publications

@article{Meissner2019,
title = {Of straw figures and multi-stakeholder monitoring: a response to Willem Schinkel},
author = {Fran Meissner},
url = {https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-019-0121-y},
doi = {10.1186/s40878-019-0121-y},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-00-00},
journal = {Comparative Migration Studies},
keywords = {convivial disintegration, integration, relational diversity, superdiversity, urban futures},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@book{meissner2016socialising,
title = {Socialising with Diversity: Relational Diversity Through a Superdiversity Lens},
author = {Fran Meissner},
url = {http://socdiv.mmg.mpg.de/},
doi = {10.1057/978-1-137-47439-1},
isbn = {978-1-137-47439-1},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-02-01},
publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan},
address = {UK},
series = {Global Diversities},
abstract = {This book analyses post-migration social networks via the notion of superdiversity. Approaching diversity as relational and complexly configured through multiple migration-related differentiations, it challenges us to rethink how we talk about and classify migrant networks. Based on research in two cities of migration - London and Toronto - the author investigates how we can use a superdiversity lens to discuss migrant networks in urban contexts. Focusing on the personal networks of Pacific Islanders and New Zealand M\={a}ori, she sheds light on the sociality practices of relatively small groups of migrants, the members of which are nonetheless differentiated in terms of superdiversity. Using cluster analytic pattern detection to explore alternative ways of describing migrant networks, she brings into play multifaceted descriptions such as city-cohort, long-term resident, superdiverse and migrant-peer networks. Visualising complex patterns of diversity, this book therefore contributes to theoretical debates by proposing a relational understanding of diversity rather than one based on the enumeration of (ethnic) categories. This book will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and all scholars interested in urban diversity, migration and diasporas.},
keywords = {homophily, London, relational diversity, Small migrant groups, social network, superdiversity, Toronto},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {book}
}

@phdthesis{meissner2013socialising,
title = {Socialising with diversity: Small migrant groups, social networks and superdiversity},
author = {Fran Meissner},
url = {http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/46693
http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/46693/1/Meissner%2C_Franziska_Venita_Mally.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
journal = {Brighton: University of Sussex},
address = {University of Sussex},
school = {School of Global Studies},
abstract = {The notion of superdiversity demands a move beyond an ethno-focal analysis of migration related diversity and calls to analytically incorporate other aspects of diversification, including differential migration, legal status and labour market trajectories. Taking London and Toronto as field locations, this thesis investigates how a superdiversity lens can be operationalised and utilised to discuss migrant socialities in urban contexts. It methodologically explores one particular avenue for doing this - personal social network analysis - to better understand the theoretical and empirical implications of adopting a superdiversity approach. Both qualitative and quantitative analysis strategies are used and particular emphasis is on visualising complex patterns and exploring how starting with complexity as an assumption facilitates the multidimensional analysis a superdiversity lens calls for. Focusing on networks of migrants who in statistical terms are commonly categorised as 'other' - who have relatively few co-migrants in terms of place of origin but who are differentiated in terms of other superdiversity aspects - the thesis questions if and what impact small group size has on patterns of sociality. With this focus it is established that a) the numerical size of the origin group impacts on social activities differently depending on whether one small group is explicitly liked to other pan-ethnic groups or not; b) that sociality patterns of migrants emerge from the complex interplay of general socialising opportunities but are also linked to individual trajectories of migration and settlement; c) that with a superdiversity lens it is indeed possible to move beyond the ethnic network notion. To support this latter point the thesis explores four alternative ways of describing migrant networks in terms of city-cohort, long-term resident, superdiverse and migrant-peer networks. The analysis contributes to theoretical debates by proposing a rational understanding of diversity rather than one based on the enumeration of categories be they ethnic or otherwise.},
keywords = {London, relational diversity, Small migrant groups, superdiversity, Toronto},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {phdthesis}
}