The analysis suggests an adaptation of the life history interview as a method in qualitative
migration studies. By joining four analytical concepts into an overall methodological …

This article explores the theoretical and methodological implications of the study of second
generation migration through the use of life stories, a narrative and biographical approach. It …

This paper argues for the importance of the individual life story to migration research and
outlines two recent Irish projects about migration which have employed Ufe narrative …

This paper uses a biographical and life-course perspective to explore some of the key
narratives of return among return migrants to Ireland, focusing in particular on the themes of …

In transnational migration studies the concept of biography is used as a theoretical and
methodological key concept for investigating migration processes in the age of globalization …

This chapter examines the diverse pathways, practices and identities of skilled migrants over
time and through space. By examining participants' everyday and embodied homemaking …

The key aim of this paper is to consider how young professionals, who left Ireland since the
economic recession, define their migration project–not just individually but also as a shared …

This chapter examines how people perform and revise, through personal stories, their
multiple identities and social locations. Participants draw upon narrative resources to …

Associated with the success of the'Celtic Tiger'economy in the late 1990s and early 2000s,
Ireland has seen a rapid demographic shift from large scale emigration to immigration. For …

Migrants' aspirations are a meaningful and under-appreciated research subject. My paper
investigates their development and implications over the life course, building on an archive …