Dr. Laura Candidatu

Muntstraat 2-2a
Muntstraat 2-2A
Kamer 0
3512 EV Utrecht

Dr. Laura Candidatu

Assistant Professor
Gender Studies
l.i.candidatu@uu.nl

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Candidatu, L., & Leurs, K. (2025). Reclaiming the Radical: Feminist Legacies and the Transformative Power of Media Ethnography: Drotner, K. (1994). Media ethnography. An other story? Communications, 19(1), 87–104. https://doi.org/10.1515/comm.1994.19.1.87 . Communications, 50(3), 596-606. [DOI] [Portal]
Candidatu, L., Leurs, K., & Ponzanesi, S. (2025). Rethinking Postcolonial Conjunctures: Post-Digital/ Post-Migration/ Post-Humanitarianism. In G. Klumbytė, E. Jones, & R. Braidotti (Eds.), Posthuman Convergences: Transdisciplinary Methods and Practices (pp. 88-110). Edinburgh University Press. [DOI]
Candidatu, L. (2025). Intersections of Gender and Class in the Digital Diaspora. In G. Yurdakul, J. Beaman, L. Mügge, S. Scuzzarello, & S. Sunanta (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Intersectional Approaches to Migration, Gender, and Sexuality Oxford University Press. Advance online publication. [DOI]
van Schie, G., Candidatu, L., & Huyskes, D. (2025). Motherhood in the Datafied Welfare State: Investigating the Gendered and Racialized Enactment of Citizenship in Dutch Algorithmic Governance. In Governing the Digital Society: Platforms, Artificial Intelligence, Public Values (pp. 209-228). Amsterdam University Press. [DOI] [Portal]

2023

Scholarly publications

Candidatu, L., & Leurs, K. (2023). Reconsidering algorithmic management: feminist research tools for challenging computational thinking. In S. Katila, S. Meriläinen, & E. Bell (Eds.), Handbook of Feminist Research Methodologies in Management and Organization Studies (pp. 358-372). Edward Elgar Publishing. [DOI]
Belia, V., Candidatu, L., Colpani, G., & Trakilović, M. (2023). Culture and Critique: Notes on a Polysemic Relationship. In S. Ponzanesi, K. Thiele, E. Midden, D. Olivieri, & T. Oorschot (Eds.), Transitions in Art, Culture and Politics (pp. 77-89). Amsterdam UP. [DOI] [Repository]

2022

Scholarly publications

Candidatu, L. (2022). Gender, Media and Emotion in New Forms of European Division of Labor: The case of Romanian Circular and Seasonal migration to the Netherlands. In 11th European Feminist Research Conference
Alinejad, D., & Candidatu, L. (2022). Narratives of Digital Intimacy: Romanian Migration and Mediated Transnational Life. In The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology (pp. 314-328). Routledge. [DOI]
Candidatu, L., & Ponzanesi, S. (2022). Digital Diasporas: Staying with the Trouble. Communication, Culture and Critique, 15(2), 261-268. [DOI] [Repository]

2021

Scholarly publications

Candidatu, L. (2021). Diasporic mothering and Somali diaspora formation in the Netherlands. Journal of Global Diaspora and Media, 2(1), 39-55. [DOI] [Repository]
Candidatu, L. I. (2021). DIGITALLY MEDIATED DIASPORIC FORMATIONS: EVERYDAY MOTHERING PRACTICES OF ROMANIAN, TURKISH, AND SOMALI WOMEN LIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. [DOI] [Portal]

2019

Scholarly publications

Alinejad, D., Candidatu, L. I., Mevsimler, M., Minchilli, C., Ponzanesi, S., & van der Vlist, F. N. (2019). Diaspora and mapping methodologies: tracing transnational digital connections with ‘mattering maps’. Global Networks, 19(1), 21-43. [DOI] [Repository]
Candidatu, L. I., Leurs, K. H. A., & Ponzanesi, S. (2019). Digital Diasporas: Beyond the Buzzword: Towards a Relational Understanding of Mobility and Connectivity. In R. Tsagarousianou, & J. Retis (Eds.), The Handbook of Diasporas, Media and Culture (pp. 33-47). Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI] [Repository]

2010

Scholarly publications

Candidatu, L., Voicu, I., & Chiribucă, M. (2010). Stereotipuri şi prejudecăţi ale elevilor de liceu faţă de minoritatea romă. Noua Revistă de Drepturile Omului.