While migration studies have traditionally focused on the issue of immigrant assimilation, recent research has increasingly explored its link to social inequality and discrimination. In this talk, Mirna Safi will discuss how migration contributes to ethnic inequality in destination countries, with a particular focus on discrimination as a potential mechanism. The presentation will draw on recent research on labor market inequality and discrimination conducted in the European context, focusing particularly on France.

Mirna Safi is a Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po. She is currently head of the Center for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS) and affiliated with LIEPP. Her research focuses on migration, social inequalities, discrimination and urban segregation. Her work has recently appeared in the American Sociological Review, The European Sociological Review and Nature, Human Behavior among others. She recently coedited a Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration (Elgar 2024)and her latest book is entitled Migration and Inequality (Polity Press, 2020).

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