report | PUB-ID: 2722539
Transnationality and inequality: codebook of the pilot project for the panel study
Breckenkamp J, Tuncer H, Akbulut N, Faist T (2015) SFB 882 Technical Report Series; 17.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2710813 PUB
 
2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2717943
Diversity Unpacked: From heterogeneities to inequalities
Faist T (2014)
In: The Routledge International Handbook of Diversity Studies. Vertovec S (Ed); London: Routledge: 263-273.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2683210
On the transnational social question: How social inequalities are reproduced in Europe.
Faist T (2014)
Journal of European Social Policy 24(3): 207-222.
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2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2718015
Diversity - a new mode of incorporation?
Faist T (2014)
In: Migration and Diversity. Vertovec S (Ed); Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar: 153-172.
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2014 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2707096 PUB | PDF | DOI
 
2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2704015
Citizenship Theories and Migration
Faist T (2014)
In: An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies. European Perspectives. Martiniello M, Rath J (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: 21-52.
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2014 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2703791
“We are all Transnationals now”: The Relevance of Transnationality for Understanding Social Inequalities
Faist T (2014)
In: The History of Migration in Europe: Perspectives from Economics, Politics and Sociology. Fauri F (Ed); London: Routledge: 69-87.
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2014 | Book | PUB-ID: 2669056
Transnationell Migration
Faist T, Fauser M, Reisenauer E (2014)
Lund: Studentlitteratur.
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2014 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2648236
"We are all Transnationals now": The relevance of Transnationality for Understanding Social Inequalities
Faist T (2014) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 25.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2013 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2522818
Diversität und Dynamik transnationaler persönlicher Beziehungen türkischer MigrantInnen in Deutschland
Fauser M, Reisenauer E (2013)
In: Transnationale Migration am Beispiel Deutschland und Türkei. Pusch B (Ed); Wiesbaden: Springer VS: 171-185.
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2013 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2582695
Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Analysis of Methodologies
Faist T, Schade J (Eds) (2013) Political Discourses and Human Rights.
Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York/London: Springer.
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2013 | Book | PUB-ID: 2522834
Transnational Migration
Faist T, Fauser M, Reisenauer E (2013)
Cambridge: Polity Press.
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2013 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2608110
The Mobility Turn: A New Paradigm for the Social Sciences?
Faist T (2013)
Ethnic and Racial Studies 36(11): 1637-1646.
PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2013 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2616946
Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)equalities
Faist T (2013)
In: Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States. Kivisto P, Wahlbeck Ö (Eds); Houndmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 22-47.
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2013 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2582697
The Climate-Migration Nexus: A Reorientation
Faist T, Schade J (2013)
In: Disentangling Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Analysis of Methodologies. ; Political Discourses and Human Rights, Dordrecht/Heidelberg/New York/London: Springer: 3-25.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2535126
The Blind Spot of Multiculturalism: From Heterogeneities to Social (In)Equalities
Faist T (2012) COMCAD Arbeitspapiere - Working Papers, 108.
Bielefeld: COMCAD - Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development.
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2012 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2465751 PUB
 
2012 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2465746
Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Research Methodologies for Cross-Border Studies
Amelina A, Nergiz DD, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds) (2012)
London: Routledge.
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2012 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466450
Concluding Remarks: Considering Contexts and Units of Analysis
Faist T, Nergiz DD (2012)
In: Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Social Science Research Methodologies in Transition. Amélina A, Nergiz D, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds); London: Routledge.
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2012 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466445
Methodological Predicaments of Cross-Border Studies
Amelina A, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N, Nergiz DD (2012)
In: Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Research Methodologies in Cross-Border Studies. Amélina A, Nergiz D, Faist T, Glick-Schiller N (Eds); London: Routledge.
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2012 | Working Paper | PUB-ID: 2550144
Transnationality and Social Inequalities of Migrants in Germany
Fauser M, Voigtländer S, Tuncer H, Liebau E, Faist T, Razum O (2012) SFB 882 Working Paper Series; 11.
Bielefeld: DFG Research Center (SFB) 882 From Heterogeneities to Inequalities.
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2012 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2465776
De-naturalizing the national in research methodologies: Key concepts of transnational studies in migration
Amelina A, Faist T (2012)
Ethnic and Racial Studies 35(10): 1707-1724.
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2011 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 2459629
The Migration-Development Nexus: A Transnational Perspective
Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds) (2011)
Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
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2011 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2440808
Perspektiven der Migrationsforschung: Vom Transnationalismus zur Transnationalität
Faist T, Fauser M, Reisenauer E (2011)
Soziale Welt - Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung und Praxis 62(2): 203-220.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466475
Academic Knowledge, Policy, and the Public Role of Social Scientists
Faist T (2011)
In: The Migration-Development Nexus: Transnational Perspectives. Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds); Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 185-203.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466467
The Migration-Development Nexus: Toward a Transnational Perspective
Faist T, Fauser M (2011)
In: The Migration-Development Nexus: Transnational Perspectives. Faist T, Fauser M, Kivisto P (Eds); Houndsmill, UK: Palgrave Macmillan: 1-26.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466464
The Transnational Social Question
Faist T (2011)
In: Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory. Delanty G, Turner SB (Eds); London: Routledge: 439-449.
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2011 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2462896
Unravelling Migrants as Transnational Agents of Development: A Contribution to the Emerging Field of the Transnational Social Question
Faist T (2011)
In: Unravelling Migrants as Transnational Agents of Development: Social Spaces in between Ghana and Germany. Thomas F, Nadine S (Eds); Münster: Lit-Verlag: 5-28.
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2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1857783
Towards Transnational Studies: World Theories, Transnationalisation and Changing Institutions
Faist T (2010)
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(10): 1665-1687.
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2010 | Book (Editor) | PUB-ID: 1857784
Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods
Bauböck R, Faist T (Eds) (2010) IMISCOE research.
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 1856833
Transnationalisation: It's Conceptual and Empirical Relevance
Faist T (2010)
In: Migration in a globalised world: new research issues and prospects. Audebert C, Dorai MK (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam Univ. Press: 79-106.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466480
Soziale Bürgerschaft in der Europäischen Union: verschachtelte Mitgliedschaft
Faist T (2010)
In: Große Armut, großer Reichtum: zur Transnationalisierung sozialer Ungleichheit. Beck U, Poferl A (Eds); Edition Suhrkamp, 2614 Berlin: Suhrkamp: 617-650.
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2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1785560 PUB | PDF | DOI | WoS | PubMed | Europe PMC
 
2010 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 2465778
Cultural Diversity and Social Inequalities
Faist T (2010)
Social Research 77(1): 257-289.
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2010 | Book Chapter | PUB-ID: 2466485
Diaspora and Transnationalism: What Kind of Dance Partners?
Faist T (2010)
In: Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods. Bauböck R, Faist T (Eds); Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: 9-34.
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2010 | Book | PUB-ID: 2462849
Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration
Faist T, Kivisto P (2010)
Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE/Pine Forge Press.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1635542 PUB | DOI | WoS
 
2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1901682
Making and Remaking the Transnational: Of Boundaries, Social Spaces and Social Mechanisms
Faist T (2009)
Spectrum: Journal of Global Studies 1(2): 66-88.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1589172
Cancer incidence rate ratios of Turkish immigrants in Hamburg, Germany: A registry based study
Spallek J, Arnold M, Hentschel S, Razum O (2009)
Cancer Epidemiology 33(6): 413-418.
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1783120
Changes in smoking prevalence among first- and second-generation Turkish migrants in Germany: an analysis of the 2005 Microcensus
Reeske A, Spallek J, Razum O (2009)
International Journal for Equity in Health 8(1).
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2009 | Journal Article | PUB-ID: 1999847
Introduction: Migration(s) and Development(s): Transformations of Paradigms, Organisations, and Gender Orders
Faist T, Reisenauer E (2009)
Sociologus. Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology 59(1): 1-16.
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2009 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2450124
Migration, development, and transnationalization: a critical stance
Schiller NG, Faist T (Eds) (2009)
Social analysis 53(3).
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2009 | Special Issue | PUB-ID: 2450121 PUB