After listening to their conversation, transnationalism is no longer just an abstract concept.
In this episode, Asya Pisarevskaya speaks with two experts on migrant transnationalism: Özge Bilgili and Marta Bivand Erdal. They just published a book on transnationalism together in IMISCOE’s Short Reader Series. They give examples of what transnationalism really looks like in people’s everyday lives (including their own) and talk about how it is a way to understand the realities of our complex and interconnected world, outside normative discussions.
Marta Bivand Erdal is a Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, in Norway
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Özge Bilgili is an Associate Professor, at the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations (ERCOMER) in the Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
The interviewees wish to thank the IMISCOE editorial committee for the invitation to write a short reader on migrant transnationalism as part of the network’s short book series.
For further Reading:
Bilgili, Ö., & Erdal, M. B. (2025). Migrant Transnationalism: IMISCOE Short Reader. Springer Nature.
Erdal, M. B. (2021). Migrants’ multifocal sedentarism: Ambivalent belonging and desired recognition in transnational social fields connecting Pakistan and Norway. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 42(5), 643-659.
Erdal, M. B. (2020). Theorizing interactions of migrant transnationalism and integration through a multiscalar approach. Comparative Migration Studies, 8(1), 31.
Erdal, M. B., & Oeppen, C. (2013). Migrant balancing acts: Understanding the interactions between integration and transnationalism. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39(6), 867-884.