Paul Statham

Paul Statham is Professor of Migration and Director of the Sussex Centre for Migration Research in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He has published two collaborative monographs, two edited volumes, more than 25 book chapters and 20 articles in leading refereed journals, including: the American Journal of Sociology, Ethnicities, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Political Quarterly, European Journal of Communication, European Political Science Review, Journal of Common Market Studies, Harvard Journal of Press/Politics, Harvard International Review and Western European Politics. He has ten large grant awards in related migration and ethnic relations fields that have contributed more than £1.6M of research funding to host institutions. Since September 2006, these include five large international research projects: PREMIG – return migration and integration (Norwegian funding council: £200K); EurIslam – integration of Muslim minorities in European countries (EUF7: £200K), CONSTITUTION (ESRC: £200K), LocalMultiDem social capital and integration of minorities in European cities (EUF6: £160K), European Social Survey ESSi (EU infrastructure: £150K); and on the steering committee of an ESF-funded international research network. Thematically, this research programme focuses on : cross-national comparative approaches to migration and ethnic relations within the European region, with a special focus on the relationship between migrant mobilization and political participation and public policies; and the emergence of a transnational space and public sphere for the European Union.

Paul is part of a team contracted by the Home Office to evaluate the UK's projects within the European Union Funded Programme, 2011-13, on the European Integration Fund (EIF), European Refugee Fund, and Return Fund. This evaluation runs from 2013 until 2016. Paul is a member of the Home Office's Voluntary Returns Steering Group.

NEW BOOK: Paul Statham and Hans-Jörg Trenz (2013) The Politicization of Europe. Routledge: London; New York. ISBN 9780415584661.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Politicization-Europe-Constitution-Democratising/dp/0415635667/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368385374&sr=8-1&keywords=statham+trenz