Peer review articles

​Strategy, identity or legitimacy? Analysing engagement with dual citizenship from the bottom-up
2019, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies [pdf]
This article analyses the acquisition of Romanian citizenship in Moldova from the lens of considering identity-based versus strategic explanations for acquisition of dual citizenship. It also argues for a third dimension of legitimacy where Romanian citizenship is conceived as normal and natural to acquire in Moldova.
​Quasi-citizenship as a category of practice: analyzing engagement with Russia’s Compatriot policy in Crimea 
2017, Citizenship Studies [pdf]
This article analyses engagement with Russia's Compatriot Policy in Crimea (in 2012 and 2013) by considering the Compatriot Policy as a case study of quasi-citizenship. The article focuses on practices of (quasi-)citizenship to explore how people conceive of themselves (or not) as Compatriots and engage with the policy.
The Extra-Territorial Paradox of Voting: The Duty to Vote in Extra-Territorial Elections 
2017, Democratization [pdf]
​This article applies an inductive approach to explore the duty of voting in extra-territorial elections. The case examines participation of new Romanian citizens in Moldova in Romanian extra-territorial elections.
Contesting Regimes of Post-Communist Citizenship Restitution: Analysing UK Media Coverage of ‘Paupers’ Passports’ 
2017, CEEMR [pdf]
This article analyses UK media coverage (2006-2016) of Romanian citizenship restitution for Moldovan citizens to explore the puzzle of how acquisition of citizenship is framed as easy in contrast to the realities of acquisition, which are more challenging.
Generating Data: Studying Identity Politics From a Bottom-Up Perspective in Crimea and Moldova 
2015, East European Politics and Societies [pdf] 
​This article argues that bottom-up, people-centered research which uses ethnographic and everyday approaches is crucial but underutilized in research on identity politics in Eastern Europe.
​What Does it Mean to be a Kin Majority? Analyzing Romanian identity in Moldova and Russian Identity in Crimea From Below 
2015, Social Science Quarterly [pdf]
​This article investigates what kin identification means from a bottom-up perspective in two kin majority cases: Moldova and Crimea. The article analyses the complexities of the lived experience of kin identification for members of kin majorities and how this relates to kin-state identification and affiliation.

Book Chapters

Identity in Crimea before annexation: A bottom-up perspective 
  • in Russia Before and After Crimea: Nationalism and Identity, 2010–17, Pål Kolstø and Helge Blakkisrud (Eds), Edinburgh University Press, 2018. [pdf]
  • See discussions of the chapter here and here
This book chapter explores how individuals in Crimea conceived of territorial preferences before 2014 drawing on fieldwork conducted in 2012 and 2013. The chapter shows how few conceived of potential for change and how even fewer sought territorial change, even among the most pro-Russian segment of participants, thinking annexation/secession could or would lead to violence, which participants saw as undesirable. 

Reports

Recent updates to Moldovan citizenship legislation, 2021 Global Citizenship Observatory, EUI [pdf]

Themed Sections

Nationalism and Belonging
2017 in Nations and Nationalism
with articles from Bo Strath, William A. Callahan, and Alain Dieckhoff including Nationalism and belonging: introduction [pdf]

Review Articles

Everyday nationalism. A review of the literature 
2015, Studies on National Movements
This article reviews different approaches to everyday nationalism. The article explores what the 'everyday' means to scholars of everyday nationalism, as well as methods and critiques of everyday nationalism. 
​[open access]