Laboratory

Migration and Mobility

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

Understanding Opinions and Family Influence on Migrants’ Trajectories in Latin America (Dissertation)

Abigail Tun Mendicuti, Emilio Zagheni, Clara H. Mulder (University of Groningen, Netherlands); in Collaboration with Asli Ebru Sanlitürk, Jisu Kim (both: MPIDR), Claudia Masferrer (El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico)

This project assesses the role of social connections in migration processes in Latin America. Specifically, it assesses how societies perceive migration, and the role of families in migration processes from Mexico to the United States (US) and within Latin America.  Detailed Description

Publications

Tun Mendicuti, A.; Masferrer, C.; Mulder, C. H.; Zagheni, E.:

The role of family networks in male Mexican migration to the United States over time

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-017. (2026)    

Tun Mendicuti, A.; Kim, J.; Mulder, C. H.:

Understanding opinions towards migrants in transit: an analysis of tweets on migrant caravans in the US and Mexico

In: WebSci '24: proceedings of the 16th ACM Web Science Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, 22-24 May 2024, 1–10. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). (2024)