Potential of qualitative network analysis in migration studies - reflections based on an empirical analysis of young researchers’ mobility aspirations
Potential of qualitative network analysis in migration studies - reflections based on an empirical analysis of young researchers’ mobility aspirations

Author(s): Elisabeth Scheibelhofer
Subject(s): Sociology, Higher Education , Methodology and research technology, Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: migration; young researchers; qualitative network analysis; methodology; empirical analysis;
Summary/Abstract: Based on the example of an empirical research study, the paper examines the strengths and limitations of a qualitative network approach to migration and mobility. The method of graphic drawings produced by the respondents within an interview setting was applied. With this method, we argue to be able to analyse migrants’ specific social embeddedness and its influence on future mobility aspirations. Likewise, connections between the migratory biography and the individuals’ various social relations are investigated.

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