Prof. dr. Mara Yerkes

Current research projects

  • bEUcitizen: A European FP7 project about the barriers to European citizenship (http://beucitizen.eu/)
  • Millennium Mums: Australian Research Council financed project. Longitudinal research into the effect of having children on Australian mothers' employment pathways. (http://www.issr.uq.edu.au/millenniummums)
Completed Projects
Project
Inequality and wellbeing at the intersection of gender, sexuality and contemporary migration: An interdisciplinary analysis of research and policy in Europe. 01.02.2017 to 02.10.2017
General project description

This research team will undertake an integrated expert consultation and scoping study to map and synthesize social policy research and analysis at the intersection of gender, sexuality and migration from an interdisciplinary perspective.. A critical objective of the scoping study is to identify key issues, people affected, research questions, conceptual perspectives and innovative methods that inform an agenda for future interdisciplinary research on gender, sexuality and migration by the project team and their collaborators.

Role
Researcher
Funding
Utrecht University Seed money from Institutions for Open Societies (pillar Equality, Inclusiveness and Social Mobility)